| README - CUPS v2.0.0 - 2013-08-06 |
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| Looking for compile instructions? Read the file "INSTALL.txt" instead... |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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| 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! |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| READING THE DOCUMENTATION |
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| Once you have installed the software you can access the documentation (and |
| a bunch of other stuff) online at: |
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| http://localhost:631/ |
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| If you're having trouble getting that far, the documentation is located |
| under the "doc/help" directory. |
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| Please read the documentation before asking questions. |
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| GETTING SUPPORT AND OTHER RESOURCES |
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| If you have problems, READ THE DOCUMENTATION FIRST! We also provide many |
| discussion forums which are available at: |
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| http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php |
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| See the CUPS web site at "http://www.cups.org/" for other resources. |
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| SETTING UP PRINTER QUEUES USING YOUR WEB BROWSER |
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| 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: |
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| http://localhost:631/admin/ |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| SETTING UP PRINTER QUEUES FROM THE COMMAND-LINE |
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| CUPS works best with PPD (PostScript Printer Description) files. In a pinch |
| you can also use System V style printer interface scripts. |
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| CUPS includes several sample PPD files you can use: |
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| Driver PPD Name |
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| Dymo Label Printers drv:///sample.drv/dymo.ppd |
| Intellitech Intellibar drv:///sample.drv/intelbar.ppd |
| EPSON Stylus Color Series drv:///sample.drv/stcolor.ppd |
| EPSON Stylus Photo Series drv:///sample.drv/stphoto.ppd |
| EPSON Stylus New Color Series drv:///sample.drv/stcolor2.ppd |
| EPSON Stylus New Photo Series drv:///sample.drv/stphoto2.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 |
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| Run the "lpinfo -m" command to list the available drivers: |
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| lpinfo -m |
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| Run the "lpinfo -v" command to list the available printers: |
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| lpinfo -v |
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| Then use the correct URI to add the printer using the "lpadmin" command: |
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| lpadmin -p printername -E -v device-uri -m ppd-name |
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| Network printers typically use "socket" or "lpd" URIs: |
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| 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 |
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| The sample drivers provide basic printing capabilities, but generally do not |
| exercise the full potential of the printers or CUPS. The CUPS web site |
| provides links and drivers: |
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| http://www.cups.org/ppd.php PPD files |
| http://www.cups.org/links.php Links to other drivers |
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| PRINTING FILES |
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| CUPS provides both the System V "lp" and Berkeley "lpr" commands for |
| printing: |
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| lp filename |
| lpr filename |
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| Both the "lp" and "lpr" commands support printing options for the driver: |
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| lp -o media=A4 -o resolution=600dpi filename |
| lpr -o media=A4 -o resolution=600dpi filename |
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| 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. |
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| If you have an application that generates output specifically for your |
| printer then you need to use the "-oraw" or "-l" options: |
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| lp -o raw filename |
| lpr -l filename |
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| This will prevent the filters from misinterpreting your print |
| file. |
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| LEGAL STUFF |
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| CUPS is Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc. CUPS and the CUPS logo are |
| trademarks of Apple Inc. |
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| The MD5 Digest code is Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises. |
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| This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. |
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| 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. |
