Questions tagged [cups]
CUPS stands for Common Unix Printing System, is an open source printing system allowing computer to become a print server and manage the printers on the network.
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I switched to linux Mint and my printer stopped working
This is my first question here, so I'll try to add as many details as I can.
To put it simply, I have a Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet Professional M1132 MFP, a couple of weeks ago I switched to Linux ...
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CUPS + RICOH IM C3500 doesn't accept the paper tray from the print job
I have a puzzling problem when I print to our RICOH IM C3500 printer from Linux (Debian 11): it ignores the tray settings and stops with an error, because it tries to load from the bypass tray, which ...
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cups: Unable to open listen socket for address 127.0.0.1:631 - Cannot assign requested address
I have installed cups on Debian 12.
when I start it, I see following errors in /var/log/cups/error_log:
Unable to open listen socket for address 127.0.0.1:631 - Cannot assign requested address
also, ...
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Printer stops monthly Oracle Linux 8
We got about 50 printers in our network. I've enabled the cups debug level to 2, but I still cannot see a clear reason for stoppage. We have CUPS Version 1.6.3 .
We have a workaround which is to ...
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Understand Brother wireless printers installer (Driver Install Tool)
I would like to install printer and scan drivers for Brother wireless printers on linux distro (no matter if dpkg or rpm based) without installer Brother supports ("Driver Install Tool"). ...
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How do I add a printer in OpenSUSE which is being shared by a CUPS print server?
I have a print server running CUPS with a printer attached via USB cable.
I want to add this printer to my OpenSUSE tumbleweed desktop. I can't see how to do this. Network discovery in OpenSUSE does ...
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print pdf with no margins
I have a small script that reads a mailbox and prints any attached pdf using cups lp. This is mostly for printing package labels. Some companies however supply a label with no margins which will be ...
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Printer goes offline after every 4 hours
Need help. I am using Raspberry Pi and have CUPS running. The challenge I have is the Printer goes offline after every 4 or 4 hours…is there a way that I can set CUPS to restart after every 3 hours?
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Brother HL-1210W Debian 11 / Linux & A6 support
I want to use a Brother HL-1210W on Debian 11 (Bullseye). I added it as wireless printer without drivers but it didnt work. Also the paper size A6 is not listed in its supported sizes.
How can I make ...
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cups authinforequirement set domain
I want to change the default value WORKGROUP when cups authinforequired is set to "domain,username,password".
Then the user has to enter his credentials in a popup windows when printing a ...
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How to print on endless paper on a CUPS printer using lp/lpr?
The Situation
I'm trying to print on a Brother QL-570 I set up on a Raspberry Pi using CUPS.
The printer is working well using lp -d Brother_QL-570 test.pdf. However, when I insert an endless label (a ...
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How to log into CUPS admin with Debian "rootless" system?
When I installed Debian 12, I was given the option to not allow root logins. Instead, the system lets me use su each time I need to do some minor maintenance.
When I go to http://localhost:631/, ...
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Scanned Pdf documents do not print every now and then with Brother MFC-J6930DW
I have the Brother MFC-J6930DW printer. Documents can be printed with Linux Mint without problems. PDF's created from documents are also no problem to print. If I want to print a scanned document, the ...
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Prevent cups from automatically adding a local usb printer
I've disabled remote printer detection and auto profile creation by stopping/disabling cups-browsed service but Ubuntu still auto creates a new printer profile when the same USB printer is moved to ...
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ipptool client-error-document-format-not-supported
The command line command:
ipptool http://192.168.1.102:631 print_pdf
The contents of print_pdf:
{
VERSION 2.0
OPERATION Print-Job
REQUEST-ID 5
GROUP operation-attributes-tag
ATTR ...
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Why is my CUPS printer stalling and failing for print jobs larger than 4 kilobytes?"
So, we have several Redhat Enterprise Linux servers for an internal application that we support in our team at the office. Among other things, the servers send "auto-print" reports of ...
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Brother, CUPS and custom paper size
Does anybody know how Brother does to add custom paper sizes without modifying the PPD?
They have a utility with the following usage:
CUPS Paper Size Tool (v 0.1) Copyright by 2005-2013
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How to modify / add CUPS printer attributes like marker-colors, marker-levels or marker-names?
If I add a printer through the GUI the /etc/cups/printers.conf contains:
<Printer printername>
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Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
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Canon network printer on Arch Linux: stuck on "Rendering completed"
I'm attempting to print via network to a Canon imageClass MF743cdw from CUPS on Arch Linux. I installed cnrdrvcups-lb from the AUR and the relevant driver was available in CUPS, but when I attempt to ...
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Why do the paper sizes returned by libcups not match the paper sizes returned by lpoptions?
Quick summary: The paper sizes returned by lpoptions look like
"w154h64", but the paper sizes returned using the libcups API look
like "custom_54.19x22.27mm_54.19x22.27mm".
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How do I get printer ink levels from the command line?
I am using CUPS 2.4.2 for printing on FreeBSD 13.1. In /usr/local/etc/cups/printers.conf, I noticed that CUPS knows the ink levels of my printer. Excerpt:
<Printer myprinter>
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CUPS error log is quickly filling up
The printer logs are filling up fast and I have changed the LogLevel to try reduce the rate it is growing.
# Log general information in error_log - change "warn" to "debug"
# for ...
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How to enable stapling or print jobs with CUPS on linux?
I have a Xerox AltaLink printer that supports stapling. I can print and staple a job if I go to the embedded web server and upload a document to print with my browser, but it would be much more ...
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cups - Set default settings for ANY printers
This is the configuration change I want for any printers added in the future:
ColorModel=Gray
cupsPrintQuality=High
Both /var/cache/cups and /etc/cups have per-printer settings, but I want them to ...
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Cups Test Print in RHEL 6 vs RHEL 7 on same LQ2170 difference in top margin
We are migrating an application from RHEL6 to 7 but we are having top of page alignment issue in printing the reports.
In RHEL6 PDF reports are printing completely fine.
But the same PDF reports ...
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How to continue printing without the computer?
Using cups (ipp://printername) and a brother wifi printer with 256mb internal memory I want to know how I can continue to print after I shutdown my computer (arch linux)?
Currently a print job is ...
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CUPS Printer Connected but no Printing
I just bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W and instelled 32bit OS.
I followed all the instruction and installed CUPS printing server.
I go to http://localhost:631 press the Administration button, i add my ...
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Manually install a printer without running any cups command
I need to manually install a printer without running any cups command, by copying files from a Debian system where the printer is already installed.
I have to proceed by this way in order to make a ...
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Is it possible to disable the -U option in lp and lpr?
lp and lpr offer the possibility for a username option. In our environment every user can print a limited amount of sheets every month. When calling
lp -d printer1 -U user2 file.pdf
the file will be ...
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CUPS - Print jobs are taking a long time to print
Users are complaining that printing takes a long time to print. When they submit a print job, they may have to wait 5 - 15 minutes for jobs to finally start printing. This is intermittent and ...
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CUPS: The printer is unreachable at this time and the printer did not respond
I am getting a lot of printer unreachable messages but it does not tell me which printer is having issues. It only shows the job number. How do I get which printer is having problems?
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Configuring CUPS to password protect IPP shared printers with windows compatibilty
With my current configuration, printers can be installed on windows, but the wizard doesn't prompt for credentials and printing is not possible.
Despite supplying the credentials in the url (http://...
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/dev/usb/lp0: No such file or directory
Debugging printing issue on Tails… installed printer as instructed on https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=as_ot&lang=en&prod=hll9430cdn_all&faqid=faq00100678_000.
I see printer ...
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Rotation issue: How to print slides, 4-per-page, using CUPS lp
I am trying to print 4-slides per page using CUPS lp (in landscape).
However, the pages do not emerge rotated no matter what I do.
(It looks terrible!)
I get the same result whether:
I use CUPS to ...
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Printer/Scanner Pi Server for MFP Printer
I'm searching a solution to get my Samsung C480 printer on my local network. Since my family uses it a lot and it has only usb it's not easily accessible by everyone. I bought a banana pi zero (since ...
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Printing Works Only From lpr
I installed a driverless printer in CUPS (Canon PIXAM TS3100).
I am able to print by using lpr:
lpr -h -Ppixma test.txt
lpr -h -Ppixma test.pdf
But no other way is possible, for example from okular, ...
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Printer printing blank page between copies when using lp -n 2
Would anyone know why printer prints blank page between copies when running following?
$ lp -d Brother_HL_L2370DW_series -n 2 -o fit-to-page -o MediaType=stationery-heavyweight -o Quality=High -o ...
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How to fix stuck CUPS printer shared by remote
I have a server with two USB printers and multiple clients with Debian Bullseye. Clients are spread across LAN with same IP subnet and WLAN with a different subnet. The server shares both printer via ...
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CUPS - Display filename in the Joblist
Is there an option to display the printed filename in the CUPS job list? From the job list, based on the filename user would select the files to be reprinted. Earlier we were able to achieve this when ...
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Printing to HP LaserJet Pro P1102w on Tails fails
I am trying to print to HP LaserJet Pro P1102w on Tails.
I am able to configure printer but not print (job stuck at “Processing”).
$ journalctl --follow
Nov 27 10:27:41 amnesia hp[38760]: io/hpmud/...
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lp/lpr + Lexmark doesn't return indentation after newline
I set up CUPS to use my Lexmark MC3224 printer by default, but I have an odd problem: after each newline, the text does not continue at the left edge, but continues at the place where the previous ...
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How to add a paper size to CUPS ppd file?
I've bought a pile of non-stand sized paper. I am using a hp printer.
I've read https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1028891/whats-the-easiest-way-to-add-custom-page-sizes-to-a-ppd/3112256#3112256 but ...
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CentOS 6/7 to AlmaLinux 8: Migrate printers and postfix
I plan on setting up AlmaLinux 8 servers for all future upgrades of servers. I would like to migrate the configuration from the old SMTP server and CUPS setting to the new server.
I was thinking of ...
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Custom CUPS spool directory per printer
Is there any way to have a custom spool folder for a printer in CUPS?
e.g. instead of /var/spool/cups/ /var/spool/cups/printername/
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lp print-quality not working
Running following command works, but printer always prints really fast.
cat /Users/sunknudsen/Downloads/7663f4bd.pdf | lp -o media=4x6 -o print-quality=5
Printing same file using macOS print dialog ...
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Printing PDF using lp results in toner not adhering to paper
Printing 7433c27f.pdf using lp results in toner not adhering to paper.
lp -o media=4x6 /Users/sunknudsen/Downloads/Superbacked/7433c27f.pdf
Strangely enough, printing same PDF using “Preview” app on ...
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Is it possible to create PDF with Generic CUPS-PDF Printer to stdout, no to file?
I know that Generic CUPS-PDF Printer can read bytes from stdin.
For example, so:
cmd = ["lp", "-d", "PDF", "-stdin"]
process = Popen(cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=...
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CUPS lpstat -r Why do some printers show Ready To print while other printers do not show this
We use lpstat -p to view all printers that are enabled. I've noticed some printers show as 'Ready to Print' and other printers do not? All printers show as enabled. We are running RHEL 6.1
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lprm / cancel both fail to cancel print jobs
I get 2 print jobs I would like to cancel :
Tux # lpq
photosmart_7200 is not ready
Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size
1st unknown 190 unknown ...
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Linux cups how to change printer profile
Am wondering how can we change printer media size to specific another one from terminal. I checked lp and lpoptions documentation but not found any specific flag regarding media size set. I have ...
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