A computer running CUPS is a host that can accept print jobs from client computers, process them, and send them to the appropriate printer.

Unix and other Unix-like systems such as Linux and OS X use CUPS (short for Common Unix Printing System), a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems, which allows a computer to act as a print server. Printer drivers in different operating systems Unix and Unix-like Printer drivers should not be confused with print spoolers, which queue print jobs and send them successively to a printer. The purpose of printer drivers is to allow applications to do printing without being aware of the technical details of each printer model. In computers, a printer driver or a print processor is a piece of software on a computer that converts the data to be printed to a format that a printer can understand. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) JSTOR ( July 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).

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