Using the Printer Coordinator and related Tools

INI File name	Meaning	Expected Location
caps.ini	Shared initialization	CAPS Configuration Directory
capsmanagement.ini	Shared class initialization	CAPS Configuration Directory
caps-printing-coordinator.ini	Printing Coordinator specific	CAPS Configuration Directory

Verbosity Setup via INI

All executables related to the printing coordinator use a shared and an individual set of run-time INI files to support a generic way to configure their verbosity level.

• refer INI file set for printer driver
• refer INI file set for the printing coordinator
• refer INI file set for other printing related services
• refer INI file set used by the Printer Driver Launcher
• refer INI file set used by the Printer Preparation Tool

By adding the following entry to a carefully selected INI file, you can limit the verbosity change to a specific component of the CAPS universe or set it for all components at once.

‍Examples: if you modify the caps.ini file, all CAPS universe components are affected. When modifying the capsdriver.ini file instead, only printer drivers are affected (but all at once), but not the printing coordinator itself.

The entry to add is the section [debug] and the keyword verbosity:

[debug]
verbosity=<level>

The supported level words are:

• panic sets up LIBCAPS_PANIC
• error sets up LIBCAPS_ERROR
• warn sets up LIBCAPS_WARN
• info sets up LIBCAPS_INFO
• loud sets up LIBCAPS_LOUD
• noisy sets up LIBCAPS_NOISY
• debug sets up LIBCAPS_DEBUG

Note

The 'debug' verbosity word only works if debugging support was enabled at build-time.
If libcapsbase wasn't compiled with debugging support, no other component can make use of 'debug'. If libcapsbase was compiled with debugging support it depends on the other components (debugging support enabled or nor) if they make use of it.

Attention

Might interfere with CAPS universe early verbosity setup