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24 .TH cupsd 8 "Common UNIX Printing System" "18 July 2002" "Easy Software Products"
26 cupsd \- common unix printing system daemon
33 \fIcupsd\fR is the scheduler for the Common UNIX Printing System. It
34 implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol,
35 version 1.1. If no options are specified on the command-line then the
36 default configuration file (usually \fI/etc/cups/cupsd.conf\fR) will be
39 The \fI-f\fR option forces \fIcupsd\fR to run in the foreground; the
40 default is to run in the background as a "daemon".
42 The \fI-F\fR option forces \fIcupsd\fR to run in the foreground
43 but detaches the process from the controlling terminal and
44 current directory. This is useful for running \fIcupsd\fR from
47 \fIcupsd\fR implements all of the required IPP/1.1 attributes and
48 operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administration
51 backend(1), classes.conf(5), cupsd.conf(5), filter(1), mime.convs(5),
52 mime.types(5), printers.conf(5),
53 CUPS Implementation of IPP,
54 CUPS Interface Design Description,
55 CUPS Software Administrators Manual,
56 http://localhost:631/documentation.html
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