Ppf

From M1Research

Printer Port Forwarder

Description

ppf is simple solution for sharing USB or LPT printer across the network using Network Printing Protocol (JetDirect/AppSocket protocols).

I use this solution for connecting printer to diskless Linux terminal station (see LTSP project for more info) and share it to throw another server (Windows or Unix printing system) with complex queuing and minitoring system.

ppf software is a TCP deamon that listen TCP/9100 and forward all datas comes to phisical printer port, like simple print server (which embedded into network attached printers, like JetDirect)