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cups(1) OpenPrinting cups(1)
NAME
cups - a standards-based, open source printing system
DESCRIPTION
CUPS is the software you use to print from applications like word
processors, email readers, photo editors, and web browsers. It converts
the page descriptions produced by your application (put a paragraph
here, draw a line there, and so forth) into something your printer can
understand and then sends the information to the printer for printing.
Now, since every printer manufacturer does things differently, printing
can be very complicated. CUPS does its best to hide this from you and
your application so that you can concentrate on printing and less on
how to print. Generally, the only time you need to know anything about
your printer is when you use it for the first time, and even then CUPS
can often figure things out on its own.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The first time you print to a printer, CUPS creates a queue to keep
track of the current status of the printer (everything OK, out of
paper, etc.) and any pages you have printed. Most of the time the queue
points to a printer connected directly to your computer via a USB port,
however it can also point to a printer on your network, a printer on
the Internet, or multiple printers depending on the configuration.
Regardless of where the queue points, it will look like any other
printer to you and your applications.
Every time you print something, CUPS creates a job which contains the
queue you are sending the print to, the name of the document you are
printing, and the page descriptions. 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.
WHERE DO I BEGIN?
The easiest way to start is by using the web interface to configure
your printer. Go to "http://localhost:631" and choose the
Administration tab at the top of the page. Click/press on the Add
Printer button and follow the prompts.
When you are asked for a username and password, enter your login
username and password or the "root" username and password.
After the printer is added you will be asked to set the default printer
options (paper size, output mode, etc.) for the printer. Make any
changes as needed and then click/press on the Set Default Options
button to save them. Some printers also support auto-configuration -
click/press on the Query Printer for Default Options button to update
the options automatically.
Once you have added the printer, you can print to it from any
application. You can also choose Print Test Page from the maintenance
menu to print a simple test page and verify that everything is working
properly.
You can also use the lpadmin(8) and lpinfo(8) commands to add printers
to CUPS. Additionally, your operating system may include graphical
user interfaces or automatically create printer queues when you connect
a printer to your computer.
HOW DO I GET HELP?
The OpenPrinting CUPS website (https://openprinting.github.io/cups)
provides access to the cups and cups-devel mailing lists, additional
documentation and resources, and a bug report database. Most vendors
also provide online discussion forums to ask printing questions for
your operating system of choice.
ENVIRONMENT
CUPS commands use the following environment variables to override the
default locations of files and so forth. For security reasons, these
environment variables are ignored for setuid programs:
CUPS_ANYROOT
Whether to allow any X.509 certificate root (Y or N).
CUPS_CACHEDIR
The directory where semi-persistent cache files can be found.
CUPS_DATADIR
The directory where data files can be found.
CUPS_ENCRYPTION
The default level of encryption (Always, IfRequested, Never,
Required).
CUPS_EXPIREDCERTS
Whether to allow expired X.509 certificates (Y or N).
CUPS_GSSSERVICENAME
The Kerberos service name used for authentication.
CUPS_SERVER
The hostname/IP address and port number of the CUPS scheduler
(hostname:port or ipaddress:port).
CUPS_SERVERBIN
The directory where server helper programs, filters, backend, etc.
can be found.
CUPS_SERVERROOT
The root directory of the server.
CUPS_STATEDIR
The directory where state files can be found.
CUPS_USER
Specifies the name of the user for print requests.
HOME Specifies the home directory of the current user.
IPP_PORT
Specifies the default port number for IPP requests.
LOCALEDIR
Specifies the location of localization files.
LPDEST
Specifies the default print queue (System V standard).
PRINTER
Specifies the default print queue (Berkeley standard).
TMPDIR
Specifies the location of temporary files.
FILES
~/.cups/client.conf
~/.cups/lpoptions
CONFORMING TO
CUPS conforms to the Internet Printing Protocol version 2.1 and
implements the Berkeley and System V UNIX print commands.
NOTES
CUPS printer drivers, backends, and PPD files are deprecated and will
no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. Printers
that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
ippeveprinter(1).
SEE ALSO
cancel(1), client.conf(5), cupsctl(8), cupsd(8), lp(1), lpadmin(8),
lpinfo(8), lpoptions(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), lpq(1), lpstat(1), CUPS
Online Help (http://localhost:631/help), OpenPrinting CUPS Web Site
(https://openprinting.github.io/cups), PWG Internet Printing Protocol
Workgroup (http://www.pwg.org/ipp)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2021-2023 by OpenPrinting.
2021-02-28 CUPS cups(1)
cups-snmp(8) OpenPrinting cups-snmp(8)
NAME
snmp - cups snmp backend (deprecated)
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp ip-address-or-hostname
/usr/libexec/cups/backend/snmp ip-address-or-hostname
lpinfo -v --include-schemes snmp
DESCRIPTION
The DEPRECATED CUPS SNMP backend provides legacy discovery and
identification of network printers using SNMPv1. When used for
discovery through the scheduler, the backend will list all printers
that respond to a broadcast SNMPv1 query with the "public" community
name. Additional queries are then sent to printers that respond in
order to determine the correct device URI, make and model, and other
information needed for printing.
In the first form, the SNMP backend is run directly by the user to look
up the device URI and other information when you have an IP address or
hostname. This can be used for programs that need to configure print
queues where the user has supplied an address but nothing else.
In the second form, the SNMP backend is run indirectly using the
lpinfo(8) command. The output provides all printers detected via SNMP
on the configured broadcast addresses. Note: no broadcast addresses
are configured by default.
ENVIRONMENT
The DebugLevel value can be overridden using the CUPS_DEBUG_LEVEL
environment variable. The MaxRunTime value can be overridden using the
CUPS_MAX_RUN_TIME environment variable.
FILES
The SNMP backend reads the /usr/local/etc/cups/snmp.conf configuration
file, if present, to set the default broadcast address, community name,
and logging level.
NOTES
The CUPS SNMP backend is deprecated and will no longer be supported in
a future version of CUPS.
CONFORMING TO
The CUPS SNMP backend uses the information from the Host, Printer, and
Port Monitor MIBs along with some vendor private MIBs and intelligent
port probes to determine the correct device URI and make and model for
each printer.
SEE ALSO
backend(7), cups-snmp.conf(5), cupsd(8), lpinfo(8), CUPS Online Help
(http://localhost:631/help)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2021-2023 by OpenPrinting.
2021-02-28 CUPS cups-snmp(8)