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7.7. Configuring Format and Displayed Information
The following sections describe options that are used by the lpd server to control how it will return status information to a lpq request.
7.7.1. Display Class Information
Options used:
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class_in_status FLAG show class name in status
Setting the class_in_status option causes the class name rather than priority to be displayed in the status information.
7.7.2. Reverse Short and Long lpq Formats
Options used:
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reverse_lpq_format= FLAG reverse lpq status format for specified remote systems
Various Solaris and other System V implementations support an RFC1179 interface to remote printers. Unfortunately, there is a problem in that when they send a status request, the status format is reversed. That is, when LONG status format is wanted, they send SHORT, and vice versa.
The reverse_lpq_format= specifies a list of printers or IP addresses for which the lpd server will return LONG status when SHORT is requested, and vice versa. For example:
will cause hosts whose Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) ends in eng.com or from subnet 130.192.0.0 to have reversed status returned.
7.7.3. Status Line Length and Line Count
Options used:
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return_short_status=return short lpq status for specified remote systems
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short_status_length=short lpq status length in lines
In order to be compatible with non-LPRng client programs, some administrators would like lpd to return a short or brief status to normal status queries.
The return_short_status= specifies a list of printers or IP addresses for which the lpd server will return an abbreviated status when LONG status is requested. For example:
will cause hosts whose Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) ends in eng.com or from subnet 130.192.0.0 to get only 3 lines of detailed status returned.
7.7.4. lpq Status Format Determined by Requesting Host Address
Options used:
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force_lpq_status=force lpq status format for specified remote systems
In order to be compatible with non-LPRng client programs which are totally unpredictable, this allows the administrator to specify the format for lpq status when requests arrive.
The force_lpq_status= specifies a list of formats and printers or IP addresses for which the lpd server will return status in the specified format. The entry has the format KEY=list;KEY=list... where KEY is s for short and l for long format, and list is a list of hosts or IP addresses. For example:
will cause hosts whose Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) matches pc*eng.com or from subnet 130.192.12.0 to get short status returned and hosts which match sun*.eng.com get long status.