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NAME

6       smbspool - send a print file to an SMB printer
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SYNOPSIS

9       smbspool {job} {user} {title} {copies} {options} [filename]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.
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14       smbspool is a very small print spooling program that sends a print file
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16       for compatibility with the Common UNIX Printing System, but you can use
17       smbspool with any printing system or from a program or script.
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19       DEVICE URI
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21       smbspool specifies the destination using a Uniform Resource Identifier
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24              •   smb://server[:port]/printer
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33       smbspool tries to get the URI from the environment variable DEVICE_URI.
34       If DEVICE_URI is not present, smbspool will use argv[0] if that starts
35       with “smb://” or argv[1] if that is not the case.
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37       Programs using the exec(2) functions can pass the URI in argv[0], while
38       shell scripts must set the DEVICE_URI environment variable prior to
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OPTIONS

42              •   The job argument (argv[1]) contains the job ID number and is
43                  presently not used by smbspool.
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45              •   The user argument (argv[2]) contains the print user's name
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48              •   The title argument (argv[3]) contains the job title string
49                  and is passed as the remote file name when sending the print
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52              •   The copies argument (argv[4]) contains the number of copies
53                  to be printed of the named file. If no filename is provided
54                  then this argument is not used by smbspool.
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56              •   The options argument (argv[5]) contains the print options in
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59              •   The filename argument (argv[6]) contains the name of the
60                  file to print. If this argument is not specified then the
61                  print file is read from the standard input.
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VERSION

64       This man page is part of version 4.19.3 of the Samba suite.
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SEE ALSO

67       smbd(8) and samba(7).
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AUTHOR

70       smbspool was written by Michael Sweet at Easy Software Products.
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72       The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
73       Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
74       Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
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78Samba 4.19.3                      11/27/2023                       SMBSPOOL(8)