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164 Chapter 10 Working with the Print Service
Print Service Settings
Use the following parameters with the serveradmin tool to change settings for the
print service.
The log size limits apply to all CUPS logs:
 /var/log/cups/error_log (CUPS general message log )
 /var/log/cups/access_log (CUPS access log)
 /var/log/cups/error_log (CUPS page log)
As well as the following log files:
 /Library/Logs/PrintService/PrintService.admin.log (Server Admin Print log: logs all
Print administrative actions issued from Server Admin)
 /Library/Logs/atprintd/<queue-id>.spool.log (AppleTalk spool logs: 1 per shared
AppleTalk queue)
The log level option filters the number of messages written to the following logs:
 /var/log/cups/error_log
 /Library/Logs/PrintService/PrintService.admin.log
 /Library/Logs/atprintd/<queue-id>.spool.log
Parameter (print:) Description
serverLogArchiveEnable Default = no; yes enforces log size limits
<queue arrays> See “Queue Data Array” on page 165
serverLogArchiveSizeMB Default = 1; maximum log size Range = 1–512 MB
logLevel Default = info; for details, see CUPS doc
logLevelNames Read-only list of valid log level names
defaultLprQueue Queue-ID of selected default LPR-shared queue
lprQueues Read-only list of available LPR-shared queues
useRemoteQueues Default = yes; no = supress inclusion of remote queues
in queue list
maxClients Default = 500
maxClientsPerHost
Default = 100