NAME

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

DESCRIPTION

       /etc/netatalk/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/netatalk/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]

       On systems running a System V printing system 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 \\fR.

       printername may be just a name (Printer 1), or it may be a full name in nbp_name format
       (Printer 1:LaserWriter@My Zone).

       Systems using a BSD printing system should make use of a pipe to the printing command in
       question within the pr option (eg.  pr=|/usr/bin/lpr).

       When CUPS support is compiled in, then cupsautoadd as the first entry in papd.conf will
       automagically share all CUPS printers by papd utilizing the PPDs assigned in CUPS
       (customizable -- see below). This can be overwritten for individal printers by
       subsequently adding individual entries using the CUPS queue name as pr entry. Note: CUPS
       support is mutually exclusive with System V support described above.

       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. Note: possible values are uams_guest.so and
            uams_clrtxt.so only. The first method requires a valid username, but no password. The
           second requires both a valid username and the correct password.

       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.

       co=(CUPS options)
           The co option allows options to be passed through to CUPS (eg.  co="protocol=TBCP" or
           co="raw").

       cupsautoadd[:type][@zone]
           If used as the first entry in papd.conf this will share all CUPS printers via papd.
           type/zone settings as well as other parameters assigned to this special printer share
           will apply to all CUPS printers. Unless the pd option is set, the CUPS PPDs will be
           used. To overwrite these global settings for individual printers simply add them
           subsequently to papd.conf and assign different settings.

       fo
           If present, this flag enables a hack to translate line endings originating from pre
           Mac OS X LaserWriter drivers to let foomatic-rip recognize foomatic PPD options set in
           the printer dialog. Attention: Use with caution since this might corrupt binary print
           jobs!

       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/CUPS printer name or pipe command)
           Sets the lpd or CUPS printer that this is spooled to.

EXAMPLES

       Unless CUPS support has been compiled in (which is default from Netatalk 2.0 on) one
       simply defines the lpd queue in question by setting the pr parameter to the queue name, in
       the following example "ps". If no pr parameter is set, the default printer will be used.

       Example. papd.conf System V printing system examples

       The first spooler is known by the AppleTalk name Mac Printer Spooler, and uses a PPD file
       located in /usr/share/lib/ppd. In addition, the user mcs will be the owner of all jobs
       that are spooled. The second spooler is known as HP Printer and all options are the
       default.

           Mac Printer Spooler:\
              :pr=ps:\
              :pd=/usr/share/lib/ppd/HPLJ_4M.PPD:\
              :op=mcs:

           HP Printer:\
              :

       An alternative to the technique outlined above is to direct papd´s output via a pipe into
       another program. Using this mechanism almost all printing systems can be driven.

       Example. papd.conf examples using pipes

       The first spooler is known as HP 8100. It pipes the print job to /usr/bin/lpr for
       printing. PSSP authenticated printing is enabled, as is CAP-style authenticated printing.
       Both methods support guest and cleartext authentication as specified by the ´am´ option.
       The PPD used is /etc/atalk/ppds/hp8100.ppd.

           HP 8100:\
              :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Plp:\
              :sp:\
              :ca=/tmp/print:\
              :am=uams_guest.so,uams_pam.so:\
              :pd=/etc/atalk/ppds/hp8100.ppd:

       Starting with Netatalk 2.0 direct CUPS integration is available. In this case, defining
       only a queue name as pr parameter won´t invoke the SysV lpd daemon but uses CUPS instead.
       Unless a specific PPD has been assigned using the pd switch, the PPD configured in CUPS
       will be used by papd, too.

       There exists one special share named "cupsautoadd". If this is present as the first entry
       then all available CUPS queues will be served automagically using the parameters assigned
       to this global share. But subsequent printer definitions can be used to override these
       global settings for individual spoolers.

       Example. papd.conf CUPS examples

       The first entry sets up automatic sharing of all CUPS printers. All those shares appear in
       the zone "1st floor" and since no additional settings have been made, they use the CUPS
       printer name as NBP name and use the PPD configured in CUPS. The second entry defines
       different settings for one single CUPS printer. It´s NBP name is differing from the
       printer´s name and the registration happens in another zone.

           cupsautoadd@1st floor:op=root:

           Boss´ LaserWriter@2nd floor:\
              :pr=laserwriter-chief:

SEE ALSO

       papd(8), atalkd.conf(5), lpd(8), lpoptions(8)