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  <h1>Help</h1>
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<h2>Getting Started</h2>

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	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/admin.html">Command-Line Printer Administration</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/options.html">Command-Line Printing and Options</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/firewalls.html">Firewalls</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/glossary.html">Glossary</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/encryption.html">Managing Encryption Policies</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/policies.html">Managing Operation Policies</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/overview.html">Overview of CUPS</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/accounting.html">Printer Accounting Basics</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/sharing.html">Printer Sharing</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/relnotes.html">Release Notes</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/reporting-bugs.html">Reporting Bugs</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/security.html">Server Security</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/license.html">Software License Agreement (CUPS 2.3 and later)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/old-license.html">Software License Agreement (CUPS 2.2 and earlier)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/translation.html">Translating and Customizing CUPS</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/cgi.html">Using CGI Programs</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/kerberos.html">Using Kerberos Authentication</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/network.html">Using Network Printers</a></div>
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<h2>Man Pages</h2>

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	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-backend.html">backend(7)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cancel.html">cancel(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-classes.conf.html">classes.conf(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-client.conf.html">client.conf(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cups.html">cups(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cups-config.html">cups-config(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cups-files.conf.html">cups-files.conf(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cups-lpd.html">cups-lpd(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cups-snmp.html">cups-snmp(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupsaccept.html">cupsaccept(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupsctl.html">cupsctl(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupsd.html">cupsd(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupsd-helper.html">cupsd-helper(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupsd-logs.html">cupsd-logs(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupsd.conf.html">cupsd.conf(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupsenable.html">cupsenable(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupsfilter.html">cupsfilter(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cupstestppd.html">cupstestppd(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-filter.html">filter(7)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ippeveprinter.html">ippeveprinter(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ippevepcl.html">ippevepcl/ps(7)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ippfind.html">ippfind(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ipptool.html">ipptool(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ipptoolfile.html">ipptoolfile(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lp.html">lp(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lpadmin.html">lpadmin(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lpc.html">lpc(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lpinfo.html">lpinfo(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lpmove.html">lpmove(8)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lpoptions.html">lpoptions(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lpq.html">lpq(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lpr.html">lpr(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lprm.html">lprm(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-lpstat.html">lpstat(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-mailto.conf.html">mailto.conf(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-mime.convs.html">mime.convs(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-mime.types.html">mime.types(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-notifier.html">notifier(7)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ppdc.html">ppdc(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ppdcfile.html">ppdcfile(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ppdhtml.html">ppdhtml(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ppdi.html">ppdi(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ppdmerge.html">ppdmerge(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-ppdpo.html">ppdpo(1)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-printers.conf.html">printers.conf(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-cups-snmp.conf.html">snmp.conf(5)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-2"><a href="doc/man-subscriptions.conf.html">subscriptions.conf(5)</a></div>
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<h2>Programming</h2>

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	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/cupspm.html">CUPS Programming Manual (New HTML)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/cupspm.epub">CUPS Programming Manual (New EPUB)</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/api-admin.html">Administrative APIs</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/api-filter.html">Filter and Backend Programming</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/api-raster.html">Raster API</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/postscript-driver.html">Developing PostScript Printer Drivers</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/raster-driver.html">Developing Raster Printer Drivers</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/api-ppd.html">PPD API (DEPRECATED)</a></div>
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<h2>References</h2>

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	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/spec-banner.html">CUPS Banner File Format</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/spec-command.html">CUPS Command File Format</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/spec-design.html">CUPS Design Description</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/spec-ipp.html">CUPS Implementation of IPP</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/spec-ppd.html">CUPS PPD Extensions</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/spec-raster.html">CUPS Raster Format</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/spec-stp.html">CUPS Software Test Plan</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/ppd-compiler.html">Introduction to the PPD Compiler</a></div>
	<div class="col-md-4"><a href="doc/ref-ppdcfile.html">PPD Compiler Driver Information File Reference</a></div>
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