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CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system for Mac OS X and other UNIX®-like operating systems.

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.

More information at

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS
  2. http://www.cups.org/
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QPrinter::PdfFormat to printer using generic postscript driver

My printer is setup using a generic postscript driver in a Linux environment with CUPS. I have an application using Qt 4.8.7 QPrinter for doing printing. If setting the output format to QPrinter::PdfFormat, what is actually happening? QPrinter…
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Is there a way to get a list of installed printers on a linux server from VB?

Is there a way to deal with a CUPS server from a program written in VBNet ? From VBNet, I'd like to get a list of all installed printers on a linux server (a VM actually) and maybe execute some function (as cupsenable, cupsdisable, cancel, etc.) on…
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Cant find CPOS80250 Linux Drivers .ppd

I recently bought the CPOS80250 thermal printer but cant find the linux drivers. I am trying to install it on a raspberry pi 2 but cant find the ppd file anywhere. Anyone with leads?
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What parts of print media css does the cups xhtmltopdf filter honor?

I'm trying to use html for printed documents. I have headers that I want to appear on every printed page, and I'm using the following code: