Difference between revisions of "Common Unix Printing System"

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Overview

The Common Unix Printing System, abbreviated CUPS, is an API for providing printer services across different flavors of UNIX/Linux.

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Reference

Wikipedia
official web site
Local pages (should work if you have CUPS running):
- menu
- manual pages (searchable):
  - Overview of CUPS
  - manpages
    - cupsd.conf

Related Pages

2007-04-16 hypertwins printing problem

Concepts

class: a group of printers wherein the first available printer will accept each job sent to the class.
job: a particular document submitted for printing by a particular client (machine) to a particular printer
queue: a list of documents to be printed by a particular printer or class
printer

Error Messages

There doesn't seem to be any catalog on the CUPS site of possible error messages and what they mean.

cupsdAuthorize:
- Local authentication certificate not found!

Commands

To restart CUPS (on Ubuntu and similar distros, anyway) is:

invoke-rc.d cupsys restart

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 * {{wikipedia|Common Unix Printing System}}
 * [http://cups.org official web site]
-* Local manual pages (should work if you have CUPS running; searchable):
+* Local pages (should work if you have CUPS running):
-** [http://localhost:631/help/overview.html Overview of CUPS]
+** [http://localhost:631/ menu]
-** [http://localhost:631/help/?TOPIC=Man+Pages manpages]
+** manual pages (searchable):
-*** [http://localhost:631/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html cupsd.conf]
+*** [http://localhost:631/help/overview.html Overview of CUPS]
+*** [http://localhost:631/help/?TOPIC=Man+Pages manpages]
+**** [http://localhost:631/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html cupsd.conf]
 ==Related Pages==
 * [[2007-04-16 hypertwins printing problem]]