A local printer can also be shared as a print server for users on other
computers on your network.
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IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding printing in Linux
Setting up printers
Using printing commands
Managing document printing
Sharing printers
Running a Print Server
Common UNIX Printing Service
CUPS has become the standard for printing from Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems. It
was designed to meet today??™s needs for standardized printer definitions and sharing on IP-based
networks (as most computer networks are today). Nearly every Linux distribution today comes
with CUPS as its printing service. Here are some of the service??™s features:
IPP??”CUPS is based on the Internet Printing Protocol (www.pwg.org/ipp), a standard
that was created to simplify how printers can be shared over IP networks. In the IPP model,
printer servers and clients who want to print can exchange information about the model
and features of a printer using HTTP (that is, Web content) protocol. A server can also
broadcast the availability of a printer so a printing client can easily find a list of locally
available printers.
Drivers??”CUPS also standardized how printer drivers are created. The idea was to have
a common format that could be used by printer manufacturers so that a driver could
work across all different types of UNIX systems.
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