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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2004-05-04 15:36:55 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:45:50 -0500
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updating cups options entry based on feedback from Lars M. @ SuSE
(This used to be commit 6441e1ef353a0f38919dd086fca8953e722111f3)
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/printing/cupsoptions.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/printing/cupsoptions.xml
index 62be7e66c5..803c6b137d 100644
--- a/docs/smbdotconf/printing/cupsoptions.xml
+++ b/docs/smbdotconf/printing/cupsoptions.xml
@@ -7,13 +7,23 @@
<para>This parameter is only applicable if <link
linkend="PRINTING"><parameter moreinfo="none">printing</parameter></link> is
set to <constant>cups</constant>. Its value is a free form string of options
- passed directly to the cups library. Frequently this is used to enable
- raw printing for a queue without enabling the feature system wide in
- <filename>cupsd.conf</filename>.
+ passed directly to the cups library.
</para>
+ <para>You can pass any generic print option known to CUPS (as listed
+ in the CUPS "Software Users' Manual"). You can also pass any printer
+ specific option (as listed in "lpoptions -d <printername> -l")
+ valid for the target queue(s).</para>
+
+ <para>You should set this parameter to <constant>raw</constant> if your CUPS server
+ <filename>error_log</filename> file contains messages such as
+ "Unsupported format 'application/octet-stream'" when printing from a Windows client
+ through Samba. It is no longer necessary to enable
+ system wide raw printing in <filename>/etc/cups/mime.{convs,types}</filename>.
+ </para>
+
</description>
<value type="default">""</value>
-<value type="example">"raw"</value>
+<value type="example">"raw,media=a4,job-sheets=secret,secret"</value>
</samba:parameter>