lprint.conf(5)

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✨ lprint.conf(5) — the server config file that runs the whole vibe ✨

okay so bestie, this one's a page from the lprint.conf manual (section 5, the file formats girlies 💅) — and no, I didn't forget the manual name, it's right there in the title, we move 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

lprint.conf — literally the server configuration file. that's it, that's the name. iconic.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So the lprint.conf server configuration file is where you set default values for zero or more server options — zero is valid, we love a low-pressure queen 💜

LPrint goes looking for system-wide defaults in these directories:

  • /etc
  • /usr/local/etc
  • /Library/Application Support (macOS)
  • and/or $SNAP_COMMON

...and for per-user defaults it checks:

  • $HOME/.config
  • $HOME/Library/Application Support (macOS)
  • and/or %PROFILE%/AppData/Local (Windows)

Now the syntax, which is honestly so simple it's giving main character energy ⭐

Lines starting with the # character are comments, like:

# This is a comment

Otherwise, LPrint is looking for options shaped like NAME=VALUE. And here's the slay part — you can put multiple options on one line when you separate them with whitespace. efficiency queen 👑

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

okay so the example here has LPrint listening on the hostname server.example.com and logging activity to the file /var/log/lprint.log:

# Listen on the server's published addresses...
listen-hostname=server.example.com

# Log file and level...
log-file=/var/log/lprint.log log-level=debug

see how log-file and log-level share a line? that whitespace separation at work, we stan 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Copyright © 2019-2026 by Michael R Sweet.

and that's the whole page!! 🌈 this was LPrint's lprint.conf(5) manual page, dating back to 2026-06-03 — the version/source is LPrint, and it's the lprint.conf(5) section. go configure something cute, drink some water, and remember: comments start with #, options are NAME=VALUE, and whitespace is your friend 💅✨🍓

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