Specifications
170 Chapter 10 Working with the Print Service
To change several settings:
$ sudo serveradmin settings
print:
setting
=
value
print:
setting
=
value
print:
setting
=
value
[...]
Control-D
Available Print Service Settings
To change settings for the print service, use the following parameters with the
serveradmin tool.
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)
These limits also apply to 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 171
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 = suppress inclusion of remote queues
in queue list
maxClients Default = 500
maxClientsPerHost
Default = 100