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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/printing/printcommand.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/printing/printcommand.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c84e45f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/printing/printcommand.xml @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +<samba:parameter name="print command" + context="S" + type="string" + xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<description> + <para>After a print job has finished spooling to + a service, this command will be used via a <command moreinfo="none">system()</command> + call to process the spool file. Typically the command specified will + submit the spool file to the host's printing subsystem, but there + is no requirement that this be the case. The server will not remove + the spool file, so whatever command you specify should remove the + spool file when it has been processed, otherwise you will need to + manually remove old spool files.</para> + + <para>The print command is simply a text string. It will be used + verbatim after macro substitutions have been made:</para> + + <para>%s, %f - the path to the spool + file name</para> + + <para>%p - the appropriate printer + name</para> + + <para>%J - the job + name as transmitted by the client.</para> + + <para>%c - The number of printed pages + of the spooled job (if known).</para> + + <para>%z - the size of the spooled + print job (in bytes)</para> + + <para>The print command <emphasis>MUST</emphasis> contain at least + one occurrence of <parameter moreinfo="none">%s</parameter> or <parameter moreinfo="none">%f + </parameter> - the <parameter moreinfo="none">%p</parameter> is optional. At the time + a job is submitted, if no printer name is supplied the <parameter moreinfo="none">%p + </parameter> will be silently removed from the printer command.</para> + + <para>If specified in the [global] section, the print command given + will be used for any printable service that does not have its own + print command specified.</para> + + <para>If there is neither a specified print command for a + printable service nor a global print command, spool files will + be created but not processed and (most importantly) not removed.</para> + + <para>Note that printing may fail on some UNIXes from the + <constant>nobody</constant> account. If this happens then create + an alternative guest account that can print and set the <smbconfoption name="guest account"/> + in the [global] section.</para> + + <para>You can form quite complex print commands by realizing + that they are just passed to a shell. For example the following + will log a print job, print the file, then remove it. Note that + ';' is the usual separator for command in shell scripts.</para> + + <para><command moreinfo="none">print command = echo Printing %s >> + /tmp/print.log; lpr -P %p %s; rm %s</command></para> + + <para>You may have to vary this command considerably depending + on how you normally print files on your system. The default for + the parameter varies depending on the setting of the <smbconfoption name="printing"/> + parameter.</para> + + <para>Default: For <command moreinfo="none">printing = BSD, AIX, QNX, LPRNG + or PLP :</command></para> + <para><command moreinfo="none">print command = lpr -r -P%p %s</command></para> + + <para>For <command moreinfo="none">printing = SYSV or HPUX :</command></para> + <para><command moreinfo="none">print command = lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s</command></para> + + <para>For <command moreinfo="none">printing = SOFTQ :</command></para> + <para><command moreinfo="none">print command = lp -d%p -s %s; rm %s</command></para> + + <para>For printing = CUPS : If SAMBA is compiled against + libcups, then <smbconfoption name="printcap">cups</smbconfoption> + uses the CUPS API to + submit jobs, etc. Otherwise it maps to the System V + commands with the -oraw option for printing, i.e. it + uses <command moreinfo="none">lp -c -d%p -oraw; rm %s</command>. + With <command moreinfo="none">printing = cups</command>, + and if SAMBA is compiled against libcups, any manually + set print command will be ignored.</para> +</description> + +<value type="example">/usr/local/samba/bin/myprintscript %p %s</value> +</samba:parameter> |