Microsoft pulls the plug on Line Printer Daemon
There is still a line printer daemon in Windows, for example for printing with Unix clients. Microsoft will soon be pulling the plug on this for good.
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Microsoft reminds IT managers that the Line Printer Daemon Protocol (LPR/LPD) is one of the deprecated functions in Windows. The "deprecated" status has therefore existed since Windows Server 2012.
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But now it's getting really serious, Microsoft explains in an entry on the list of deprecated Windows features. "As the removal of the Line Printer Daemon protocol approaches, we want to remind customers to make sure their environments are prepared," the Redmond-based company writes. They continue: "When these features are eventually removed, clients that print to a server using this protocol, such as Unix clients, will no longer be able to connect or print to it".
Microsoft names an alternative
Microsoft is not leaving those affected completely out in the cold, however, but is naming alternatives. Unix clients should use IPP, the Internet Printing Protocol. Windows clients, on the other hand, should access printers shared by Unix systems via the Windows Standard Port Monitor.
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This has been available since Windows 2000 and is used to connect clients to network printers, Microsoft explains in a problem-solving article. Since Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has offered the Standard Port Monitor as an alternative to the Line Printer Remote Port Monitor.
Microsoft itself relies on class drivers for IPP. Mopria-compliant network and USB printers can be controlled by Windows via this. This means that printer manufacturers no longer need their own drivers, installers or tools, which is why Microsoft is phasing out the distribution of these drivers for manufacturers via Windows Update from this year. Since the beginning of the year, Microsoft has therefore no longer accepted printer drivers from manufacturers for publication via Windows Update.
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