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diff --git a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Install.xml b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Install.xml index 344dfaaa90..d038ff2a1d 100644 --- a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Install.xml +++ b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Install.xml @@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ </para> <para> +<indexterm><primary>printers</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary>meta-service</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary>printcap</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary>lpstat</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary>CUPS API</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary>browseable</primary></indexterm> + The <literal>printers</literal> meta-service will cause every printer that is either specified in a + <literal>printcap</literal> file, via the <command>lpstat</command>, or via the CUPS API, to be + published as a shared print queue. The <literal>printers</literal> stanza in the &smb.conf; file can + be set as not browseable. If it is set to be browseable, then it will be visible as if it is a share. + That makes no sense given that this meta-service is responsible only for making UNIX system printers + available as Windows print queues. If a <literal>comment</literal> parameter is specified, the value + of it will be displayed as part of the printer name in Windows Explorer browse lists. + </para> + + <para> <indexterm><primary>stanza</primary></indexterm> Each section of the &smb.conf; file that specifies a share, or a meta-service, is called a stanza. The <literal>global</literal> stanza specifies settings that affect all the other stanzas in the |