What is cups

Setting Up Printer Queues CUPS includes a web-based administration tool that allows you to manage printers, classes, and jobs on your server.

If you have an application that generates output specifically for your printer then you need to use the "-o raw" or "-l" options: lp -o raw filename lpr -l filename This will prevent the filters from misinterpreting your print file. Server Overview Hyperscale Docs. Installation To install CUPS on your Ubuntu computer, simply use sudo with the apt command and give the packages to install as the first parameter.

Enter the following at a terminal prompt to install CUPS: sudo apt install cups Upon authenticating with your user password, the packages should be downloaded and installed without error.

Tip Prior to editing the configuration file, you should make a copy of the original file and protect it from writing, so you will have the original settings as a reference, and to reuse as necessary. To enable listening for all network interfaces for which a certain hostname is bound, including the Loopback, you could create a Listen entry for the hostname socrates as such: Listen socrates Listen on all interfaces for the hostname 'socrates' or by omitting the Listen directive and using Port instead, as in: Port Listen on port on all interfaces For more examples of configuration directives in the CUPS server configuration file, view the associated system manual page by entering the following command at a terminal prompt: man cupsd.

To configure CUPS to allow access from remote machines, perform the following steps:. Scroll to the bottom of the configuration file where the other Listen instructions are declared.

The Red Hat Advanced Server provides a configuration wizard to help you set up your printers. To use the configuration wizard for this task, perform the following steps:.

Click Print Test Page to test your printer setup. Job are numbered queue-1, queue-2, and so forth so you can monitor the job as it is printed or cancel it if you see a mistake. When CUPS gets a job for printing, it determines the best programs filters , printer drivers , port monitors , and backends to convert the pages into a printable format and then runs them to actually print the job.

When the print job is completely printed, CUPS removes the job from the queue and moves on to any other jobs you have submitted. You can also be notified when the job is finished, or if there are any errors during printing, in several different ways.

Click on the Administration tab.