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<H1 CLASS="title">printers.conf</H1>
<P>The CUPS scheduler (cupsd) uses the
<VAR>/etc/cups/printers.conf</VAR> file to store the list of
available printers. This file contains only locally defined
printers, not remote printers that are created automatically via
browsing. Each directive is listed on a line by itself followed
by its value. Comments are introduced using the number sign ("#")
character at the beginning of a line.</P>
<P>While the printer configuration file consists of plain text
and can be modified using your favorite text editor, you should
normally use the <A HREF="man-lpadmin.html">lpadmin(8)</A>
command, web interface, or any of the available GUIs to manage
your printers instead. If you do choose to edit this file
manually, you will need to stop the scheduler first, make your
changes, and then start the scheduler to make them active.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="Accepting">Accepting</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
Accepting yes
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Accepting</CODE> directive defines the initial state
of the <VAR>printer-is-accepting-jobs</VAR> attribute. This state
is also set by the <CODE>cupsaccept(8)</CODE> and
<CODE>cupsreject(8)</CODE> commands:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/cupsaccept printername
/usr/sbin/cupsreject printername</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="AllowUser">AllowUser</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
AllowUser foo_user
AllowUser @bar_group
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>AllowUser</CODE> directive adds a username or group
name to the <VAR>requesting-user-name-allowed</VAR> attribute
which can be set by the <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -u allow:foo_user,@bar_group</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A> directive.
This directive cannot be used with <A
HREF="#DenyUser"><CODE>DenyUser</CODE></A>.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="DefaultPrinter">DefaultPrinter</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<DefaultPrinter name>
...
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE> directive begins a printer
definition as the default server destination. The default server
destination can be set using the <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE>
command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -d printername</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>Note that the server default destination settings can be
overridden by the user's default destination settings which are
normally set using the <CODE>lpoptions(1)</CODE> command.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="DenyUser">DenyUser</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
DenyUser foo_user
DenyUser @bar_group
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>DenyUser</CODE> directive adds a username or group
name to the <VAR>requesting-user-name-denied</VAR> attribute
which can be set by the <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -u deny:foo_user,@bar_group</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A> directive.
This directive cannot be used with <A
HREF="#AllowUser"><CODE>AllowUser</CODE></A></P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="DeviceURI">DeviceURI</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
DeviceURI socket://foo.bar.com:9100
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>DeviceURI</CODE> directive defines the value of the
<VAR>device-uri-attribute</VAR> attribute. It is normally set
using the <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -v device-uri</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.2</SPAN><A NAME="ErrorPolicy">ErrorPolicy</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
ErrorPolicy abort-job
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>ErrorPolicy</CODE> directive defines the policy that
is used when a backend is unable to send a print job to the
printer. The <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command sets the current
error policy:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o printer-error-policy=stop-printer</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>The following values are supported:</P>
<UL>
<LI><CODE>abort-job</CODE> - Abort the job and proceed
with the next job in the queue</LI>
<LI><CODE>retry-current-job</CODE> - Retry the current job
immediately</LI>
<LI><CODE>retry-job</CODE> - Retry the job after waiting
for N seconds; the <VAR>cupsd.conf</VAR> <A
HREF="ref-cupsd-conf.html#JobRetryInterval"><CODE>JobRetryInterval</CODE></A>
directive controls the value of N</LI>
<LI><CODE>stop-printer</CODE> - Stop the printer and keep
the job for future printing; this is the default
value</LI>
</UL>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.4</SPAN><A NAME="Filter">Filter</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
Filter mime/type 100 program
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Filter</CODE> directive lists a single filter program as defined
in the printer's PPD file.</P>
<P>This directive must appear inside a
<A HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or
<A HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A> section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="Info">Info</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
Info My Printer
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Info</CODE> directive defines the string for the
<VAR>printer-info</VAR> attribute. It is normally set using the
<CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -D "My Printer"</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="JobSheets">JobSheets</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
JobSheets none,standard
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>JobSheets</CODE> directive specifies the default
banner pages to print before and after a print job. In the above
example, only a <VAR>standard</VAR> banner will print after each
job. The <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command is normally used to set
the default banners:
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o job-sheets-default=none,standard</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>If only one banner file is specified, it will be printed
before the files in the job. If a second banner file is
specified, it is printed after the files in the job.</P>
<P>The available banner pages depend on the local system
configuration; CUPS includes the following standard banner
files:</P>
<UL>
<LI><CODE>none</CODE> - Do not produce a banner
page.</LI>
<LI><CODE>classified</CODE> - A banner page with a
"classified" label at the top and bottom.</LI>
<LI><CODE>confidential</CODE> - A banner page with a
"confidential" label at the top and bottom.</LI>
<LI><CODE>secret</CODE> - A banner page with a
"secret" label at the top and bottom.</LI>
<LI><CODE>standard</CODE> - A banner page with no label
at the top and bottom.</LI>
<LI><CODE>topsecret</CODE> - A banner page with a
"top secret" label at the top and bottom.</LI>
<LI><CODE>unclassified</CODE> - A banner page with an
"unclassified" label at the top and bottom.</LI>
</UL>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="KLimit">KLimit</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
KLimit 1234
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>KLimit</CODE> directive defines the value of the
<VAR>job-k-limit</VAR> attribute. It is normally set using the
<CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o job-k-limit=1234</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="Location">Location</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
Location Building 3321
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Location</CODE> directive defines the string for the
<VAR>printer-location</VAR> attribute. It is normally set using the
<CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -L "Building 3321"</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.2</SPAN><A NAME="OpPolicy">OpPolicy</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
OpPolicy default
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>OpPolicy</CODE> directive sets the operation policy
that is used for the printer. The <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command
sets the current operation policy:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o printer-op-policy=default</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>The default policy is named "default". All policies correspond
to those defined using the <VAR>cupsd.conf</VAR> <A
HREF="ref-cupsd-conf.html#Policy"><CODE>Policy</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.2</SPAN><A NAME="Option">Option</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
Option name value
Option scaling 100
Option page-left 72
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Option</CODE> directive specifies a default job
template attribute value. It is mapped to
<CODE>name-default</CODE> in the printer attributes and applied
to jobs as <CODE>name</CODE>.</P>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="PageLimit">PageLimit</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
PageLimit 1234
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>PageLimit</CODE> directive defines the value of the
<VAR>job-page-limit</VAR> attribute. It can be set using the
<CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o job-page-limit=1234</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.2</SPAN><A NAME="PortMonitor">PortMonitor</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
PortMonitor bcp
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>PortMonitor</CODE> directive sets the filter program that
is used for every print job, typically to encode or package the print
data in a format acceptable for a particular printer interface. It is
set using the <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o port-monitor=tbcp</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>The following standard port monitors are included with CUPS:</P>
<UL>
<LI><CODE>bcp</CODE> - Encode PostScript print data using
the Adobe Binary Control Protocol (BCP)</LI>
<LI><CODE>none</CODE> - Do not use a port monitor</LI>
<LI><CODE>tbcp</CODE> - Encode PostScript print data
using the Adobe Tagged Binary Control Protocol
(TBCP)</LI>
</UL>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.4</SPAN><A NAME="PreFilter">PreFilter</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
PreFilter mime/type 100 program
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>PreFilter</CODE> directive lists a single pre-filter program as
defined in the printer's PPD file.</P>
<P>This directive must appear inside a
<A HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or
<A HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A> section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="Printer">Printer</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Printer</CODE> directive begins a printer
definition. Printers are added using the <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE>
command:
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername ...</KBD>
</PRE>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.4</SPAN><A NAME="Product">Product</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
Product Acme PaperWriter
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Product</CODE> directive defines the main product string from the
printer's PPD file and is used when advertising the queue via DNS-SD.</P>
<P>This directive must appear inside a
<A HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or
<A HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A> section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="QuotaPeriod">QuotaPeriod</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
QuotaPeriod 604800
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>QuotaPeriod</CODE> directive defines the value of
the <VAR>job-quota-period</VAR> attribute. Typical values are
86400 (1 day), 604800 (1 week), 2592000 (1 month), and 31536000
(1 year). It is set using the <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE>
command:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o job-quota-period=604800</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.2</SPAN><A NAME="Shared">Shared</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
Shared yes
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>Shared</CODE> directive defines the initial value of
the <VAR>printer-is-shared</VAR> attribute. The strings
<VAR>yes</VAR> and <VAR>no</VAR> correspond to the true and false
values, respectively. The <CODE>lpadmin(8)</CODE> command sets
the current state:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -o printer-is-shared=true</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="State">State</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
State idle
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>State</CODE> directive defines the initial value of
the <VAR>printer-state</VAR> attribute. The strings
<VAR>idle</VAR> and <VAR>stopped</VAR> correspond to the IPP
enumeration values 3 and 5, respectively. The
<CODE>cupsenable(8)</CODE> and <CODE>cupsdisable(8)</CODE>
commands set the current state:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<KBD>/usr/sbin/cupsenable printername</KBD>
<KBD>/usr/sbin/cupsdisable printername</KBD>
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="StateMessage">StateMessage</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
StateMessage Printer is lonely.
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>StateMessage</CODE> directive defines the initial
string for the <VAR>printer-state-message</VAR> attribute. The
following are some example messages:</P>
<PRE CLASS="command">
StateMessage Connected to host_name...
StateMessage Connecting to printer_queue on port port_number...
StateMessage Network host host_name is busy; will retry in 30 seconds...
StateMessage Printer busy; will retry in 10 seconds...
StateMessage Printer is busy; retrying print job...
StateMessage Print file accepted - job ID id_number.
StateMessage Waiting for job to complete
</PRE>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
<H2 CLASS="title"><SPAN CLASS="info">CUPS 1.2</SPAN><A NAME="StateTime">StateTime</A></H2>
<H3>Examples</H3>
<PRE CLASS="command">
<Printer name>
...
StateTime 1133542425
</Printer>
</PRE>
<H3>Description</H3>
<P>The <CODE>StateTime</CODE> directive defines the UNIX time
(seconds since Jan 1, 1970) for the last state change of the
queue. It is mapped to the <VAR>printer-state-change-time</VAR>
attribute.</P>
<P>This directive must appear inside a <A
HREF="#Printer"><CODE>Printer</CODE></A> or <A
HREF="#DefaultPrinter"><CODE>DefaultPrinter</CODE></A>
section.</P>
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