CUPS

Turn your QNAP NAS into a network print server to manage, share and monitor printers through a secure HTTPS web interface. Key Features Support for USB and network printers (IPP, IPPS, LPD, JetDirect/Socket). Secure HTTPS administration with TLS encryption. Automatic printer discovery using Avahi/Bonjour. Integrated Ghostscript, Poppler and OpenPrinting cups-filters. Print queue management, printer configuration and test pages. Persistent settings, printer queues and credentials across updates. Dedicated start, stop, restart and diagnostic scripts. Requirements QTS 6 or QuTS hero 6 minimum. Supports x86_64 and ARM64. Core printing dependencies are bundled. Quick Start Install and start the CUPS QPKG on your NAS. Open https://NAS-IP:16631/admin in your browser. Log in with username cupsadmin. Find the automatically generated password in QTS QuLog Center → Event Logs (search for CUPS web ready). Click Add Printer, select your USB or network printer, and follow the setup wizard. Print a test page to verify your configuration. Useful Information Web interface: https://NAS-IP:16631 HTTPS port: 16631/TCP Bonjour/mDNS: 5353/UDP (when enabled) Installation directory: /opt/CUPS Service control: /opt/CUPS/start.sh and /opt/CUPS/stop.sh Diagnostics: /opt/CUPS/healthcheck.sh Runtime logs: /opt/CUPS/logs/ To retrieve your administrator password via SSH: cat /opt/CUPS/etc/cups/.cupsadmin-password A browser certificate warning may appear because CUPS uses a self-signed HTTPS certificate by default. TIP ME ! Your gratitude and finance will help me to continue integration of this QPKG and maintain up to date versions.