[Samba] Cups, samba and temporary print files

Stanley Tim tim.stanley at kuesters-usa.com
Wed Oct 27 14:34:48 GMT 2004


Stanley Tim wrote:
>This is probably more of a Cups issue, however, I have a question about the
>spool files from sharing Cups printers in Samba.
>
>The spool directory on my Samba server seems to be holding print job files
>from past print jobs. I'm wondering what is the proper way to eliminate
>these files?

>>If you put the '-r' flag in the print command in smb.conf, cups will 
>>delete the file when it's done with it.
>>
>>Simon

Thanks. I found the issue. I modified cupsd.conf to include:

PreserveJobHistory No
PreserveJobFiles No


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