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printers.conf (5)

Name

printers.conf - printer configuration file for cups

Synopsis

Please see following description for synopsis

Description

printers.conf(5)                  Apple Inc.                  printers.conf(5)



NAME
       printers.conf - printer configuration file for cups

DESCRIPTION
       The  printers.conf  file defines the local printers that are available.
       It is normally located in the /etc/cups directory and is maintained  by
       the cupsd(8) program. This file is not intended to be edited or managed
       manually.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | print/cups       |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile         |
       +---------------+------------------+

NOTES
       The name, location, and format  of  this  file  are  an  implementation
       detail that will change in future releases of CUPS.

       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source    was    downloaded   from    https://github.com/apple/cups/ar-
       chive/v2.3.3.zip.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.cups.org/.

SEE ALSO
       classes.conf(5),     cups-files.conf(5),    cupsd(8),    cupsd.conf(5),
       mime.convs(5), mime.types(5), subscriptions.conf(5), CUPS  Online  Help
       (http://localhost:631/help)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.




26 April 2019                        CUPS                     printers.conf(5)