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CUPS Administrative Guide

You're reading from  CUPS Administrative Guide

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2008
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781847192585
Pages 248 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Concepts
Author (1):
Ankur Shah Ankur Shah
Profile icon Ankur Shah

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

CUPS Administrative Guide
Credits
About the Author
1. Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
2. Preface
1. Introduction 2. Building and Installing CUPS 3. Printer Management 4. Managing Multiple Printers at a Time 5. CUPS Server Management 6. Client Setup 7. Quota Management 8. Monitoring CUPS 9. File Typing and Filtering 10. Security

Managing Printers using the CUPS Web Interface


In this section, we will discuss above mentioned functions related to printer and job using CUPS web interface.

The CUPS web server provides a user-friendly interface for adding your printers. Rather than figure out which device URI and PPD files to use, you can instead click on the appropriate listings and fill in some simple information. Enter the following URL in your web browser to begin: http://localhost:631/admin.

The following screen should appear within your browser. We can see a number of tabs such as Administration, Classes, Documentation/Help, Jobs, and Printers within this page.

Administration

The administration window in the CUPS web interface looks like this:

Adding a New Printer

Clicking on Add Printer shows you the following screen:

You will need to fill in an appropriate name for your printer. You can also specify the location, and a description for the given printer which helps people recognize the printer. But these fields are...

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