1README - CUPS v1.7.2 - 2014-01-29 2--------------------------------- 3 4Looking for compile instructions? Read the file "INSTALL.txt" instead... 5 6 7INTRODUCTION 8 9 CUPS is a standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple 10 Inc. for OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems. CUPS uses the 11 Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") and provides System V and Berkeley 12 command-line interfaces, a web interface, and a C API to manage printers and 13 print jobs. It supports printing to both local (parallel, serial, USB) and 14 networked printers, and printers can be shared from one computer to another, 15 even over the Internet! 16 17 Internally, CUPS uses PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") files to 18 describe printer capabilities and features and a wide variety of generic 19 and device-specific programs to convert and print many types of files. 20 Sample drivers are included with CUPS to support many Dymo, EPSON, HP, 21 Intellitech, OKIDATA, and Zebra printers. Many more drivers are available 22 online and (in some cases) on the driver CD-ROM that came with your printer. 23 24 CUPS is licensed under the GNU General Public License and GNU Library 25 General Public License versions 2. See the file "LICENSE.txt" for more 26 information. 27 28 29READING THE DOCUMENTATION 30 31 Once you have installed the software you can access the documentation (and 32 a bunch of other stuff) online at: 33 34 http://localhost:631/ 35 36 If you're having trouble getting that far, the documentation is located 37 under the "doc/help" directory. 38 39 Please read the documentation before asking questions. 40 41 42GETTING SUPPORT AND OTHER RESOURCES 43 44 If you have problems, READ THE DOCUMENTATION FIRST! We also provide many 45 discussion forums which are available at: 46 47 http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php 48 49 See the CUPS web site at "http://www.cups.org/" for other resources. 50 51 52SETTING UP PRINTER QUEUES USING YOUR WEB BROWSER 53 54 CUPS includes a web-based administration tool that allows you to manage 55 printers, classes, and jobs on your server. Open the following URL in your 56 browser to access the printer administration tools: 57 58 http://localhost:631/admin/ 59 60 DO NOT use the hostname for your machine - it will not work with the default 61 CUPS configuration. To enable administration access on other addresses, 62 check the "Allow Remote Administration" box and click on the "Change 63 Settings" button. 64 65 You will be asked for the administration password (root or any other user in 66 the sys/system/root/admin/lpadmin group on your system) when performing any 67 administrative function. 68 69 70SETTING UP PRINTER QUEUES FROM THE COMMAND-LINE 71 72 CUPS works best with PPD (PostScript Printer Description) files. In a pinch 73 you can also use System V style printer interface scripts. 74 75 CUPS includes several sample PPD files you can use: 76 77 Driver PPD Name 78 ----------------------------- ------------------------------ 79 Dymo Label Printers drv:///sample.drv/dymo.ppd 80 Intellitech Intellibar drv:///sample.drv/intelbar.ppd 81 EPSON Stylus Color Series drv:///sample.drv/stcolor.ppd 82 EPSON Stylus Photo Series drv:///sample.drv/stphoto.ppd 83 EPSON Stylus New Color Series drv:///sample.drv/stcolor2.ppd 84 EPSON Stylus New Photo Series drv:///sample.drv/stphoto2.ppd 85 EPSON 9-pin Series drv:///sample.drv/epson9.ppd 86 EPSON 24-pin Series drv:///sample.drv/epson24.ppd 87 Generic PCL Laser Printer drv:///sample.drv/generpcl.ppd 88 Generic PostScript Printer drv:///sample.drv/generic.ppd 89 HP DeskJet Series drv:///sample.drv/deskjet.ppd 90 HP LaserJet Series drv:///sample.drv/laserjet.ppd 91 OKIDATA 9-Pin Series drv:///sample.drv/okidata9.ppd 92 OKIDATA 24-Pin Series drv:///sample.drv/okidat24.ppd 93 Zebra CPCL Label Printer drv:///sample.drv/zebracpl.ppd 94 Zebra EPL1 Label Printer drv:///sample.drv/zebraep1.ppd 95 Zebra EPL2 Label Printer drv:///sample.drv/zebraep2.ppd 96 Zebra ZPL Label Printer drv:///sample.drv/zebra.ppd 97 98 Run the "lpinfo -m" command to list the available drivers: 99 100 lpinfo -m 101 102 Run the "lpinfo -v" command to list the available printers: 103 104 lpinfo -v 105 106 Then use the correct URI to add the printer using the "lpadmin" command: 107 108 lpadmin -p printername -E -v device-uri -m ppd-name 109 110 Network printers typically use "socket" or "lpd" URIs: 111 112 lpadmin -p printername -E -v socket://11.22.33.44 -m ppd-name 113 lpadmin -p printername -E -v lpd://11.22.33.44/ -m ppd-name 114 115 The sample drivers provide basic printing capabilities, but generally do not 116 exercise the full potential of the printers or CUPS. The CUPS web site 117 provides links and drivers: 118 119 http://www.cups.org/ppd.php PPD files 120 http://www.cups.org/links.php Links to other drivers 121 122 123PRINTING FILES 124 125 CUPS provides both the System V "lp" and Berkeley "lpr" commands for 126 printing: 127 128 lp filename 129 lpr filename 130 131 Both the "lp" and "lpr" commands support printing options for the driver: 132 133 lp -o media=A4 -o resolution=600dpi filename 134 lpr -o media=A4 -o resolution=600dpi filename 135 136 CUPS recognizes many types of images files as well as PDF, PostScript, 137 HP-GL/2, and text files, so you can print those files directly rather than 138 through an application. 139 140 If you have an application that generates output specifically for your 141 printer then you need to use the "-oraw" or "-l" options: 142 143 lp -o raw filename 144 lpr -l filename 145 146 This will prevent the filters from misinterpreting your print 147 file. 148 149 150LEGAL STUFF 151 152 CUPS is Copyright 2007-2014 by Apple Inc. CUPS and the CUPS logo are 153 trademarks of Apple Inc. 154 155 The MD5 Digest code is Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises. 156 157 This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. 158 159 CUPS is provided under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public 160 License and GNU Library General Public License. This program is distributed 161 in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even 162 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 163 See the "doc/help/license.html" or "LICENSE.txt" files for more information. 164