Should auto-set fail and debugging cups-browsed is an unattactive proposition or there is a more complex situation to resolve, a manual queue setup with lpadmin, the CUPS web interface or system-config-printer is recommended.ĭriverless printing for CUPS and cups-filters is here to stay. While it will be sone time before CUPS 3.0 enters a stable Debian distribution, an interested user may want to become aware of changes planned by the CUPS and cups-filters developers. There exist a variety of methods for a client to submit a job to a printing system and print driverlessly: A short exposition of the printing system's New Architecture is given on another page of our wiki.ĭriverless printing is targeted at the client side of printing and refers to the ability of the client device (computer, smartphone, tablet, laptop etc) to print without having to install any static capability files or drivers (manufacturer-specific or otherwise) on the client. Send the job as an email attachment to a special address.Print directly from an application on the client. The document is uploaded from a web browser via a web form style interface. This page is intended to highlight and explain driverless printing in the context of directly communicating with a printer using packages provided by Debian, so not all these methods will receive attention here. Furthermore, details for using iOS and Android mobile clients are not treated.

Remember that CUPS can act as a client or server. In its server capacity it can emulate an IPP Everywhere or Apple AirPrint printer.

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