papd.conf

NAME

papd.conf - Configuration file used by papd(8) to determine the configuration of printers used by the Netatalk printing daemon

DESCRIPTION

/etc/atalk//papd.conf is the configuration file used by papd to configure the printing services offered by netatalk. Please note that papd must be enabled in /etc/atalk//netatalk.conf for this to take any effect. papd shares the same defaults as lpd on many systems, but not Solaris.

Any line not prefixed with # is interpreted. The configuration lines are composed like:

printername:[options]

The simplest case is to have either no papd.conf, or to have one that has no active lines. In this case, atalkd should auto-discover the local printers on the machine. Please note that you can split lines by using \.

printername may be just a name (Printer 1), or it may be a full name in nbp_name format (Printer 1:LaserWriter@My Zone). If more than 15 printers are defined, you should explicitly define the zone for each printer. Otherwise, the Mac Chooser not show all the printers.

The possible options are colon delimited (:), and lines must be terminated with colons. The possible options and flags are:

am=(uams list): The am option allows specific UAMs to be specified for a particular printer. It has no effect if the au flag is not present or if papd authentication was not built into netatalk.
au: If present, this flag enables authentication for the printer. Please note that papd authentication must be built into netatalk for this to take effect.
op=(operator): This specifies the operator name, for lpd spooling.
pa=(appletalk address): Allows specification of Appletalk addresses. Usually not needed.
pd=(path to ppd file): Specifies a particular PPD (printer description file) to associate with the selected printer.
pr=(lpd printer name): Sets the lpd printer that this is spooled to.

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