## Printing Interoperation and Integration

Windows NT includes support for the Line Printer Remote (LPR) and Line Printer Daemon (LPD) protocols, as well as printing protocols for AppleTalk, Data Link Control (DLC), and Server Message Block (SMB) over TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and NetBUEI. Windows NT also provides support for NetWare clients using Gateway Services for NetWare (GSNW) and File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW). Windows NT can act as a print server for UNIX clients and send print jobs to other print servers or network printers in either of the following roles:

Windows NT serves as a printing gateway to a printing protocol unsupported by the UNIX client. It accepts a print job through LPR/LPD and spools it to a printing device using a different protocol.

Windows NT can also be a client for a UNIX print server.

In addition to printing within programs, Windows NT comes with a command-line version of LPR for printing and line printer queue (LPQ) for displaying the contents of a printer queue.

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