Installation

sudo apt-get install cupsys

Configuration

Save Config File
sudo cp /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.original
sudo chmod a-w /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.original

vi /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

ServerAdmin: To configure the email address of the designated administrator of the CUPS server, simply edit the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf configuration file with your preferred text editor, and modify the ServerAdmin line accordingly. For example, if you are the Administrator for the CUPS server, and your e-mail address is ' Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!', then you would modify the ServerAdmin line to appear as such:

ServerAdmin 
 Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!

Other Help

man cupsd.conf

Cups Start/Stop

sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart , stop , start

Cups WEB Access

Listen: By default on Ubuntu, the CUPS server installation listens only on the loopback interface at IP address 127.0.0.1. In order to instruct the CUPS server to listen on an actual network adapter's IP address, you must specify either a hostname, the IP address, or optionally, an IP address/port pairing via the addition of a Listen directive. For example, if your CUPS server resides on a local network at the IP address 192.168.10.250 and you'd like to make it accessible to the other systems on this subnetwork, you would edit the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and add a Listen directive, as such:

Listen 127.0.0.1:631           # existing loopback Listen
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock # existing socket Listen
Listen 192.168.10.250:631      # Listen on the LAN interface, Port 631 (IPP)

In the example above, you may comment out or remove the reference to the Loopback address (127.0.0.1) if you do not wish cupsd to listen on that interface, but would rather have it only listen on the Ethernet interfaces of the Local Area Network (LAN). To enable listening for all network interfaces for which a certain hostname is bound, including the Loopback, you could create a Listen entry for the hostname socrates as such:

Listen socrates:631  # Listen on all interfaces for the hostname 'socrates'

or by omitting the Listen directive and using Port instead, as in:

Port 631  # Listen on port 631 on all interfaces

Gibet es Zugriffsprobleme muss an Allow Directiven im Config File gebastelt werden

Cups Commandline Commands

Cups Printing

As a user, in order to print to the default printer, issue the command:

# lpr filename

Print to specific printer:

# lpr -P printer filename

Print multiple copies. For example, in order to print 4 copies:

# lpr -P printer -#4 filename

CUPS status information

As a user, issue the lpstat command with proper options:

# lpstat <options>

Options can be:

   * -t : show all CUPS info
   * -d : show default printer
   * -p : show all printers
   * -a : show all printers that accept jobs
   * -o : show active print jobs

Cancel a print job

As a user, issue the command:

# lprm <job-id>

Only the jobs that have been submitted by the same user can be canceled.

Setting options for a specific print job

Sometimes, the user needs specific print options. A general way to define specific options for a print job is:

# lpr -P printer -o option1=value -o option2=value filename

Modify the default print options

A user can define his own options for all his print jobs for a specific printer. They are saved in the ~/.lpoptions file and override the default options that have been defined by the system administrator for this specific CUPS printer.

Add or modify print options

A user can set his own default options for a specific CUPS printer by issuing the command:

# lpoptions -p printer -o option1=value -o option2=value

Remove print options

Previously defined print options can be removed from ~/.lpoptions by:

# lpoptions -p printer -r option1 -r option2

List a printer’s options

To list print queue’s current options:

# lpoptions -p printer

To list print queue’s current options:

# lpoptions -p printer -l

Create sets of options – Printer Instances

A very useful CUPS feature is that sets of options can be defined. These can be system-wide if they are set by root, or user specific if they are set by a user. Printer instances are extra options for a specific printer that are saved as an extra printer in the form printer/set. This virtual printer’s settings override the default options.

To create a printer instance, as a user issue the command:

# lpoptions -p printer/set1 -o option1=value -o option2=value

To delete a printer instance issue the command:

# lpoptions -x printer/set1

The printer instance is listed as a printer in lpstat. The user can send a document to the printer instance:

# lpr -P printer/set1 filename

Appendix I – Common print options

Some common print options are listed below. If an option accepts a value, then it is listed in the form option=value:

landscape – for landscape printing
media=A4 – check your ppd file for possible media values
Collate=true | false – useful when printing multiple copies
sides=two-sided-short-edge – used for landscape prints [the default is sides=one-sided]
sides=two-sided-long-edge – used for portrait prints [the default is sides=one-sided]
page-ranges=1-4,7,9-12 – print specific pages or page ranges
page-set=odd | even – print only odd or even pages
outputorder=normal | reverse – the pages are printed from first to last or the other way around
cpi=10 – characters per inch
lpi=6 – lines per inch
columns=2 – format the text in two or more columns
page-left=value – specify the left margin in points [1pt = 1/72inch]
page-right=value – specify the right margin in points [1pt = 1/72inch]
page-top=value – specify the top margin in points [1pt = 1/72inch]
page-bottom=value – specify the bottom margin in points [1pt = 1/72inch]
job-sheets=none – front and back cover pages
job-sheets=standard
job-sheets=classified,classified