<samba:parameter name="cups options" context="S" type="string" print="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para> This parameter is only applicable if <smbconfoption name="printing"/> is set to <constant>cups</constant>. Its value is a free form string of options 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. Multiple parameters should be space-delimited name/value pairs according to the PAPI text option ABNF specification. Collection values ("name={a=... b=... c=...}") are stored with the curley brackets intact. </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 media=a4"</value> </samba:parameter>