---
name: "cloudprint"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cloudprint"
version: "0.14-12"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cloudprint"
---

# cloudprint(1)

share CUPS printers with Google Cloud Print

## NAME

cloudprint - share CUPS printers with Google Cloud Print

## SYNOPSIS

**cloudprint** \[*OPTION*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

The **cloudprint** script makes locally-defined CUPS printers available to a Google account, enabling local or remote printing from such services as the Chrome browser, Chrome OS devices, or Android devices.

This is a lower-level command. Cloud Print services would normally be managed through the cloudprint service.

The cloudprint utility is linked as cloudprintd for the cloudprint-service package.

## OPTIONS

- **-a** *\<account\_file\>*, **--account\_file** *\<account\_file\>*

  path to Google account ident data (default *~/.cloudprintauth.json*).

- **-c**, **--credentials**

  establish credentials to the service, then exit.

- **-d**, **--daemon**

  run in daemon mode.

- **-f**, **--fastpoll**

  fast poll, if notifications aren't working.

- **-i** *regexp*, **--include** *regexp*

  include local printers matching regular expression from the start of the printer name.

- **-l**, **--logout**

  log out of the Google account. This deletes the account identification file, requiring reauthentication the next time cloudprint is run.

- **-p** *\<pid\_file\>*, **--pidfile** *\<pid\_file\>*

  path to PID file in daemon mode (default *cloudprint.pid*).

-

  - **-v**, **--verbose**

  verbose logging.

- **-x** *regexp*, **--exclude** *regexp*

  exclude local printers matching regular expression from the start of the printer name.

- **-s** *sitename*, **--sitename** *sitename*

  define a site name to be prepended to all printer names.

- **--syslog-address** *SYSLOG\_ADDRESS*

  syslog address to use in daemon mode (default *stdout*).

- **-h**, **--help**

  display help

**cloudprint** will provide a URL to claim the printer, if credentials have not been established.

## FILES

- *~/.cloudprintauth*

  Default location for storing account authentication credentials

- */etc/cloudprint.conf*, *~/.cloudprint.conf*

  Configuration file containing additional command-line parameters for **cloudprint**.

## SEE ALSO

**[cloudprint-service(7)](/cloudprint-service/7.md),**[cps-auth(1)](/cps-auth/1.md)