1 <samba:parameter name="printing"
4 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
6 <para>This parameters controls how printer status information is
7 interpreted on your system. It also affects the default values for
8 the <parameter moreinfo="none">print command</parameter>, <parameter
9 moreinfo="none">lpq command</parameter>, <parameter
10 moreinfo="none">lppause command </parameter>, <parameter
11 moreinfo="none">lpresume command</parameter>, and <parameter
12 moreinfo="none">lprm command</parameter> if specified in the
13 [global] section.</para>
15 <para>Currently nine printing styles are supported. They are
16 <constant>BSD</constant>, <constant>AIX</constant>,
17 <constant>LPRNG</constant>, <constant>PLP</constant>,
18 <constant>SYSV</constant>, <constant>HPUX</constant>,
19 <constant>QNX</constant>, <constant>SOFTQ</constant>,
20 <constant>CUPS</constant> and <constant>IPRINT</constant>.</para>
22 <para>Be aware that CUPS and IPRINT are only available if the CUPS
23 development library was available at the time Samba was compiled
26 <para>To see what the defaults are for the other print
27 commands when using the various options use the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
28 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> program.</para>
30 <para>This option can be set on a per printer basis. Please be
31 aware however, that you must place any of the various printing
32 commands (e.g. print command, lpq command, etc...) after defining
33 the value for the <parameter>printing</parameter> option since it will
34 reset the printing commands to default values.</para>
36 <para>See also the discussion in the <link linkend="PRINTERSSECT">
37 [printers]</link> section.</para>
39 <para>See <command moreinfo="none">testparm -v.</command> for the default
40 value on your system</para>
42 <value type="default"><comment>Depends on the operating system</comment></value>