Questions tagged [cups]
CUPS (acronym for Common Unix Printing System) is a printing system for computer operating systems like Unix, allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs from client computers, process them and send them to the correct printer.
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ipp printer does not print on linux (good on windows)
The Problem:
I cannot print anything with my ipp printer on linux, including test page.
I didn't find anything obviously wrong in Ubuntu Settings.
When I tried to print something, I could see that ...
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Can't list printers unless root is in SystemGroup
I'm trying to set up a cups server using a container. The image setup is simple:
FROM docker.io/alpine:3.18
RUN apk add --update --no-cache cups cups-client cups-filters
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I created a print user ...
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CUPS on docker stops printing when printer is restarted
We have the CUPS container from anujdatar/cups-docker.
The problem is the CUPS stops printing when the printer lost connection to the USB — i.e. the printer is turned off/on (restarts) or the USB ...
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Trying to print from most Windows programs to a CUPS print server on my Raspberry pi
Like the title says, I'm trying to print from any program besides notepad in Windows 11 to a CUPS print server on my raspberry pi. I went through the process of installing updates on my pi, installing ...
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Storing CUPS printer config in home directory
Is there a way to configure CUPS to store printers.conf in a user's home directory instead of the global /etc/cups/printers.conf? Basically, I'm wanting to allow per-user configuration of local ...
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Add Epson network printer to CUPS
Could somebody kindly tell me ho to add an Epson network printer, for which I installed the drivers, by CUPS (under WSL2)?
The printer URI, given by the printer backend itself, is https://192.168.1.6:...
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CUPS refuses to print with "Unauthorized"
Connected Brother driverless printer to Debian 12 machine. Attempting to print results in "lp: Unauthorized". CUPS can print a test page successfully.
Checked OpenSuse CUPS Problem, but ...
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Windows print queue not created correctly
I am trying to create a printer/print queue in Windows, for a printer connected to a RaspberryPi running Cups. I have followed this procedure for setting it up:https://techblog.paalijarvi.fi/2020/05/...
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Driverless printing with CUPS: client-error-bad-request / "Print job was not accepted."
I’ve just installed Debian Bookworm (12) on my workstation and can’t print via network on my Kyocera M2040dn anymore. It worked on Debian Bullseye (11) but I can’t recall if I needed to install the ...
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Ubuntu VM with Cups Server and docker container with pycups: cups.IPPError: (1030, 'The printer or class does not exist.')
I have an Ubuntu VM with the cups server installed, configured and running.
I can print to every printer from the web interface with no problems.
Inside this VM there is a docker container with a ...
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How to properly configure hp m1212nf on debian 12?
I have installed hplip and cups on my debian 12, Cups sees my printer, but when I try to print test page CUPS says:
stopped
"Filter failed"
Printer displayed "used supply in use", ...
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Running CUPS on Raspberry Pi - Webpage unaccessable
I am trying to configure my Raspberry Pi to connect to my printer and allow me to print wirelessly using the cups webserver.
My Raspberry Pi 3b+ is running headless ubuntu:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
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Debian 11 - LibreOffice can print, but okular can't?
I'm running Debian 11 with KDE, and I use LibreOffice 7.3, Okular 20.12.3 and CUPS 2.3.3; I do have printer-driver-cups-pdf installed as well. I can print documents from LibreOffice and from the ...
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Can a printer driver access internet if it wants?
I want to buy new a printer because my old one refuses to print unless I give it access to the internet outside the LAN. I can't really control what it is saying about my print jobs to other ...
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CUPS server-error-internal-error
I am trying to install a printer in Ubuntu 22.04.
Via the "Settings" app, it tries to download drivers then fails with "Failed to add new printer".
Via system-config-printer-gnome ...
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Printing issue (OFFENDING COMMAND: @PJL) with CUPS to Lexmark MX622ade that is set to PCL language
A Lexmark MX622 printer configured to use PCL as default language does not print using CUPS (that seems to prefer PostScript):
I could print a test page (openSUSE Leap 15.4 using YaST2) successfully, ...
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Phantom CUPS printer in Linux Mint
Is there a way to create a phantom CUPS printer in Linux Mint, which can print to a file?
I have a copy of the CUPS file for a networked Brother printer server, which I would like to emulate for ...
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CUPS 2.3.3op2 doesn't detect USB printer
I'm experiencing a problem with my printing server based on CUPS. Around a week ago it stopped detecting my USB printer. Tried reintalling the OS, nothing changed. All commands outputs are from OS ...
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CUPS printers are not selectable in the graphical interface
My Linux (RHEL8) has a strange problem with the printers: I have printers installed on CUPS, but they are not displayed in the programs on the graphical interface!
When I try to print from a text ...
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Connect USB printer to an ethernet-only router
I have a XIAOMI Mi Router 4A Gigabit router and it is OpenWRT compatible. I was thinking of hooking up my Canon PIXMA E410 printer (which only has USB) to the router and setup a print server (p910nd/...
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how do I make cups use all cpu cores? [duplicate]
I'm printing with cups from libreoffice, and the pc lasts a very long time preparing the printing, before actually sending it to the printer.
I'm seeing that it uses 100% of one core.
Is there a way ...
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Unable to add Ubuntu CUPS printserver to Windows 10?
I am trying to add a local port on Windows 10 machine for a virtual queue printer that installed on Ubuntu server.
When I enter \\ip address for ubuntu server\name of printer, I get the following ...
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Sharing a printer on Arch to Windows clients
Following the stereotype that printers never "just work", I need help with sharing my Samsung ML-2160 on Arch.
I already followed some guides, installed CUPS and the samsung-unified-driver ...
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When printing from command line how to know what was the default font and font size is being used to print
I am printing from a text file. I would like to know what was the default font and font size is being used. Is there a way to find out?
lp template.html -d TVS_MSP-250CH-custom
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SMB-shared printer visible, but can no longer connect to it
I have a Brother HL-L2300D printer, connected by USB to a Raspberry Pi serving as a print server for a LAN segment somewhere. The Pi runs Raspbian, and has a samba server and a CUPS server running - ...
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linux printing remotely with lp command to cups server not working
I want to print between docker compose containers. There are two containers to the issue:
cups: cups daemon
php-apache: print with lp
cups container:
print locally, example
$ lp -d developer-epson-...
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OSX doesn't list remote CUPS printer
I'm trying to add a remote printer in my OSX Catalina, but the problem is that remote printer is not in the list
The remote printer is operating and properly configured, i used other OSX machine and ...
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Printing multiple pages results in negative offset
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.5 and a Samsung CLP-510N network printer with DIN A4 paper.
The printer is configured in the printer settings on Linux as page size A4.
When I print something consisting of more ...
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How to configure an IPP-driverless printer with static IP address in CUPS?
I've recently bought a new network printer and it supports driverless printing over IPP. It works out of the box on Ubuntu 20.04 using CUPS with cups-browsed configured like this:
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Godex 730 rastertoezpl driver in cups prints wrong orientation
I recently updated from cups 1.4 (Centos 6) to cups 1.6 (Centos 7). I am using Godex label printers and the rastertoezpl printer driver offered by Godex. Anyway since the update one printer (where the ...
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lp commands not displaying meaningful messages
We have CUPS 1.6.3. in 2 RHEL7 environments, A & B.
On A, when we issue lpstat command we get list of active jobs. Man page says
When run with no arguments, lpstat will list active jobs queued by ...
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How to solve Mac "Holding for Authentication" when printer does not have credentials
I have a printer hosted (CUPS) on my Ubuntu 20.10 machine so that everyone on the network can use it, and it just works on all computers after a quick setup. On a certain mac however, it was working ...
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How do I install on Windows a printer shared from cups on Linux?
I got an industrial printer that doesn't have drivers for Windows. Someone wrote a driver for Linux and it works great.
I want to print from Windows.
The Adobe PS Drivers are discontinued and all ...
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Alternate green/blue bars in PDF printout like old paper on dot-matrix printers
Is there any way to achieve this PDF output on Linux?
By this I mean the alternate blue/green bars, which used to be pre-printed on paper for dot-matrix printers. The guides/holes in the sides would ...
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Canon iR2018 armbian drivers on CUPS
I have Canon iR2018 printer and I am trying to set it as network printer using CUPS (it already has some network capabilities, but it does not work for macs and other devices).
I plugged the printer ...
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Is there a way to restrict printer access to certain users (Windows/Linux/MacOS), over a local network?
I have set up a print server, connected to a single printer, using cups and samba on a Raspberry Pi 4, running Raspbian Buster, on my university’s local network. Currently, anyone on the network can ...
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How to enable printer discovery using DNS-SD?
On Centos 8, I run lpinfo --include-schemes dnssd -v to discover printers, as suggested by CUPS documentation. Suspiciously, the command returns immediately without discovering anything.
tcpdump ...
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CUPS not starting on start up on Mac OSX 10.15.3
My Mac has suddenly stopped starting the CUPS service on startup. I can start CUPS by running
sudo /usr/sbin/cupsd
but when I restart my computer it requires me to run this command again.
Is there ...
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How do I tell CUPS to not leave white space in the margins?
I have a Brother QL-560 (rumored to behave like a 570), using the "ptouch" back-end driver, version 1.4.2, with CUPS 2.2.1.
My problem is that I need to print+cut labels which are exactly N mm high (...
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Adjusting printer vertical scaling in PPD file?
I've got two printers on my Linux system with CUPS 2.2.7:
HP Office Jet 8725
Brother HL-2350 DW
My problem is: I want to print business cards (eg. 85x54 mm), but the paper is too thick for the ...
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CUPS printing with IPP/DNSSD server: Filter failed
I've setup an IPP+DNSSD printing server with ArchLinux+hplip+cups+avahi in my LAN. The architecture graph is here:
I'm trying to make my Linux Desktop using this printing server. I installed and ...
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Ricoh SP 4510SF freezes with SC899 or SC900 error code at random
The Ricoh printer SP 4510SF crashes at random with error code SC899 or SC900 which means application error. Then it is needed to reboot the printer.
We have several of those printers and only one at ...
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CUPS on Raspberry Pi - Unable to authenticate
cups 2.2.1 on Raspberry Pi 3b+
Linux 4.19.66-v7+ #1253 SMP Thu Aug 15 11:49:46 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux
When I attempt to authenticate to perform administrative functions through the web interface, ...
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How does one Install a Brother HL-2270DW Laser Printer on Arch Linux ARM and Raspberry Pi 4B?
How to Install a Brother HL-2270DW Laser Printer on Arch Linux ARM and Raspberry Pi 4B?
I can rarely find a solution to Arch Linux ARM 4.19 integration and implementation issues. This is a self-...
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Calculate font size based on lines per page and size of the page
I have a requirement where I need to print something on a custom media , say 3x5 inches in Ubuntu. I am using the "enscript" tool to print the information.
The number of lines that need to be print ...
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CUPS shared printer with Authentication and SSL connect issue on Windows machines
I have an issue with connecting printer in Windows 10 or 7. Everything works great in my Debian, either basic auth type or HTTPS. I have created user cups_print and assign him password with passwd ...
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macOS: Trying to add a Zebra printer via lpadmin
To automate things I usually install printers by way of lpadmin with a short one-liner similar to
sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -o printer-is-shared=false -o KMSection=true -p bizhub_C224e -E -v lpd://10.8....
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cups doesn't print any more
I have 4 ubuntu bionic pc's on my intranet, with a multifunction sharp printer, an MX-2310U, which always printed perfectly, until a few days ago.
Since some day ago I cannot print any more from any ...
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How to rename http network printer name on Windows 10?
I have USB printer shared using CUPS on Linux machine.
I have installed this printer on my Windows 10
win10_printer_installation
Now when I want to print anything there is ugly long printer name which ...
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How to hold & release print jobs using cups?
I have installed CUPS 1.6.3 on centos 7. I am trying to find a solution to hold printing jobs from 6pm Friday to 6am Monday but I'm not sure how to do it.
I found few commands but I'm not sure how to ...
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