CUPS

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CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is an open-source modular printing system for Unix-like operating systems that manages print jobs and queues using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).

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instanceOf free and open-source software
printing system
abbreviation CUPS self-link
acquiredBy Apple Inc.
acquisitionDate 2007
category Free software
Printing software
Unix software
configurationInterface command-line tools
configuration files
web interface
defaultPrintSystemOf macOS
many Linux distributions
developer Apple Inc.
Michael Sweet
fullName CUPS self-linksurface differs
surface form: Common UNIX Printing System
genre print server
spooler
hasComponent PPD compiler
backend
filter
scheduler
web-based administration interface
implementsProtocol IPP/1.1
IPP/2.0
IPP/2.1
IPP/2.2
Internet Printing Protocol
initialReleaseDate 1999
license GNU General Public License
surface form: GPL-2.0-or-later

LGPL-2.1-or-later
maintainer OpenPrinting project
operatingSystem FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
Solaris operating system
surface form: Solaris

macOS
operatingSystemFamily Unix-like operating systems
originalAuthor Michael Sweet
originalDeveloper Easy Software Products
primaryLanguage C
C++
sourceRepository https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups
stableReleaseType software release
supportsFeature class-based printer grouping
driverless printing
network printing
print job management
print queue management
printer sharing
supportsProtocol AppSocket
IPP over HTTP
IPP over HTTPS
JetDirect
LPD
SMB
usesFormat Portable Document Format
surface form: PDF

PPD files
PostScript
Raster
website https://www.cups.org/

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CUPS abbreviation CUPS self-link
CUPS fullName CUPS self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Common UNIX Printing System