Printing with CUPS

Question 1

What does the following CUPS command do: lp -d printer

Answer 1

Prints a file to a specific printer.

Question 2

The name of the main configuration file for the CUPS daemon.

Answer 2

cupsd.conf

Question 3

In CUPS, what does the printers.conf file contain?

Answer 3

Contains the printer definitions, including their device URI, driver and other settings.

Question 4

In CUPS, what command checks the status of print jobs and printers?

Answer 4

lpstat