cupsaccept(8)

💖 cupsaccept — accept or reject jobs like the queen you are 💖

okay bestie, so this is the cupsaccept / cupsreject page from the OpenPrinting girlies, section 8 of the manual (that's the admin-commands section, iykyk). two commands, one page, zero gatekeeping. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

cupsaccept/cupsreject — accept/reject jobs sent to a destination

no cap, that's literally the whole vibe: one says yes, one says no.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

see how they're basically twins except cupsreject gets the extra -r reason glow-up? iconic. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The cupsaccept command instructs the printing system to accept print jobs to the specified destinations. it's giving "yes babes, send it, i'm ready" ✨

The cupsreject command instructs the printing system to reject print jobs to the specified destinations. it's giving "not today, bestie" 💀

The -r option sets the reason for rejecting print jobs. If not specified, the reason defaults to "Reason Unknown" — like okay mysterious, we love a vague queen 🙈

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

The following options are supported by both cupsaccept and cupsreject (equal opportunity options fr fr):

• -E — Forces encryption when connecting to the server. lock it down, protect the vibes 🔒✨
• -U username — Sets the username that is sent when connecting to the server. it's your name tag at the server party 🏷️
• -h hostname[:port] — Chooses an alternate server. when you wanna hang with a different server instead 🌐
• -r "reason" — Sets the reason string that is shown for a printer that is rejecting jobs. give the people a reason, periodt 💅

heads up bestie: -r shows up in the cupsreject synopsis, and if you don't pass it, the reason defaults to "Reason Unknown" — noted above, just making sure it lands 🫶

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👑 CONFORMING TO 👑

The cupsaccept and cupsreject commands correspond to the System V printing system commands "accept" and "reject", respectively. so yeah, they're the glow-up versions of the originals 💖

Unlike the System V printing system, CUPS allows printer names to contain any printable character except SPACE, TAB, "/", or "#". so like... almost anything goes, but those four are a hard no. 🚫

Also, printer and class names are not case-sensitive. MyPrinter and myprinter are the same girl, don't let anyone tell you otherwise 🌈

Finally, the CUPS versions may ask the user for an access password depending on the printing system configuration. so have that password ready, bestie — the server might do a vibe check on you 🔐

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• cancel(1)
• cupsenable(8)
• lp(1)
• lpadmin(8)
• lpstat(1)
• CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

go read those too, they're all part of the same friend group 🫶

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.

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okay so that's the whole page, bestie — you ate that 💅✨ this was cupsaccept(8) from CUPS, last touched 2021-02-28, brought to you by the OpenPrinting girlies (© 2020-2024). now go forth and accept or reject with main character energy 👑💖