cupsd8

Usage

Overview

cupsd is the scheduler for CUPS. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, version 2.1, and supports most of the requirements for IPP Everywhere. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf will be used.

Options

-c cupsd.conf

Uses the named cupsd.conf configuration file.

-f

Run cupsd in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon".

-F

Run cupsd in the foreground but detach the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running cupsd from init(8).

-h

Shows the program usage.

-l

This option is passed to cupsd when it is run from launchd(8) or systemd(8).

-s cups-files.conf

Uses the named cups-files.conf configuration file.

-t

Test the configuration file for syntax errors.

Files

/etc/cups/classes.conf
/etc/cups/cups-files.conf
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf
/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/mime.types
/etc/cups/printers.conf
/etc/cups/subscriptions.conf

Examples

Run cupsd in the background with the default configuration file:

    cupsd

Test a configuration file called test.conf:

    cupsd -t -c test.conf

Run cupsd in the foreground with a test configuration file called test.conf:

    cupsd -f -c test.conf