Frequently asked questions…

work through a web browser. Point your favourite browser to

(you may need to give your user or root password) and you'll see the CUPS home page. From here you can list, add and remove printers, as well as manage print queues (pending print tasks) and read the documentation. to allow connections for your LAN (allowing internet access is not generally recommended) and also control which users can access which parts of the configuration – you may want to allow users to manage their own print jobs but not delete your printers. but some distros still have Gimp-Print packages. That's the new name for GimpPrint. Depending on how bleedingedge a distro you use, you will have Gimp-Print 4.x or Gutenprint 5.x. Now that Gimp-Print has far more to do with printing than Gimp, the new name is less misleading, although any name change can cause short-term confusion, and this is already a confusing area.