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cupsd-helper(8) 		  OpenPrinting			 cupsd-helper(8)

NAME
     cupsd-helper - cupsd helper programs (deprecated)

SYNOPSIS
     cups-deviced request-id limit user-id options
     cups-driverd cat ppd-name
     cups-driverd list request_id limit options
     cups-exec	sandbox-profile [ -g group-id ] [ -n nice-value ] [ -u user-id ]
     /path/to/program argv0 ...  argvN

DESCRIPTION
     The cupsd-helper programs perform long-running operations on behalf of  the
     scheduler,  cupsd(8).  The cups-deviced helper program runs each CUPS back-
     end(7) with no arguments in order to discover the available printers.

     The cups-driverd helper program lists all available printer drivers, a sub-
     set of "matching" printer drivers, or a copy of a specific driver PPD file.

     The cups-exec helper program runs backends, filters, and other programs. On
     macOS these programs are run in a secure sandbox.

FILES
     The cups-driverd program looks for PPD and driver information files in  the
     following directories:

	 /Library/Printers
	 /opt/share/ppd
	 /System/Library/Printers
	 /usr/local/share/ppd
	 /usr/share/cups/drv
	 /usr/share/cups/model
	 /usr/share/ppd

     PPD  files  can  be  compressed using the gzip(1) program or placed in com-
     pressed tar(1) archives to further reduce their size.

     Driver information files must conform to the format defined in ppdcfile(5).

NOTES
     CUPS printer drivers, backends, and PPD files are deprecated  and	will  no
     longer  be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.	Printers that do
     not  support  IPP	 can   be   supported	using	applications   such   as
     ippeveprinter(1).

SEE ALSO
     backend(7),  cups(1), cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), filter(7), ppdcfile(5), CUPS
     Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.

2021-02-28			      CUPS			 cupsd-helper(8)

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