CUPS still working under Catalina and BigSur

[bill99]

Hello forum

we used to print under Linux with the help of CUPS(and PPD files). But now i heard that Apple does
not anymore support CUPS.

Does that "only" mean that no Apple *.dmg packages are available anymore or that it's
not possible to install(compile) the cups-2.3.3-source.tar.gz on macOS.

Sorry can't test it myself because still waiting on my new Mac.

Thank you!

Bill

 

[chrfr]

Hello forum

we used to print under Linux with the help of CUPS(and PPD files). But now i heard that Apple does
not anymore support CUPS.

Does that "only" mean that no Apple *.dmg packages are available anymore or that it's
not possible to install(compile) the cups-2.3.3-source.tar.gz on macOS.

Sorry can't test it myself because still waiting on my new Mac.

Thank you!

Bill

CUPS (version 2.3.4) is still in Big Sur but it's deprecated so will probably be removed in one of the next major macOS releases.

 

[bill99]

The main challenge (only checked it under Catalina) is that in order to be able to use/run localhost(127.0.0.1:631) extensive configuration is required

 

[chrfr]

The main challenge (only checked it under Catalina) is that in order to be able to use/run localhost(127.0.0.1:631) extensive configuration is required

It works in Big Sur if you enter cupsctl WebInterface=yes in Terminal, same as with any other version of macOS.

 

[Ritsuka]

CUPS is not deprecated. CUPS printer drivers are deprecated: https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5270

 

[hoodafoo]

I gave up on CUPS. Now when I need to print something on my really old Samsung printer, I have to use a Win10 VM to send the print jobs

 

[bill99]

It works in Big Sur if you enter cupsctl WebInterface=yes in Terminal, same as with any other version of macOS.

Thank you very much chrfr for the helpful feedback. It works

 

[hoodafoo]

Can someone point me in the right direction on where to d/l latest cups for Catalina? TIA

 

[bill99]

After updating to Catalina 10.15.7 i tried to setup an other printer in CUPS (PPD's available
I entered cupsctl WebInterface=yes in Terminal
but 127.0.0.1:631 does not show the "CUPS-interface" anymore, but instead the following
message is shown in Safari:

"Not Found"


Am I doing something wrong?

Thank's a lot in advance for your help!

Bill

 

[Zeitkind]

Have the same problem, but one short tipp: add /printers to access the printers page. Seems the "start" page is gone, broken or missing here too, no idea. But localhost:631/printers should work

 

[bill99]

Have the same problem, but one short tipp: add /printers to access the printers page. Seems the "start" page is gone, broken or missing here too, no idea. But localhost:631/printers should work

Thank you very much Zeitkind for the help!! Any idea how to add a printer in CUPS, if the button "add" is gone?

 

[Zeitkind]

Should be accessible via the admin page

http://localhost:631/admin/

Seems that the "home" page is gone, broken or missing somehow.

 

[bill99]

Thank you very much Zeitkind for the continued help. It does work a you suggested