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<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
		<term><anchor id="ADDPRINTERCOMMAND"/>addprinter command (G)</term>
		<listitem><para>With the introduction of MS-RPC based printing
		support for Windows NT/2000 clients in Samba 2.2, The MS Add
		Printer Wizard (APW) icon is now also available in the 
		&quot;Printers...&quot; folder displayed a share listing.  The APW
		allows for printers to be add remotely to a Samba or Windows 
		NT/2000 print server.</para>
		
		<para>For a Samba host this means that the printer must be 
		physically added to the underlying printing system.  The <parameter moreinfo="none">add 
		printer command</parameter> defines a script to be run which 
		will perform the necessary operations for adding the printer
		to the print system and to add the appropriate service definition 
		to the  <filename moreinfo="none">smb.conf</filename> file in order that it can be 
		shared by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
		<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
		
		<para>The <parameter moreinfo="none">addprinter command</parameter> is
		automatically invoked with the following parameter (in 
		order):</para>
		
		<itemizedlist>
			<listitem><para><parameter moreinfo="none">printer name</parameter></para></listitem>
			<listitem><para><parameter moreinfo="none">share name</parameter></para></listitem>
			<listitem><para><parameter moreinfo="none">port name</parameter></para></listitem>
			<listitem><para><parameter moreinfo="none">driver name</parameter></para></listitem>
			<listitem><para><parameter moreinfo="none">location</parameter></para></listitem>
			<listitem><para><parameter moreinfo="none">Windows 9x driver location</parameter>
			</para></listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
		
		<para>All parameters are filled in from the PRINTER_INFO_2 structure sent 
		by the Windows NT/2000 client with one exception.  The &quot;Windows 9x
		driver location&quot; parameter is included for backwards compatibility
		only.  The remaining fields in the structure are generated from answers
		to the APW questions.</para>

		<para>Once the <parameter moreinfo="none">addprinter command</parameter> has 
		been executed, <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> will reparse the <filename moreinfo="none">
		smb.conf</filename> to determine if the share defined by the APW
		exists.  If the sharename is still invalid, then <command moreinfo="none">smbd
		</command> will return an ACCESS_DENIED error to the client.</para>

		<para>
		The &quot;add printer command&quot; program can output a single line of text,
		which Samba will set as the port the new printer is connected to. 
		If this line isn't output, Samba won't reload its printer shares.
		</para>
		
		<para>See also <link linkend="DELETEPRINTERCOMMAND"><parameter moreinfo="none">
		deleteprinter command</parameter></link>, <link linkend="PRINTING"><parameter moreinfo="none">printing</parameter></link>,
		<link linkend="SHOWADDPRINTERWIZARD"><parameter moreinfo="none">show add
		printer wizard</parameter></link></para>
		
		<para>Default: <emphasis>none</emphasis></para>
		<para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">addprinter command = /usr/bin/addprinter
		</command></para>
		</listitem>
		</samba:parameter>