Printer Configuration

Install Cups Service - 

yum install cups -y

Validating the package - 

rpm -qa | grep -i cups

Start Service - 

systemctl start cups / service cups start

Status of Service - 

systemctl status cups / service cups status

Listing all printers - 

lpstat -a

lpstat -a | grep -I <printer-name>

Raw printer configuration - 

lpadmin -p <printer-name> -E -v socket://<printer-name>:<port-number> -o printer-error-policy=retry-job 

lpadmin -p <printer-name> -m raw

Checking Printer Configuration - 

lpoptions -p <printer-name>

Configuring printer with Driver File

lpadmin -p  <printer-name> -v socket://<printer-name>:<port-number> -P /etc/cups/ppd/<printer-driver-filename>

/usr/sbin/cupsenable <printer-name>

/usr/sbin/cupsaccept <printer-name>

Removing a Printer - 

lpadmin -x <printer-name>

Printer log location - 

/var/log/cups

Checking if port open - 

nmap -p <port-number> <printer-name>

Checking if printer is reachable and DNS present - 

ping <printer-name> / ping <ip-address>

nslookup <printer-name>

Check the print jobs -

lpq -p <printer-name>

How to look for only the PID of the jobs in case clean-up required - 

lpq -p <printer-name> | awk '{print $3}'

Cancel any job stuck in print queue - 

cancel <PID>