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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 loca-
       tion ] [	-c con-
       nect ] [	-d driver ] [ -p printer ] [ --ppd ppdfile ] [ -s spooler ] [ -C [ source-
       spooler ] sourcequeue ] [ -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 queue-
       name ] [	-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 lan-
       guage 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	queue-
		 name (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  con-
       tinuation 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:

       This manpage may	be out of date.

Foomatic Project		  2002-01-06		 FOOMATIC-CONFIGURE(1)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | SEE ALSO | EXIT STATUS | AUTHOR | BUGS

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