CUPS administrative guide : a practical tutorial to installing, managing, and securing this powerful printing system / Ankur Shah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shah, Ankur.

Series:

From technologies to solutions.

From technologies to solutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

UNIX (Computer file).

Computer printers--Software.

Computer printers.

Printing--Software.

Printing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Shah Ankur: Ankur Shah has been working with Linux/AIX for last 4 years as a System Administrator. His previous assignment was with Packt Publishing, where he worked as System Administrator and also started implementing CUPS. He completed his graduation in Computer Engineering from Nagpur University, India. He is currently working as a SAP Basis Administrator and also started working on Governance Risk and Compliance for access Control. He is also interested in Oracle Database Administration and Security. He is the biggest fan of Kajol (a Bollywood actress) and dedicates this book to her. The day her movie releases is a day of celebration for him and he only parties once a year - 5th August - that's Kajol's birthday. It goes without saying that he watches all her movies several times - often dragging his friends and family to participate in his madness.

Summary:

A practical tutorial to installing, managing, and securing this powerful printing system

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Overview of the CUPS Features; History of Printing in UNIX; Printing with Personal Computers; Evolution of CUPS as a Printing System; Architecture of CUPS; Network Printing; CUPS Features; Support for Internet Printing Protocol (IPP); Compatibility with Other Print Systems; Support for Web Interface; Modular Architecture; Support of Postscript Printer Description Drivers (PPDs) in CUPS; Summary; Chapter 2: Building and Installing CUPS; Downloading Source Code

Compiling CUPSInstalling the Software; Installing a Binary Distribution; Building RPMs; Creating Binary Distribution with EPM; Installing a Portable Distribution; Installing an RPM Distribution; Installing CUPS from a Debian Distribution; Subversion Access; Compiling from Subversion; Running the Software; Installing CUPS Using the Package Manager on Linux; Testing CUPS; Summary; Chapter 3: Printer Management; Printer Drivers; PostScript Printer Description (PPD) Drivers; Non-PostScript Printers; Ghostscript Built-In; Filter; CUPS Raster; Ink Jet Server (IJS) Plug-in; Uniprint; CUPS DDK

Foomatic-RIPInstalling PPD; Managing Printer through the Command Line; Basic Command for Adding the Printer; Managing Printers from the Command-Line; Deleting Printers; Setting the Default Printer; Starting and Stopping Printers; Accepting and Rejecting Print Jobs; Checking Printer Status; Setting Quotas on a Printer; Restricting User Access to a Printer; Printing Banner Pages; Some More Printer and CUPS-Specific Commands; Managing Print Jobs through Command Line; Submitting Files for Printing; Checking the Status of Print Jobs; Choosing a Printer; Setting Printer Options

Printing the Output of a ProgramPrinting Multiple Copies; Checking the Printer Status; Canceling a Print Job; Moving a Print Job; Managing Printers using the CUPS Web Interface; Administration; Adding a New Printer; Managing Jobs; Find New Printers; Summary; Chapter 4: Managing Multiple Printers at a Time; Configuring Printer Classes; Features and Advantages; Implicit Class; Managing Printer Classes Through Command-Line; Adding a Printer to a Class; Removing a Printer from a Class; Removing a Class; Managing Printer Classes Through CUPS Web Interface; Adding a New Printer Class; Stop Class

Reject JobsUnpublished Printer; Cancel All Jobs; Delete Class; Modifying a Class; Setting up Printer Options for Class; Printing a Test Page for a Printer Class; Setting a Printer Class as Default; Set Allowed Users; Nested Printer Classes; Summary; Chapter 5: CUPS Server Management; System Requirement; Configuration Files; Classes Directives; Accepting; Printer; Class; DefaultClass; AllowUser; DenyUser; Info; Location; JobSheets; KLimit; PageLimit; QuotaPeriod; State; StateMessage; Client Directives; ServerName; Encryption; Server Directives; Editing the cupsd.conf File Via the Web Interface

Important Directives of cupsd.conf

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611805654

9781281805652

1281805653

9781847192592

1847192599

OCLC:

614432161