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CUPS is an open-source printing system for Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

CUPS is an open-source printing system for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems.

References

  1. The Official CUPS Website

Common Questions

  1. How can I set up a print server?
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How can I set up a print server?

I would like to use my Pi as a print server. My printer is supported by the computer I want to use as a print server. Is it fast enough and has enough for this? How do I setup a print server with the recommended debian image?
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CUPS is too slow, how can I make it faster?

I'm using CUPS for my Samsung CLP-315. It works very well, but it is too slow. It normally takes five minutes or more to print a single page (from pdf). When it's printing, gs is taking 100% of the CPU. Is there a way to make the gs at the printing…
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Raspberry Pi and CUPS with Canon Printers

I'm trying to use my Raspberry Pi as an Air Print gateway to my Canon MX860 printer (I only care about printing functions, even though it's an all-in-one printer, it doesn't matter to me to get scanning and faxing working) So, I have CUPs installed,…
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CUPS Printer Stalls at "Sending Data to Printer"

This is related to a previous problem, though the problem has changed significantly so, I have opened a new thread. I'm trying to set up a Cannon iP4850 with Cups (for my Raspberry Pi) running on Debian. I've got cups installed, then compiled the…
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Samsung Printer in CUPS rastertospl failed

I've installed an Rasperry Pi with a standard Rasbian image. Now I want to use my printer with cups (Samsung CLX-3185 - connected via USB). I've installed the drivers from the Samsung webpage and the pi noticed the printer. But I can't print…
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Samsung Multifunction Printer with CUPS failing to print

I'm trying to get my Samsung SCX-3405W printer working on my Raspberry Pi Model B+, running Raspbian and CUPS, and I seem to be running into a wall with "rastertospl" or the corresponding PPD. $ uname -a Linux raspi01 3.18.5+ #744 PREEMPT Fri Jan…
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Scanner not found through SaneTwain/SaneWinDS/XSane

I've setup my Raspberry Pi B as print server and also wanted to use it for scanning over network. OS: Raspbian Wheezy (debian-pi/raspbian-ua-netinst) uptodate Printer/Scanner: HP Deskjet 2050 J510 AiO I've installed cups and everything it was asking…
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CUPS Printing with Brother MFCJ430W

So I'm having trouble getting my printer to work, I installed CUPS and it seems to be working correctly. I downloaded and installed the drivers for the printer from the Brother website from here:…
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RaspPi and DYMO LabelWriter, CUPS driver, landscape orientation

Did anybody win the struggle to install a DYMO LabelWriter 450 on RaspBian successful (presumably using apache2 and CUPS for external configuration) ? And did anybody print landscape orientated labels, e.g. with type 11354 (57x32mm labels) ? On…
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Epson PictureMate 100 not printing on Raspberry Pi 3

I am attempting to get an Epson PictureMate 100 working with a Raspberry Pi 3 running Raspian (Jessie). According to Open Printing the PictureMate should work perfectly with Gutenprint 5.2.7. I chose the printer because of this and because a few…
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How to install cups-driver-gutenprint?

I am trying to install cups and gutenprint on my Raspberry Pi (VERSION="8 (jessie)"; all updated/upgraded). When installing cups-driver-gutenprint (with apt-get install cups-driver-gutenprint) it complains about an incompatible…
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Sharing a DS40 Printer with CUPS

I am trying to set up a DS40 as a shared printer on a Raspberry Pi using CUPS. I have Raspbian and CUPS installed. I tried setting up the printer with the CUPS drivers included for this make/model, but printing was VERY slow, so I decided to try to…
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How to avoid page with properties when printing?

I integrated my USB printer (OKI B430) into my network using a Raspberry Pi. Sometimes I get an additional page at the end of a print job. I usually print PDF documents using the Acrobat Reader 11 and in most cases I got such a page. Also I…
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cups-pdf - not printing PDF to Pi

I would like to use a Raspberry Pi as a virtual pdf printer. I ran sudo apt-get install printer-driver-cups-pdf and logged into 192.168.1.225:631 which is the static IP of my Pi. Afterwards I created a virtual printer with the name pdf_wydruk. (I…
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HP printer connected but "Unable to add document to print job"

Any ideas anyone? This is all I have: the printer werrs so the connection is there; I'm in group lpadmin; I've looked in /var/log/cups/error_log and there is no more information. It used to work but then.. The error message doesn't make sense - why…
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