The lpd Printing Daemon
OpenBSD includes the lpd(8) printing daemon common on Unix-like operating systems. The lpd daemon has options to support thousands of different printers, but getting the right mix of options to support any one specific printer can be a challenge.
The simplest way to use a printer on OpenBSD is through a PostScript server, and that’s the method I’ll cover here. Many modern printers, particularly the popular multifunction fax/scanner/printer combinations, support PostScript, and you’ll find that every office print server does, too.
Every printer your system knows about needs an entry in /etc/printcap, the printer capability database. This is another termcap(5)-style configuration file. You don’t need to know everything about ...
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