Printer colon file conventions

Printer and printer data stream attributes reside in colon files.

Colon files reside in the /usr/lib/lpd/pio/predef and /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom/* directories. The /usr/lib/lpd/pio/predef directory contains the predefined database and the /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom/* directory contains the customized database.

The following sections describe the conventions for printer and attribute names and values in colon files.