1 <samba:parameter name="printing"
5 xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
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 and <constant>CUPS</constant>.</para>
23 <para>To see what the defaults are for the other print
24 commands when using the various options use the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle>
25 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> program.</para>
27 <para>This option can be set on a per printer basis. Please be
28 aware however, that you must place any of the various printing
29 commands (e.g. print command, lpq command, etc...) after defining
30 the value for the <parameter>printing</parameter> option since it will
31 reset the printing commands to default values.</para>
33 <para>See also the discussion in the <link linkend="PRINTERSSECT">
34 [printers]</link> section.</para>