CUPS
CUPS is a standards-based printing system for Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems. It provides the System V and Berkeley command line interfaces, and uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis for managing print jobs and queues. The Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Server Message Block (SMB), and AppSocket (a.k.a. JetDirect) protocols are also supported with reduced functionality. CUPS adds network printer browsing and PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support real world printing.
| Tags | Internet printing Software Development Libraries PDF PostScript |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL LGPL |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X POSIX |
| Implementation | C C++ |
Recent releases
- 02 Jul 2009 22:20
Changes: This release fixes some scheduler and Web interface issues and improves PDF printing.
- 09 Jun 2009 00:05
Changes: This release fixes some localization, PPD compiler, scheduler, and USB issues.
- 20 May 2009 11:13
Changes: This version includes many bugfixes, updated localizations for many languages, new logging features, and greatly improved Kerberos support.
- 16 Apr 2009 20:59
Changes: This release includes 3 minor security fixes as well as several printing and Web interface bugfixes.
- 15 Dec 2008 21:44
Changes: This release fixes several localization, scheduler, and utility issues, improves the performance of several key CUPS APIs, and adds a Spanish localization.
