printers.conf(5)

💖 printers.conf — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is the printers.conf page from section 5 of the manual (that's the file-formats girlies, iykyk) 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

printers.conf — the printer config file for cups 🖨️💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so listen. the printers.conf file is literally the thing that defines all the local printers that are available on your system. it's giving "the guest list but for printers" 💖

it normally lives in the /etc/cups directory, and it is maintained by the cupsd(8) program — like, cupsd is the one holding the clipboard, not you 🫶

⚠️ and this is the important part bestie: this file is not intended to be edited or managed manually. like. do not touch it. hands off. she's not yours 🔥 it's giving "look but don't touch" energy fr fr

👑 NOTES 👑

okay so the name, the location, and the format of this file? all of that is an implementation detail 💀 which means it's gonna change in future releases of CUPS. so do not get attached, do not hardcode anything, do not build your whole personality around the current layout. she's ephemeral. she's a phase. 🌈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, bestie, they're all connected 🧚✨

• classes.conf(5)
• cups-files.conf(5)
• cupsd(8)
• cupsd.conf(5)
• mime.convs(5)
• mime.types(5)
• subscriptions.conf(5)
• CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help) 💻

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting. periodt. 💅

and that's the whole page, babe 🫶 this was the CUPS printers.conf(5) joint, dated 2021-02-28 — literally iconic, no cap, go forth and let cupsd handle it for you 😭💖🌸