Articles - Documentation - Common UNIX Printing System

FAQ (46 articles)

Where Can I Get Drivers for My Printer?

By mike on Apr 23, 2008, 1 comment(s)
CUPS includes drivers for many printers. Open source printer drivers are available from other sites.

What Software Do I Need to Use CUPS?

By mike on Dec 21, 2007, 0 comment(s)
The standard CUPS software distribution includes most of the software necessary to support printing. If you have PostScript printers you'll need to PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") files that came with your printer.

What are the conditions to do binary distribution?

By mike on Dec 13, 2007, 0 comment(s)
<p>If you just compile the DDK drivers as-is, you can redistribute the binaries just like any other GNU GPL'd software - just provide the option to get the source code if you don't bundle it with your distribution.

Trademarks

By mike on Jul 11, 2007, 0 comment(s)
Common UNIX Printing System, CUPS, and CUPS logo.

What Support Is Available?

By mike on Jul 11, 2007, 0 comment(s)
This FAQ provides links to the available CUPS support resources.

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How-To (30 articles)

Netgear WGPS606 Printer Configuration Mini HowTo

By nconantj on Feb 09, 2007, 16 comment(s)
In this Mini HowTo I describe the process of setting up a printer on the Netgear WGPS606 Wireless Print Server with 4 port switch.

Debugging SNMP Printer Detection Problems

By mike on Jun 05, 2006, 0 comment(s)
This How-To page describes how to run the SNMP backend in "debug" mode to find problems on your network, device, or in CUPS itself.

Absolute Basics For Setting Up Your Printing Network

By steve on Mar 07, 2006, 8 comment(s)
Use the cupsd.conf file...

Why Is CUPS Taking Up A Lot Of CPU Memory And How Can I Fix It?

By steve on Mar 07, 2006, 0 comment(s)
There are two major reasons for this....

How To Assign Printing Administration Capabilities To Users

By steve on Nov 14, 2005, 11 comment(s)
Creating a special group will do this

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News (374 articles)

Screencast of PyKota setup under Debian

By jerome.alet on Nov 11, 2008, 0 comment(s)
A screencast showing the installation of PyKota onto a Debian box is now available.

Bug tracker for PyKota and related software

By jerome.alet on Nov 11, 2008, 0 comment(s)
A publicly accessible Bug Tracker is now available to all for PyKota, Tea4CUPS, pkpgcounter, pkipplib and PyKotIcon

officetops 1.03

By h.blischke on Nov 11, 2008, 0 comment(s)
This CUPS filter calls a component of OpenOffice.org as a filter. It permits direct printing of OpenOffice and/or Microsoft office documents.

PrinterSetup 0036 Released

By lucidsystems on Nov 11, 2008, 0 comment(s)
This release of printer setup revolves around a new dynamic deployment feature which is an extension to the automatic and centralized queue deployment system.

Translators Needed for CUPS 1.4!

By mike on Oct 30, 2008, 9 comment(s)
Now that we have released the first beta of CUPS 1.4, we need translators!

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