This article presents a brief overview of the main printing systems in use on most Linux systems, with an introduction to the concepts and procedures at the core of UNIX printing. We will finish by ...

Ubuntu that causes printing to fail only on Tuesdays when trying to print a document. This bug was reported in 2009 and has since been fixed, but it is often discussed as an interesting episode in ...

This is the second article in what will be a four-part series on the current state of 3D printing compared to how things were three years ago when I wrote my first series on 3D printing. Of course, ...

The lp command on Linux systems provides numerous options for printing, such as multiple pages per sheet and page borders, but also just a few quirks to keep you on your toes. The lp command on Linux ...

A series of four vulnerabilities in the Common Unix Printing System, or Cups, leading to remote code execution (RCE) appear to contain a nasty sting in their tail, according to researchers at Akamai, ...

Media Size: You can specify the media size using the -o media=size option. For example: lp -d myprinter -o media=legal filename This will print the file on legal-sized paper. lp -d myprinter -o ...

Several vulnerabilities can be chained together to remotely register rogue printers and execute commands as root on many Linux systems. A security researcher has developed an exploit that leverages ...