1 <samba:parameter name="cups options"
5 xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
7 <para>This parameter is only applicable if <link
8 linkend="PRINTING"><parameter moreinfo="none">printing</parameter></link> is
9 set to <constant>cups</constant>. Its value is a free form string of options
10 passed directly to the cups library.
13 <para>You can pass any generic print option known to CUPS (as listed
14 in the CUPS "Software Users' Manual"). You can also pass any printer
15 specific option (as listed in "lpoptions -d printername -l")
16 valid for the target queue.</para>
18 <para>You should set this parameter to <constant>raw</constant> if your CUPS server
19 <filename>error_log</filename> file contains messages such as
20 "Unsupported format 'application/octet-stream'" when printing from a Windows client
21 through Samba. It is no longer necessary to enable
22 system wide raw printing in <filename>/etc/cups/mime.{convs,types}</filename>.
27 <value type="default">""</value>
28 <value type="example">"raw,media=a4,job-sheets=secret,secret"</value>