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7.2.3 Samba Printing Options

Table 7.2 summarizes the Samba printing options.


Table 7.2: Printing Configuration Options

Option

Parameters

Function

Default

Scope

printing

bsd, sysv, hpux, aix, qnx, plp, softq, or lprng

Sets the print system type for your Unix system.

System dependent

Share

printable (print ok)

boolean

Marks a share as a printing share.

no

Share

printer (printer name)

string (Unix printer name)

Sets the name of the printer to be shown to clients.

System dependent

Share

printer driver

string (printer driver name)

Sets the driver name that should be used by the client to send data to the printer.

None

Share

printer driver file

string (fully-qualified pathname)

Sets the name of the printer driver file.

None

Global

printer driver location

string (network pathname)

Specifies the pathname of the share for the printer driver file.

None

Share

lpq cache time

numeric (time in seconds)

Sets the amount of time in seconds that Samba will cache the lpq status.

10

Global

postscript

boolean

Treats all print jobs sent as postscript by prepending %! at the beginning of each file.

no

Share

load printers

boolean

Automatically loads each of the printers in the printcap file as printing shares.

no

Global

print command

string (shell command)

Sets the Unix command to perform printing.

See below

Share

lpq command

string (shell command)

Sets the Unix command to return the status of the printing queue.

See below

Share

lprm command

string (shell command)

Sets the Unix command to remove a job from the printing queue.

See below

Share

lppause command

string (shell command)

Sets the Unix command to pause a job on the printing queue.

See below

Share

lpresume command

string (shell command)

Sets the Unix command to resume a paused job on the printing queue.

See below

Share

printcap name

(printcap)

string (fully-qualified pathname)

Specifies the location of the printer capabilities file.

System dependent

Global

min print space

numeric (size in kilobytes)

Sets the minimum amount of disk free space that must be present to print.

0

Share

queuepause command

string (shell command)

Sets the Unix command to pause a queue.

See below

Share

queueresume command

string (shell command)

Sets the Unix command to resume a queue.

See below

Share

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