CUPS
CUPS is a standards-based printing system for Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems. It provides the System V and Berkeley command line interfaces, and uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis for managing print jobs and queues. The Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Server Message Block (SMB), and AppSocket (a.k.a. JetDirect) protocols are also supported with reduced functionality. CUPS adds network printer browsing and PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support real world printing.
| Tags | Internet printing Software Development Libraries PDF PostScript |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL LGPL |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X POSIX |
| Implementation | C C++ |
Recent releases
- 27 May 2014 18:57
Release Notes: A Brazilian Portuguese translation and a number of general bugfixes.
- 08 Jan 2014 16:48
Release Notes: This release improves network and USB printing, fixes some scheduler issues, and addresses a minor security issue in the lppasswd program.
- 11 Jul 2013 21:34
Release Notes: This first release candidate for CUPS 1.7.0 includes the fixes from CUPS 1.6.3, adds a new ippfind utility, fixes some issues in the ipptool utility, and fixes some general printing bugs.
- 11 Jul 2013 21:31
Release Notes: This release fixes some compatibility issues with servers running CUPS 1.3.12 or older, fixes some general printing bugs, and fixes some minor security issues.
- 18 Apr 2013 23:34
Release Notes: CUPS 1.7b1 is now available for testing. The 1.7 series is primarily a "polish" release with improved support for paid, PIN, and release printing, expanded support for IPP Everywhere, automatic support for data compression, and improved CUPS APIs.
