Where to find help when using CUPS
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Where to find help when using CUPS

A lot of information about the inner workings of CUPS is available through the web interface, which CUPS will always support. It works with any browser (yes, even text-based ones). Just go to http://localhost:631/ for a start. There you find a link to locally available CUPS documentation in HTML and PDF if you are new to CUPS.

CUPS is accessible through other means than KDEPrint: commandline and browser are two native CUPS interfaces. The many commandline utilities add up to the most complete control you have on CUPS. The web interface is only a subset of all available configuration or control options.

This is also true for KDEPrint. Generally, as CUPS develops, most new features will first be implemented through the commandline. Be sure to check the latest versions of the man pages for CUPS to stay up-to-date with new features after you install a new version.

Tip

Depending on your update method for CUPS, your active configuration file might not have been re-placed by a new one; thus your new, more capable CUPS-daemon might not have been told by the old configuration file about the new features to use.

A complete list of available files and man pages should always be in the CUPS Software Administrator Manual (http://localhost:631/sam.html#FILES. In the Konqueror URL/location field, type man:/lpadmin and man:/cupsd.conf to find out about the most important command and configuration file. You knew already about Konqueror's nice abilities to show you the traditional UNIX® man pages, didn't you? Read this. From there you find more interesting hints and links to other man pages and documentation.

How to find CUPS related man pages

Here is a way to find out which CUPS related man pages there are on your system:

kurt@transmeta:~ > apropos cups

cups-calibrate (8)- ESP Printer Calibration Tool
lpstat (1)        - print cups status information
cups-lpd (8)      - receive print jobs + report printer status to lpd clients
classes.conf (5)  - class configuration file for cups
backend (1)       - cups backend transmission interfaces
filter (1)        - cups file conversion filter interfaces
cups-polld (8)    - cups printer polling daemon
mime.types (5)    - mime type description file for cups
cupsd (8)         - common unix printing system daemon
lpadmin (8)       - configure cups printers and classes
cupsd.conf (5)    - server configuration file for cups
mime.convs (5)    - mime type conversion file for cups
printers.conf (5) - printer configuration file for cups
mime.convs (5)    - mime type conversion file for cups
cups-polld (8)    - cups printer polling daemon
lpstat (1)        - print cups status information
backend (1)       - cups backend transmission interfaces
mime.types (5)    - mime type description file for cups
cupsd (8)         - common unix printing system daemon
lpadmin (8)       - configure cups printers and classes
printers.conf (5) - printer configuration file for cups
cupsd.conf (5)    - server configuration file for cups
filter (1)        - cups file conversion filter interfaces
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