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CUPS

CUPS (formerly an acronym for Common UNIX Printing System) is a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer to act as a print server. A computer running CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs from client computers, process them, and send them to the appropriate printer.

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Developer
Apple Inc.
License
Apache License 2.0
Operating system
macOS, iOS, and iPadOS (Prior to 2020: Other Unix-like, Windows, and ArcaOS)
Original author
Michael Sweet (Easy Software Products)
Release
June 9, 1999 (1999-06-09)
Repository
https://github.com/apple/cups

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CUPS

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples151
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

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CUPS

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related to history · 23
CUPS → Apple, Apple CUPS, Apple Inc, Easy Software Products, GNU/Linux, In, In February, In March, Internet Printing Protocol, IPP, Line Printer Daemon, Linux, LPD, Mac OS, May, Michael Sweet, On December, OpenPrinting, System, The
related to Scheduler · 15
CUPS → An, CGI, HTTP, HTTP/1, Internet Printing Protocol, IPP, IPP/HTTP, Line Printer Daemon, LPD, Once, The, The CUPS, The URI, Uniform Resource Identifier, URI
related to Backends · 14
CUPS → AppSocket, Avahi, Bonjour, DNS-SD, In CUPS, IPP, JetDirect, Line Printer Daemon, LPD, PDF Virtual Printing, SMB, The, There, USB
related to Red Hat Linux/Fedora · 13
CUPS → Eric Raymond, Fedora Core, GNOME, He, Ignorance, Jobs, Microsoft Windows, Raymond, Red Hat, Red Hat Linux, Starting, The Luxury, This
related to Further reading · 12
CUPS → CUPS Filtering System, Design, How, Jaguar, KDE, KDE-printing, KDEPrint, Linux, LinuxPrinting, Mac OS, Manage Printers, Retrieved January
related to GNOME · 10
CUPS → Before GNOME, CUPS Manager, GNOME, GNOME Core Applications, GNOME Print Settings, GNOME's, GTK, In GNOME, Settings, The GUI
related to Compatibility · 9
CUPS → Berkeley, IPP, LPD, Solaris Service Management Facility, System, TCP, This, UDP, When CUPS
related to KDE · 9
CUPS → As, Desktop/XML, GUI, It, KDE, KDEPrint, PDF, The KDEPrint, These
related to ESP Print Pro · 8
CUPS → December, Easy Software Products, ESP Print Pro, GUI, Linux, PostScript RIP, UNIX, Windows
related to overview · 8
CUPS → Additionally, Before CUPS, Berkeley, For, PostScript, System, The, They

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print printer system printing data printers jobs server format ipp filter postscript scheduler interface module also allows linux process file

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CUPSDeveloperApple Inc.1.00infobox
CUPSLicenseApache License 2.01.00infobox
CUPSOperating systemmacOS, iOS, and iPadOS (Prior to 2020: Other Unix-like, Windows, and ArcaOS)1.00infobox
CUPSOriginal authorMichael Sweet (Easy Software Products)1.00infobox
CUPSReleaseJune 9, 1999 (1999-06-09)1.00infobox
CUPSRepositoryhttps://github.com/apple/cups1.00infobox
CUPSStable release2.4.19 / 27 April 2026; 3 months ago (27 April 2026)1.00infobox
CUPSSuccessorOpenPrinting CUPS (except macOS, iOS, and iPadOS)1.00infobox
CUPSTypePrint server1.00infobox
CUPSWebsitewww.cups.org1.00infobox
CUPSWritten inC1.00infobox
CUPSis ahost that can accept print jobs from client computers0.90text

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