FOOMATIC-CONFIGURE(1)					      General Commands Manual					     FOOMATIC-CONFIGURE(1)

NAME

       foomatic-configure - the main configuration program of the foomatic printing system.

SYNOPSIS

       foomatic-configure [OPTION]...

       foomatic-configure -n queuename [ -N description ] [ -L location ] [ -c con-
       nect ] [ -d driver ] [ -p printer ] [ --ppd ppdfile ] [ -s spooler ] [ -C [ sourcespooler ] source-
       queue ] [ -o option1=value1 -o option2 ... ] [ -q ] foomatic-configure -D -n queuename [ -s spooler ] [ -q ]

       foomatic-configure -R -n queuename [ -s spooler ] [ -q ]

       foomatic-configure -Q  [ -s spooler ] [ -n queuename ] [ -r ]

       foomatic-configure -P  [ -s spooler ] [ -n queuename ] [ -d driver ] [ -p printer ] [ --ppd ppdfile ] [ index ]

       foomatic-configure -X -p printer | -d driver | -p printer -d driver

       foomatic-configure -O

       foomatic-configure -h

       foomatic-configure --help

DESCRIPTION

       foomatic-configure  is  a program to set up and configure print queues for every known spooler (CUPS, LPRng, LPD, GNUlpr, PPR, PDQ. CPS, no
       spooler) and every valid printer/driver combo in the Foomatic database or every PPD file coming with PostScript	printers.  As  RIP  filter
       (Raster Image Processor, translation from PostScript to the native language of the printer) always foomatic-rip(1) will be used, except for
       PPD files of PostScript printers under CUPS or PPR, they will be used without RIP filter.

       It also comprises half of a programatic API for user tools: you can learn and control everything  about	the  static  properties  of  print
       queues  here.  With the sister program foomatic-printjob(1), you can do everything related to the print queue's dynamic state: submit jobs,
       and query, cancel, reorder, and redirect them.

   Options
       -n queuename
		 Configure this print queue

       -N Name/Description
		 Use this proper human-readable name/description

       -L Location
		 Short phrase describing this printer's location

       -c connection
		 Printer is connected thusly (ex file:/dev/lp0)

       -d driver Foomatic database name for desired printer driver

       -p printer
		 Foomatic id for printer

       --ppd ppdfile
		 PPD file, for example the one supplied by the manufacturer of a PostScript printer

       -s spooler
		 Explicit spooler type (cups, lpd, lprng, pdq, ppr, direct)

       -o option=value
		 Set the default of option to value

       -o option Turn on option by default

       -D	 Set this queue as the default queue (just give -n queuename)

       -R	 Remove this whole queue entirely (just give -n queuename)

       -C [ sourcespooler ] sourcequeue
		 Copy sourcequeue from sourcespooler (or the current one if sourcespooler is not given) into the queue given by -n  queuename  (of
		 the current spooler).

       -Q	 Query existing configuration (gives XML summary)

       -r	 List also remotely defined queues (CUPS only)

       -P [ index ]
		 Get Perl dump of current configuration (as a Perl array named QUEUES, the first index is index, or zero if index is not given)

       -O	 Print XML Overview of all known printer/drivers (this shows also the Foomatic IDs of the printers)

       -X	 Print XML data for -p printer and/or -d driver object

       -q	 Run quietly

   Commands
       No commands, just options

SEE ALSO

       foomatic-printjob(1), foomatic-rip(1)

EXIT STATUS

       foomatic-configure returns 0 if no errors occurred.

AUTHOR

       Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> for the foomatic project using comments from the source.

BUGS

       foomatic-configure  currently  cannot handle printcap files in the lprng style.	As lprng can use BSD style printcaps this is not much of a
       problem, as long as the GUI based print manager lprngtool is not used.  The difference between those formats is, that  BSD  style  requires
       continuation  lines in printer definitions to be ended with a colon and the newline character to be escaped with a backslash.  Lprng has no
       such restriction.

       To use a printcap file generated or edited with lprngtool with foomatic-configure it is necessary to add : to the end of all but the  last
       line of every printer definition, just as shown below:

       #comment
       # primary printer name
       lp
       #alternate names
	|lp2|lp3
	|Example of a printer
	:sd=/usr/spool/LPD/lp
	:rw:lp=/dev/lp:mx#100
	:

       must be converted to:

       #comment
       # primary printer name
       lp
	|lp2|lp3
	|Example of a printer
	:sd=/usr/spool/LPD/lp:
	:rw:lp=/dev/lp:mx#100:

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Foomatic Project						    2002-01-06						     FOOMATIC-CONFIGURE(1)