1 <samba:parameter name="lpq command"
5 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
7 <para>This parameter specifies the command to be
8 executed on the server host in order to obtain <command moreinfo="none">lpq
9 </command>-style printer status information.</para>
11 <para>This command should be a program or script which
12 takes a printer name as its only parameter and outputs printer
13 status information.</para>
15 <para>Currently nine styles of printer status information
16 are supported; BSD, AIX, LPRNG, PLP, SYSV, HPUX, QNX, CUPS, and SOFTQ.
17 This covers most UNIX systems. You control which type is expected
18 using the <parameter moreinfo="none">printing =</parameter> option.</para>
20 <para>Some clients (notably Windows for Workgroups) may not
21 correctly send the connection number for the printer they are
22 requesting status information about. To get around this, the
23 server reports on the first printer service connected to by the
24 client. This only happens if the connection number sent is invalid.</para>
26 <para>If a <parameter moreinfo="none">%p</parameter> is given then the printer name
27 is put in its place. Otherwise it is placed at the end of the
30 <para>Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path
31 in the <parameter moreinfo="none">lpq command</parameter> as the <envar>$PATH
32 </envar> may not be available to the server. When compiled with
33 the CUPS libraries, no <parameter moreinfo="none">lpq command</parameter> is
34 needed because smbd will make a library call to obtain the
35 print queue listing.</para>
38 <related>printing</related>
40 <value type="example">/usr/bin/lpq -P%p</value>
41 <value type="default"></value>