CUPS print server image

Overview

Docker image including CUPS print server and printing drivers (installed from the Debian packages)

Docker Informations

This image expose the following port

Port	Usage
631/tcp	CUPS TCP Port

The following volume is exposed by this image

Volume	Usage
/etc/cups	CUPS config folder
/mnt/backends	Additional CUPS Backends config folder
/mnt/drivers	Aditional drivers needed to be installed
/var/log/cups	CUPS logs folder
/var/spool/cups	CUPS Spool files

Note: The /mnt/drivers must have a install.sh script to install the additional drivers

Note: The admin user/password for the Cups server is print/print

Included package

cups, cups-client, cups-filters
foomatic-db
printer-driver-all
openprinting-ppds
hpijs-ppds, hp-ppd
sudo, whois
ttf-liberation-fonts, font-config
gcc, python, pkpgcounter, snmp, libpqxx

Usage

Example run command:

docker run --name cups --restart unless-stopped  --net host\
  -v /path/to/configs:/etc/cups \
  -v /path/to/backends:/mnt/backends \
  -v /path/to/logs:/var/log/cups \
  -v /path/to/drivers:/mnt/drivers \
  -v /path/to/spool:/var/spool/cups \
  -p 631:631 \
  kaneymhf/docker-cups-simpres:latest

Docker-compose Example

version: "3.2"

services:
  cups:
    image: kaneymhf/docker-cups-simpres:latest
    ports:
      - target: 631
        published: 631
        protocol: tcp
        mode: host
    volumes:
      - /path/to/drivers:/mnt/drivers
      - /path/to/configs:/etc/cups
      - /path/to/backends:/mnt/backends
      - /path/to/logs:/var/log/cups
      - /path/to/spool:/var/spool/cups
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro

Add printers to the Cups server

Connect to the Cups server at http://127.0.0.1:631
Add printers: Administration > Printers > Add Printer

douglasanpa/docker-cups