<samba:parameter name="printing" context="S" type="enum" print="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>This parameters controls how printer status information is interpreted on your system. It also affects the default values for the <parameter moreinfo="none">print command</parameter>, <parameter moreinfo="none">lpq command</parameter>, <parameter moreinfo="none">lppause command </parameter>, <parameter moreinfo="none">lpresume command</parameter>, and <parameter moreinfo="none">lprm command</parameter> if specified in the [global] section.</para> <para>Currently nine printing styles are supported. They are <constant>BSD</constant>, <constant>AIX</constant>, <constant>LPRNG</constant>, <constant>PLP</constant>, <constant>SYSV</constant>, <constant>HPUX</constant>, <constant>QNX</constant>, <constant>SOFTQ</constant>, and <constant>CUPS</constant>.</para> <para>To see what the defaults are for the other print commands when using the various options use the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> program.</para> <para>This option can be set on a per printer basis. Please be aware however, that you must place any of the various printing commands (e.g. print command, lpq command, etc...) after defining the value for the <parameter>printing</parameter> option since it will reset the printing commands to default values.</para> <para>See also the discussion in the <link linkend="PRINTERSSECT"> [printers]</link> section.</para> </description> <value type="default">Depends on the operating system, see <command moreinfo="none">testparm -v.</command></value> </samba:parameter>