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cupsd — Server daemon for the CUPS print server. More information: <https://openprinting.github.io/cups/doc/

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Problem

How to use the cupsd command: Server daemon for the CUPS print server. More information: <https://openprinting.github.io/cups/doc/man-cupsd.html>.

Solution

cupsd — Server daemon for the CUPS print server. More information: <https://openprinting.github.io/cups/doc/man-cupsd.html>.

Start cupsd in the background, aka. as a daemon:
cupsd


Start cupsd on the [f]oreground:
cupsd -f


[l]aunch cupsd on-demand (commonly used by launchd or systemd):
cupsd -l


Start cupsd using the specified cupsd.conf [c]onfiguration file:
cupsd -c {{path/to/cupsd.conf}}


Start cupsd using the specified cups-files.conf configuration file:
cupsd -s {{path/to/cups-files.conf}}


[t]est the cupsd.conf [c]onfiguration file for errors:
cupsd -t -c {{path/to/cupsd.conf}}


[t]est the cups-files.conf configuration file for errors:
cupsd -t -s {{path/to/cups-files.conf}}


Display [h]elp:
cupsd -h

Code Snippets

Start `cupsd` in the background, aka. as a daemon

cupsd

Start `cupsd` on the [f]oreground

cupsd -f

[l]aunch `cupsd` on-demand (commonly used by `launchd` or `systemd`)

cupsd -l

Start `cupsd` using the specified `cupsd.conf` [c]onfiguration file

cupsd -c {{path/to/cupsd.conf}}

Start `cupsd` using the specified `cups-files.conf` configuration file

cupsd -s {{path/to/cups-files.conf}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/cupsd

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