-README - CUPS v1.3svn - 2007-01-03
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+README - CUPS v2.2.2 - 2017-01-17
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INTRODUCTION
- CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX(r)-based
- operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software
- Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX
- vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley
- command-line interfaces.
-
- CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis
- for managing print jobs and queues. The Line Printer Daemon
- ("LPD") Server Message Block ("SMB"), and AppSocket (a.k.a.
- JetDirect) protocols are also supported with reduced
- functionality. CUPS adds network printer browsing and
- PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options
- to support real-world printing under UNIX.
-
- CUPS includes an image file RIP that supports printing of
- image files to non-PostScript printers. A customized version
- of GPL Ghostscript for CUPS called ESP Ghostscript is
- available separately to support printing of PostScript files
- within the CUPS driver framework. Sample drivers for Dymo,
- EPSON, HP, OKIDATA, and Zebra printers are included that use
- these filters.
-
- Drivers for thousands of printers are provided with our ESP
- Print Pro software, available at:
-
- http://www.easysw.com/printpro/
-
- CUPS is licensed under the GNU General Public License and GNU
- Library General Public License. Please contact Easy Software
- Products for commercial support and "binary distribution"
- rights.
+ CUPS is a standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple
+ Inc. for macOS® 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
+ and device-specific programs to convert and print many types of files.
+ Sample drivers are included with CUPS to support many Dymo, EPSON, HP,
+ Intellitech, OKIDATA, and Zebra printers. Many more drivers are available
+ online and (in some cases) on the driver CD-ROM that came with your printer.
+
+ CUPS is licensed under the GNU General Public License and GNU Library
+ General Public License versions 2. See the file "LICENSE.txt" for more
+ information.
READING THE DOCUMENTATION
- Once you have installed the software you can access the
- documentation (and a bunch of other stuff) on-line at:
+ Once you have installed the software you can access the documentation (and
+ a bunch of other stuff) online at:
http://localhost:631/
- If you're having trouble getting that far, the documentation
- is located under the "doc/help" directory.
+ If you're having trouble getting that far, the documentation is located
+ under the "doc/help" directory.
Please read the documentation before asking questions.
GETTING SUPPORT AND OTHER RESOURCES
- If you have problems, READ THE DOCUMENTATION FIRST! We also
- provide many discussion forums which are available at:
-
- http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php
-
- Commercial support (with a guaranteed response time) is
- available from Easy Software Products. For more information
- see:
+ If you have problems, READ THE DOCUMENTATION FIRST! We also provide two
+ mailing lists which are available at:
- http://www.easysw.com/cups/
+ http://lists.cups.org/mailman/listinfo
- See the CUPS web site at "http://www.cups.org/" for other
- site links.
+ See the CUPS web site at "http://www.cups.org/" for other resources.
SETTING UP PRINTER QUEUES USING YOUR WEB BROWSER
- CUPS 1.2 includes a web-based administration tool that allows
- you to manage printers, classes, and jobs on your server.
- Open the following URL in your browser to access the printer
- administration tools:
+ CUPS includes a web-based administration tool that allows you to manage
+ printers, classes, and jobs on your server. Open the following URL in your
+ browser to access the printer administration tools:
http://localhost:631/admin/
- DO NOT use the hostname for your machine - it will not work
- with the default CUPS configuration. To enable
- administration access on other addresses, check the "Allow
- Remote Administration" box and click on the "Change Settings"
- button.
+ DO NOT use the hostname for your machine - it will not work with the default
+ CUPS configuration. To enable administration access on other addresses,
+ check the "Allow Remote Administration" box and click on the "Change
+ Settings" button.
- You will be asked for the administration password (root or
- any other user in the sys/system/root group on your system)
- when performing any administrative function.
+ You will be asked for the administration password (root or any other user in
+ the sys/system/root/admin/lpadmin group on your system) when performing any
+ administrative function.
SETTING UP PRINTER QUEUES FROM THE COMMAND-LINE
- CUPS works best with PPD (PostScript Printer Description)
- files. In a pinch you can also use System V style printer
- interface scripts.
+ CUPS works best with PPD (PostScript Printer Description) files. In a pinch
+ you can also use System V style printer interface scripts.
CUPS includes several sample PPD files you can use:
- Driver PPD File
- ----------------------------- ------------
- Dymo Label Printers dymo.ppd
- EPSON Stylus Color Series stcolor.ppd
- EPSON Stylus Photo Series stphoto.ppd
- EPSON Stylus New Color Series stcolor2.ppd
- EPSON Stylus New Photo Series stphoto2.ppd
- EPSON 9-pin Series epson9.ppd
- EPSON 24-pin Series epson24.ppd
- HP DeskJet Series deskjet.ppd
- HP New DeskJet Series deskjet2.ppd
- HP LaserJet Series laserjet.ppd
- OKIDATA 9-Pin Series okidata9.ppd
- OKIDATA 24-Pin Series okidat24.ppd
- Zebra CPCL Label Printer zebracpl.ppd
- Zebra EPL1 Label Printer zebraep1.ppd
- Zebra EPL2 Label Printer zebraep2.ppd
- Zebra ZPL Label Printer zebra.ppd
-
- Run the "lpinfo" command to list the available printers:
+ Driver PPD Name
+ ----------------------------- ------------------------------
+ Dymo Label Printers drv:///sample.drv/dymo.ppd
+ Intellitech Intellibar drv:///sample.drv/intelbar.ppd
+ EPSON 9-pin Series drv:///sample.drv/epson9.ppd
+ EPSON 24-pin Series drv:///sample.drv/epson24.ppd
+ Generic PCL Laser Printer drv:///sample.drv/generpcl.ppd
+ Generic PostScript Printer drv:///sample.drv/generic.ppd
+ HP DeskJet Series drv:///sample.drv/deskjet.ppd
+ HP LaserJet Series drv:///sample.drv/laserjet.ppd
+ OKIDATA 9-Pin Series drv:///sample.drv/okidata9.ppd
+ OKIDATA 24-Pin Series drv:///sample.drv/okidat24.ppd
+ Zebra CPCL Label Printer drv:///sample.drv/zebracpl.ppd
+ Zebra EPL1 Label Printer drv:///sample.drv/zebraep1.ppd
+ Zebra EPL2 Label Printer drv:///sample.drv/zebraep2.ppd
+ Zebra ZPL Label Printer drv:///sample.drv/zebra.ppd
+
+ Run the "lpinfo -m" command to list the available drivers:
+
+ lpinfo -m
+
+ Run the "lpinfo -v" command to list the available printers:
lpinfo -v
- Then use the correct URI to add the printer using the
- "lpadmin" command:
+ Then use the correct URI to add the printer using the "lpadmin" command:
- lpadmin -p printername -E -v URI -m filename.ppd
+ lpadmin -p printername -E -v device-uri -m ppd-name
Network printers typically use "socket" or "lpd" URIs:
- lpadmin -p printername -E -v socket://11.22.33.44 -m filename.ppd
- lpadmin -p printername -E -v lpd://11.22.33.44/ -m filename.ppd
+ lpadmin -p printername -E -v socket://11.22.33.44 -m ppd-name
+ lpadmin -p printername -E -v lpd://11.22.33.44/ -m ppd-name
- The sample drivers provide basic printing capabilities, but
- generally do not exercise the full potential of the printers
- or CUPS. For fully-functional commercial printer drivers
- check out our ESP Print Pro software at:
+ The sample drivers provide basic printing capabilities, but generally do not
+ exercise the full potential of the printers or CUPS.
- http://www.easysw.com/printpro/
+ CUPS also supports IPP Everywhere printers using the "everywhere" model,
+ for example:
+
+ lpadmin -p printername -E -v ipp://11.22.33.44/ipp/print -m everywhere
PRINTING FILES
- CUPS provides both the System V "lp" and Berkeley "lpr"
- commands for printing:
+ CUPS provides both the System V "lp" and Berkeley "lpr" commands for
+ printing:
lp filename
lpr filename
- Both the "lp" and "lpr" commands support printing options for
- the driver:
+ Both the "lp" and "lpr" commands support printing options for the driver:
- lp -omedia=A4 -oresolution=600dpi filename
- lpr -omedia=A4 -oresolution=600dpi filename
+ lp -o media=A4 -o resolution=600dpi filename
+ lpr -o media=A4 -o resolution=600dpi filename
- CUPS recognizes many types of images files as well as PDF,
- PostScript, HP-GL/2, and text files, so you can print those
- files directly rather than through an application.
+ CUPS recognizes many types of images files as well as PDF, PostScript,
+ and text files, so you can print those files directly rather than through
+ an application.
- If you have an application that generates output specifically
- for your printer then you need to use the "-oraw" or "-l"
- options:
+ If you have an application that generates output specifically for your
+ printer then you need to use the "-oraw" or "-l" options:
- lp -oraw filename
+ lp -o raw filename
lpr -l filename
- This will prevent the filters from misinterpreting your print
- file.
+ This will prevent the filters from misinterpreting your print file.
LEGAL STUFF
- CUPS is Copyright 1993-2007 by Easy Software Products. CUPS,
- the CUPS logo, and the Common UNIX Printing System are the
- trademark property of Easy Software Products.
+ CUPS is Copyright 2007-2017 by Apple Inc. CUPS and the CUPS logo are
+ trademarks of Apple Inc.
The MD5 Digest code is Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises.
- The PDF filter (pdftops) is based on the Xpdf software,
- Copyright 1996-2005 by Derek B. Noonburg.
-
- This software is based in part on the work of the Independent
- JPEG Group.
-
- CUPS is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public
- License and GNU Library General Public License. This program
- is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- "doc/help/license.html" or "LICENSE.txt" files for more
- information.
-
- For commercial licensing information, please contact:
-
- Attn: CUPS Licensing Information
- Easy Software Products
- 44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
- Hollywood, Maryland 20636 USA
-
- Voice: +1.301.373.9600
- Email: cups-info@cups.org
- WWW: http://www.cups.org/
-
- Note that commercial licensors may also require a license from
- Derek B. Noonburg who developed the Xpdf software used to print
- PDF files.
+ CUPS is provided under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ License and GNU Library General Public License. This program is distributed
+ in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+ the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ See the "doc/help/license.html" or "LICENSE.txt" files for more information.
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