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third_party/cups: Adding OWNERS file

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  1. backend/
  2. berkeley/
  3. cgi-bin/
  4. conf/
  5. config-scripts/
  6. cups/
  7. data/
  8. desktop/
  9. doc/
  10. examples/
  11. filter/
  12. locale/
  13. man/
  14. monitor/
  15. notifier/
  16. packaging/
  17. ppdc/
  18. scheduler/
  19. systemv/
  20. templates/
  21. test/
  22. tools/
  23. vcnet/
  24. xcode/
  25. .gitattributes
  26. .gitignore
  27. .mailmap
  28. CHANGES-1.0.txt
  29. CHANGES-1.1.txt
  30. CHANGES-1.2.txt
  31. CHANGES-1.3.txt
  32. CHANGES-1.4.txt
  33. CHANGES-1.5.txt
  34. CHANGES-1.6.txt
  35. CHANGES-1.7.txt
  36. CHANGES-2.0.txt
  37. CHANGES-2.1.txt
  38. CHANGES.md
  39. config.guess
  40. config.h.in
  41. config.sub
  42. configure
  43. configure.ac
  44. CONTRIBUTING.md
  45. CREDITS.md
  46. cups-config.in
  47. install-sh
  48. INSTALL.md
  49. LICENSE.txt
  50. Makedefs.in
  51. Makefile
  52. OWNERS
  53. PRESUBMIT.cfg
  54. README.md
README.md

README - CUPS v2.2.8 - 2018-06-05

Looking for compile instructions? Read the file INSTALL.md instead...

INTRODUCTION

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) online at http://localhost:631/.

If you're having trouble getting that far, the documentation is located under the doc/help and man directories.

Please read the documentation before asking questions.

GETTING SUPPORT AND OTHER RESOURCES

If you have problems, read the documentation first! We also provide two mailing lists which are available at https://lists.cups.org/mailman/listinfo.

See the CUPS web site at https://www.cups.org/ for other resources.

SETTING UP PRINTER QUEUES USING YOUR WEB BROWSER

CUPS includes a web-based administration tool that allows you to manage printers, classes, and jobs on your server. Open http://localhost:631/admin/ in your browser to access the printer administration tools:

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/admin/lpadmin group on your system) when performing any administrative function.

SETTING UP PRINTER QUEUES FROM THE COMMAND-LINE

CUPS currently uses PPD (PostScript Printer Description) files that describe printer capabilities and driver programs needed for each printer. The everywhere PPD is used for nearly all modern networks printers sold since about 2009. For example, the following command creates a print queue for a printer at address 11.22.33.44:

lpadmin -p printername -E -v ipp://11.22.33.44/ipp/print -m everywhere

CUPS also includes several sample PPD files you can use for “legacy” 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

You can run the lpinfo -m command to list all of 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:

lpadmin -p printername -E -v device-uri -m ppd-name

Current network printers typically use ipp or ipps URIS:

lpadmin -p printername -E -v ipp://11.22.33.44/ipp/print -m everywhere
lpadmin -p printername -E -v ipps://11.22.33.44/ipp/print -m everywhere

Older network printers typically use socket or lpd URIs:

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. Other drivers provide greater printing capabilities.

PRINTING FILES

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:

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, 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:

lp -o raw filename
lpr -l filename

This will prevent the filters from misinterpreting your print file.

LEGAL STUFF

CUPS is copyright © 2007-2018 by Apple Inc. CUPS and the CUPS logo are trademarks of Apple Inc.

The MD5 Digest code is Copyright 1999 Aladdin Enterprises.

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.