Editing CUPS (section)

=== KDE ===
[[File:Printers configuration on KDE Plasma 6 screenshot.webp|thumb|Printers configuration on [[KDE Plasma 6]]]]

The KDEPrint framework for [[KDE]] contains various [[graphical user interface|GUI]] tools that act as CUPS [[front end processor (program)|front ends]] and allows the administration of classes, print queues and print jobs; it includes a printer wizard to assist with adding new printers amongst other features.<ref name="KDE01">{{cite web|url = http://printing.kde.org/|title = KDEPrint Homepage|access-date = April 2, 2008|last = printing.kde.org Webmaster|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509132047/http://printing.kde.org/|archive-date = May 9, 2008|df = mdy-all}}</ref> KDEPrint first appeared in KDE 2.2.

KDEPrint supports several different printing platforms, with CUPS one of the best supported. It replaced a previous version of printing support in KDE, ''qtcups'' and is backwards compatible with this module of KDE. {{As of | 2009}} ''kprinter'', a [[dialogue box|dialogue-box]] program, serves as the main tool for sending jobs to the print device; it can also be started from the [[command line]]. KDEPrint includes a system to pre-filter any jobs before they are handed over to CUPS, or to handle jobs all on its own, such as converting files to [[Portable Document Format|PDF]]. These filters are described by a pair of Desktop/[[XML]] files.

KDEPrint's main components include:

* a Print Dialog box, which allows printer properties to be modified
* a Print Manager, which allows management of printers, such as adding and removing printers, through an Add Printer Wizard
* a Job Viewer/Manager, which manages printer jobs, such as hold/release, cancel and move to another printer
* a CUPS configuration module (integrated into KDE)