System Administration Guide: Solaris Printing

Daemons and LP Internal Files

The /usr/lib/lp directory contains daemons and files used by the LP print service, as described in the following table.

Table 11–3 Contents of the /usr/lib/lp Directory

File 

Type 

Description 

bin

Directory 

Contains files for generating printing alerts, slow filters, and queue management programs. 

model

Directory 

Contains the standard printer interface program. 

postscript

Directory 

Contains all PostScript filter programs provided by the LP print service. These filters come with descriptor files in the /etc/lp/fd directory. These files tell the LP print service the characteristics of the filters and where to locate them.