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CUPS is a standards-based, open source printing system developed
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by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X and other UNIX-like operating systems.
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CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") and provides System
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V and Berkeley command-line interfaces, a web interface, and a C
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API to manage printers and print jobs.
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This distribution contains backends, filters, and other software
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that was once part of the core CUPS distribution but is no longer
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maintained by Apple Inc. In addition it contains additional filters
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and software developed independently of Apple, especially filters
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for the PDF-centric printing workflow introduced by OpenPrinting
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and a daemon to browse Bonjour broadcasts of remote CUPS printers
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and makes these printers available locally.
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From CUPS 1.6.0 on, this package is required for using printer
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drivers with CUPS under Linux. With CUPS 1.5.x and earlier this
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package can be used optionally to switch over to PDF-based printing.
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In that case some filters are provided by both CUPS and this package.
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Then the filters of this package should be used.
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