system-config-printer-applet(1)

system-config-printer-applet1

Print job manager

Usage

system-config-printer-applet [--help] [--version] [--debug]

Overview

system-config-printer-applet is a print job manager for CUPS. Normally it will display a printer icon in the notification area, greyed out when there are no print jobs for the current user. Clicking on the icon displays a simple print job manager for cancelling or reprinting jobs.

To save memory, the applet waits first of all until the user has printed a job before putting the icon in the notification area. To invoke the print job manager before a job has been printed, run the applet with the --no-tray-icon option: a desktop file is provided for this, so that it should appear in the system menu.

As well as displaying a printer icon in the notification area, the applet also provides a D-BUS server for the com.redhat.PrintDriverSelection interface, to help configure a new printer when it is plugged in.

Options

--help

Display a short usage message.

--version

Display the version of the applet.

--debug

Show debugging information.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9–10
  6. 11–Arch

--debug since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

--no-tray-icon until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Author

Tim Waugh <[email protected]>

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From system-config-printer 1.5.18-7 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.