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CUPS is Apple’s open-source printing system for Unix-like operating systems, using IPP Everywhere to drive local and network printers. It provides the spooler, drivers interface, and admin tools behind printing on many macOS and Linux deployments.
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Free
Free
Open-source releases are downloadable from cups.org under Apache 2.0 (2.3+) or earlier GPL/LGPL terms noted on the site.
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Yes. CUPS has an ongoing free plan. Open-source releases are downloadable from cups.org under Apache 2.0 (2.3+) or earlier GPL/LGPL terms noted on the site.
CUPS is listed as free. No paid plan with a published price was found.
We could not confirm API access for CUPS.