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