1 <samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
2 <term><anchor id="PRINTCAPNAME"/>printcap name (G)</term>
3 <listitem><para>This parameter may be used to override the
4 compiled-in default printcap name used by the server (usually <filename moreinfo="none">
5 /etc/printcap</filename>). See the discussion of the <link linkend="PRINTERSSECT">[printers]</link> section above for reasons
6 why you might want to do this.</para>
8 <para>To use the CUPS printing interface set <command moreinfo="none">printcap name = cups
9 </command>. This should be supplemented by an addtional setting
10 <link linkend="PRINTING">printing = cups</link> in the [global]
11 section. <command moreinfo="none">printcap name = cups</command> will use the
12 "dummy" printcap created by CUPS, as specified in your CUPS
16 <para>On System V systems that use <command moreinfo="none">lpstat</command> to
17 list available printers you can use <command moreinfo="none">printcap name = lpstat
18 </command> to automatically obtain lists of available printers. This
19 is the default for systems that define SYSV at configure time in
20 Samba (this includes most System V based systems). If <parameter moreinfo="none">
21 printcap name</parameter> is set to <command moreinfo="none">lpstat</command> on
22 these systems then Samba will launch <command moreinfo="none">lpstat -v</command> and
23 attempt to parse the output to obtain a printer list.</para>
25 <para>A minimal printcap file would look something like this:</para>
27 <para><programlisting format="linespecific">
33 </programlisting></para>
35 <para>where the '|' separates aliases of a printer. The fact
36 that the second alias has a space in it gives a hint to Samba
37 that it's a comment.</para>
39 <note><para>Under AIX the default printcap
40 name is <filename moreinfo="none">/etc/qconfig</filename>. Samba will assume the
41 file is in AIX <filename moreinfo="none">qconfig</filename> format if the string
42 <filename moreinfo="none">qconfig</filename> appears in the printcap filename.</para></note>
44 <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">printcap name = /etc/printcap</command></para>
45 <para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">printcap name = /etc/myprintcap</command></para>