Difference between revisions of "Common Unix Printing System"

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About

The Common Unix Printing System, abbreviated "CUPS", is an API for providing printer services across different flavors of UNIX/Linux. It also provides a GUI application and web interface, for both usage and administration.

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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

Fixing Problems

Control panel applet won't browse Windows Network Neighborhood for printers: make sure python-smbc is installed

Links

Reference

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

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-==Navigation==
+<hide>
-[[computing]]: [[software]]: [[UNIX]]/[[Linux]]: [[Common Unix Printing System]] (CUPS)
+[[page type::article]]
-==Overview==
+[[thing type::operating system subsystem]]
-The [[Common Unix Printing System]], abbreviated CUPS, is an [[API (programming)|API]] for providing printer services across different flavors of [[UNIX]]/[[Linux]].{{seed}}
+[[platform::Linux]]
-==Reference==
+</hide>
-* {{wikipedia|Common Unix Printing System}}
+==About==
-* [http://cups.org official web site]
+The [[Common Unix Printing System]], abbreviated "CUPS", is an [[API (programming)|API]] for providing printer services across different flavors of [[UNIX]]/[[Linux]]. It also provides a GUI application and web interface, for both usage and administration.{{seed}}
-==Concepts==
+===Related===
-* '''queue'''
+* [[2007-04-16 hypertwins printing problem]] -- this is probably quite obsolete now
-* A '''class''' of printers is a group of printers wherein the first available printer will accept each job sent to the class.
+===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==
+===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
+===Fixing Problems===
+* '''Control panel applet won't browse Windows [[Network Neighborhood]] for printers''': make sure python-smbc is installed
+==Links==
+===Reference===
+* {{wikipedia}}
+* [http://cups.org official web site]
+* [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu Network Printing With Ubuntu]
+* Local pages (should work if you have CUPS running):
+** [http://localhost:631/ menu]
+** manual pages (searchable):
+*** [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]

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