-README - CUPS v1.4b2 - 2009-01-07
+README - CUPS v1.7b1 - 2012-08-10
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Looking for compile instructions? Read the file "INSTALL.txt"
instead...
INTRODUCTION
- The Common UNIX Printing System ("CUPS") is a standards-based, open source
- printing system developed by Apple Inc. for Mac OS® X and other UNIX®-like
- operating systems. CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") and
- provides System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces, a web interface,
- and a C API to manage printers and print jobs. It supports printing to
- both local (parallel, serial, USB) and networked printers, and printers can
- be shared from one computer to another, even over the Internet!
+ CUPS is a standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple
+ Inc. for OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems. CUPS uses the
+ Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") and provides System V and Berkeley
+ command-line interfaces, a web interface, and a C API to manage printers and
+ print jobs. It supports printing to both local (parallel, serial, USB) and
+ networked printers, and printers can be shared from one computer to another,
+ even over the Internet!
Internally, CUPS uses PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") files to
describe printer capabilities and features and a wide variety of generic
LEGAL STUFF
- CUPS is Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc. CUPS, the CUPS logo, and the
- Common UNIX Printing System are trademarks of Apple Inc.
+ CUPS is Copyright 2007-2012 by Apple Inc. CUPS and the CUPS logo are
+ trademarks of Apple Inc.
The MD5 Digest code is Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises.