CUPS Administrative Guide -- Table of Contents -- CUPS Administrative Guide -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewer -- Preface -- What This Book Covers -- What You Need for This Book -- Conventions -- Reader Feedback -- Customer Support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 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 -- 2. Building and Installing CUPS -- Downloading Source Code -- Compiling CUPS -- Installing 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 -- 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-RIP -- Installing 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 Program -- Printing 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 -- Documentation -- Summary -- 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 Jobs -- Unpublished 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 -- 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 -- Server Identity -- ServerAdmin -- ServerName -- Server Options -- LogLevel -- Network Options -- Listen -- Port -- Browsing Options -- Browsing -- BrowseOrder -- BrowseAllow -- BrowseDeny -- BrowseProtocols -- BrowseAddress -- BrowseShortNames -- Security Options -- SystemGroup -- AuthType -- Location.

ImplicitClasses -- ImplicitAnyClasses -- Printer Directives -- Accepting -- Printer -- DefaultPrinter -- AllowUser -- DenyUser -- DeviceURI -- Info -- Location -- JobSheets -- KLimit -- PageLimit -- QuotaPeriod -- State -- StateMessage -- Concept of Operation Policies -- Summary -- 6. Client Setup -- Setting up a CUPS Client -- Print Queues -- Manual Configuration of Print Queues -- Automatic Configuration of Print Queues -- BrowseTimeout -- BrowseInterval -- BrowsePoll -- BrowseAddress -- CUPS Server's Communication with Clients -- Single Print Server Configuration -- Multiple Print Servers Across Different Subnets -- Load Balancing and Failsafe Operation -- UNIX/Linux Client -- Adding a Printer -- LPD Clients -- xinetd -- inetd -- Windows Clients -- Printing with Samba -- Printing with Other Systems -- Printing with LPD Servers (lpd) -- Printing with Mac OS X 10.2 or later -- Printing with Windows Servers (smb) -- LPD -- Samba -- Configuring Printer using the Command Line Interface (lpadmin) -- Configuring Printer using the Web-Based Interface -- Summary -- 7. Quota Management -- Setting up Quota in CUPS -- job-k-limit -- job-page-limit -- job-quota-period -- User Restrictions -- Error Messages -- Correct and Incorrect Accounting -- Overview of the page_log file -- Flaws of the CUPS Quota system -- Other Accounting Tools -- PyKota -- Features of PyKota: -- Checking Prerequisites and Downloading Application -- Installation -- Summary -- 8. Monitoring CUPS -- Using the lpstat Command -- Overview of the access_log File -- Overview of the error_log File -- How SNMP Helps Search for Network Printers -- Overview of snmp.conf -- Address -- Community -- DebugLevel -- DeviceURI -- HostNameLookups -- MaxRunTime -- How SNMP Behaves in the CUPS Web Interface -- Overview of Basic Debugging in CUPS-SNMP -- Overview of mailto.conf -- The Cc Directive.

The From Directive -- The Sendmail Directive -- The SMTPServer Directive -- The Subject Directive -- Monitoring SNMP Printers -- Downloading and Installing Cacti -- Features of Cacti -- Configuring an SNMP Printer with Cacti -- Summary -- 9. File Typing and Filtering -- Architecture-CUPS Filtering System -- An Overview of the mime.types file -- An Overview of the mime.convs file -- Adding Filetypes and Filters -- Overview of Filter in CUPS -- An Overview of pre-filters -- An Overview of the pstops Filter -- An Overview of the pstoraster Filter -- An Overview of the imagetoraster Filter -- An Overview of the imagetops Filter -- Rasterto and other Printer-Specific Filters -- Foomatic and cupsomatic Filters -- Additional Filter Functionality -- Raw Printing -- Application/octet-stream Printing -- PostScript Printer Descriptions (PPDs) for non-PostScript Printers -- Cupsomatic/foomatic-rip versus Native CUPS Printing -- Examples for Filtering Chains -- Example1 -- Printing with Interface Scripts -- An Overview of the CUPS Printing Process -- Writing your own Filter or Printer Driver -- Summary -- 10. Security -- Encryption Support in CUPS -- Configuring SSL during CUPS Installation -- Encryption Support -- SSLListen -- SSLPort -- Encryption -- Access Control -- Address-Based Access Control -- Authentication Support -- Authentication using Password -- Basic Authentication -- Digest Authentication -- Authentication using Certificates -- System and Group Authentication -- SystemGroup -- Kerberos Authentication -- Configuring Kerberos on the System -- Configuring CUPS to use Kerberos Authentication -- Protection from Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks -- MaxClients -- MaxClientsPerHost -- LimitRequestBody -- CUPS Release Notes -- Summary -- Index.