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1.1     ! root        1: # Comments begin with with a pound sign.  Both comments and blank lines
        !             2: # are ignored
        !             3: 
        !             4: # localfeed:  if set to "on" will add a form-feed between each copy of
        !             5: #             a request to the local printer.
        !             6: #
        !             7: #
        !             8: #localfeed=on
        !             9: 
        !            10: 
        !            11: # feed:       works like localfeed for all other requests other than
        !            12: #             local ones.
        !            13: #
        !            14: #feed=on
        !            15: 
        !            16: # docopies:   If it is set to "on" then the despooler will send the request
        !            17: #             to the backend script X number of times, where X is the number
        !            18: #             of copies.  Otherwise, the despooler will only send the data
        !            19: #             once and the backend is expected to send X copies to the
        !            20: #             device from its one copy of the request.  In either case, the
        !            21: #             backend is sent the number of copies as the $3 positional
        !            22: #             parameter.  If you want to print alot of copies and you want
        !            23: #             the status to report an accurate assesment of the job's 
        !            24: #             stage of completion, then set docopies to on.
        !            25: #
        !            26: docopies=on
        !            27: 
        !            28: # printer     This relates a logical printer name with a physical device
        !            29: #             and optional backend script.  There must be one entry for each
        !            30: #             printer.  The default backend is simply the "cat" command.
        !            31: #             The lpadmin command defines printers by writing such line here.
        !            32: #
        !            33: #printer=fast,/dev/lpt0
        !            34: 
        !            35: # default     This is the system default printer.  If the user does not have
        !            36: #             a personal default printer defined (see "route") then this is it.
        !            37: #             You can use lpadmin to change this too.
        !            38: 
        !            39: # templife    These three options determine the how long a request will live
        !            40: # shortlife   in the spool queue.  In most Unix spoolers, this is not even a
        !            41: # longlife    consideration, since the data simply flows to the printer and
        !            42: #             is then gone.  There are four classes or request longevities:
        !            43: #
        !            44: #             R = Reprint.  These requests are headers without data. They
        !            45: #                           are removed as soon as they despool.
        !            46: #
        !            47: #             T = Temporary  These live for just 1/2 an hour before being
        !            48: #                            deleted.
        !            49: #           
        !            50: #             S = Shortterm  These live for 24 hours.
        !            51: #
        !            52: #             L = Longterm   These live for a week.
        !            53: #             
        !            54: #             The default times for T, S & L's may be overridden with the
        !            55: #             keywords listed in this section.  The despooler enforces these
        !            56: #             lifetimes during a queue scan once every tenth time it is 
        !            57: #             awakened.  During slow times this is once every 300 seconds.
        !            58: #
        !            59: templife = .5
        !            60: shortlife = 24
        !            61: longlife = 72
        !            62: 
        !            63: # logroll     This is the time at which the log file is renamed to log.o
        !            64: #             and a fresh log file is begun.  The time is expressed in hours
        !            65: #             and defaults to a week.  This is done so that the log file
        !            66: #             does not grow without bounds.
        !            67: #
        !            68: logroll = 240
        !            69: 
        !            70: default = main
        !            71: printer = main, /dev/lpt1, hppar
        !            72: printer = disk, /dev/null, disk

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