Print with shell commands courtesy of CUPS

Conclusions

The CUPS print commands supply a relatively easily way to free you from graphical tools for printing. The commands create and manage print jobs completely via shell commands. Because you can script the required command sequences, you can use CUPS to automate many daily tasks.

Infos

  1. "CUPS Administration" by Harald Zisler, Raspberry Pi Geek, issue 19, 2016, pg. 82, http://www.raspberry-pi-geek.com/Archive/2016/19/Automating-CUPS-with-shell-commands

The Author

Harald Zisler has focused on FreeBSD and Linux for around 25 years. He publishes books and articles for magazines on technical and IT-related subjects. He also offers training in small groups on the subject of Linux and databases.

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