---
name: "system-config-printer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "system-config-printer"
version: "1.5.18-7"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/system-config-printer"
---

# system-config-printer(1)

configure a CUPS server

## NAME

system-config-printer - configure a CUPS server

## SYNOPSIS

**system-config-printer** \[\[--show-jobs *printer*\] \| \[--debug\] \| \[--help\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**system-config-printer** configures a CUPS server. It uses the CUPS API (bound to Python with pycups) to do this. The communication with the server is performed using IPP. As a result, it is equally able to configure a remote CUPS server as a local one.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Display a short usage message.

- **--show-jobs** *printer*

  Show the named print queue.

- **--debug**

  Enable debugging output.

## AUTHOR

**Tim Waugh** \<twaugh@redhat.com\>

Author.