printop is a little tool for administrators (or users) of big networks
to give them better control and insights in their printers.
It is a graphical interface to the unix commands lpc, lprm and lpq.
It uses the entries in /etc/printcap, displays them in a menu, handles
control commands for queuing and printing and sends them to remote
printers (to be precise: to their hosts) if necessary.

An easy way to see if something's wrong with a printer and to stop it,
start it or what else can be done over the net.

printop is written in tcl/tk and was created with some help of the
interface-designer xf.

Before you do anything with these files see the file COPYRIGHT.
For help on installation of printop see file INSTALLATION.
For help on using printop see file INSTRUCTIONS.

Have fun and enjoy...


If you have any suggestions for future versions contact me:

	gellert@informatik.uni-hamburg.de


If you like and use (sometimes or everyday) this software, send me a
postcard! Just a "Hello. Nice program. Thanx. ?name? ?address?" or
something like that. Or write what comes to your mind.
Send the postcard to:
 
                Olaf Gellert
                Verstücken 9
                22297 Hamburg
                Germany

I like getting postcards...