Specification for CUPS printing options

cupsprinting

I would like to ask if someone knows where can I find all the possible printing options the can CUPS send to backend/filter etc.

These are some of the possible options:

com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMBorder..b.
com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMBorderType..n.=1
com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMColorMatchingMode..n.=0
com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMColorSpaceModel..n.=0
com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMCopies..n.=1
com.apple.print.PrintSettings.PMCopyCollate..b.

I would like to get the full list of these options, but can't find any specification for that.

https://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-2.0/api-cups.html#cupsParseOptions

Best Answer

Documentation

The standard documentation of cupsd configuration file is available with:

man cupsd.conf

Modification

These options are configured through the cupsd configuration file which is:

/etc/cups/cupsd

If cupsd is running it will overwrite it. Hence so as to be able to edit it, here is how to proceed:

  1. stop cupsd:

    cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/usr/bin/sudo launchctl unload org.cups.cupsd.plist

  2. edit cupsd configuration file:

    cd /etc/cups
cp cupsd.conf cupsd.conf.orig
vi cupsd.conf

  3. start cupsd:

    cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/usr/bin/sudo launchctl load org.cups.cupsd.plist
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