Daemons and LP Internal Files (System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration)

System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

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

Table 8–3 Contents of the /usr/lib/lp Directory


File	Type	Description
`bin`	Directory	Contains files for generating printing alerts, slow filters, and queue management programs.
`lpsched`	Daemon	Manages scheduling of LP print requests.
`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 that tell the LP print service the characteristics of the filters and where to locate them.