1*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<!DOCTYPE HTML> 2*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<html> 3*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> 4*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<head> 5*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../cups-printable.css"> 6*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <title>cupsd-helper(8)</title> 7*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker</head> 8*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<body> 9*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h1 class="title">cupsd-helper(8)</h1> 10*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2> 11*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Workercupsd-helper - cupsd helper programs (deprecated) 12*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="SYNOPSIS">Synopsis</a></h2> 13*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cups-deviced</b> 14*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>request-id</i> 15*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>limit</i> 16*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>user-id</i> 17*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>options</i> 18*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<br> 19*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cups-driverd</b> 20*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cat</b> 21*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>ppd-name</i> 22*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<br> 23*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cups-driverd</b> 24*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>list</b> 25*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>request_id</i> 26*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>limit</i> 27*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>options</i> 28*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<br> 29*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cups-exec</b> 30*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>sandbox-profile</i> 31*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker[ 32*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>-g</i> 33*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>group-id</i> 34*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 35*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>-n</i> 36*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>nice-value</i> 37*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] [ 38*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>-u</i> 39*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>user-id</i> 40*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker] 41*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>/path/to/program</i> 42*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>argv0</i> 43*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>...</i> 44*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<i>argvN</i> 45*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> 46*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe <b>cupsd-helper</b> programs perform long-running operations on behalf of the scheduler, 47*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cupsd</b>(8). 48*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe <b>cups-deviced</b> helper program runs each CUPS 49*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>backend</b>(7) 50*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerwith no arguments in order to discover the available printers. 51*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<p>The <b>cups-driverd</b> helper program lists all available printer drivers, a subset of "matching" printer drivers, or a copy of a specific driver PPD file. 52*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<p>The <b>cups-exec</b> helper program runs backends, filters, and other programs. On macOS these programs are run in a secure sandbox. 53*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="FILES">Files</a></h2> 54*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe <b>cups-driverd</b> program looks for PPD and driver information files in the following directories: 55*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<pre class="man"> 56*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 57*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <i>/Library/Printers</i> 58*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <i>/opt/share/ppd</i> 59*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <i>/System/Library/Printers</i> 60*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <i>/usr/local/share/ppd</i> 61*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <i>/usr/share/cups/drv</i> 62*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <i>/usr/share/cups/model</i> 63*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker <i>/usr/share/ppd</i> 64*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker</pre> 65*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<p>PPD files can be compressed using the 66*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>gzip</b>(1) 67*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerprogram or placed in compressed 68*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>tar</b>(1) 69*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerarchives to further reduce their size. 70*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<p>Driver information files must conform to the format defined in 71*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdcfile</b>(5). 72*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2> 73*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCUPS printer drivers, backends, and PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. 74*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerPrinters that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as 75*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ippeveprinter</b>(1). 76*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> 77*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>backend</b>(7), 78*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cups</b>(1), 79*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cupsd</b>(8), 80*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>cupsd.conf</b>(5), 81*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>filter</b>(7), 82*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<b>ppdcfile</b>(5), 83*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>) 84*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> 85*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerCopyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc. 86*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 87*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker</body> 88*5e7646d2SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker</html> 89