| Step | Action |
| 1 | Open the Terminal, type cd /tmp/ and press Enter to go to the tmp folder. |
| 2 | Create a test file while in the tmp directory. To do so, type: vi filename.txt (e.g., vi jobfile.txt) |
| 3 | Reopen the Terminal, and type the following: cd /etc/cups and press Enter to open the cups foldersudo vim cups-files.conf and press Enter to open cups-files.conf file |
| 4 | In the cups-files.conf file, find the line #FileDevice No, remove the # symbol from the start of the line, and replace No with Yes. Then save the file and exit. |
| 5 | Open a web browser and type localhost:631 to open the CUPS web page. |
| 6 | Go to Administration tab > Server > Edit Configuration File. |
| 7 | In the second line, type FileDevice Yes and save changes.
Note: Enter username and password, if prompted. The Server will restart automatically. This allows the CUPS scheduler to create a job file in File Device.
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| 8 | Reopen a web browser and type localhost:631 to reopen the CUPS web page. Then go to Printers and select the printer (e.g.,MS610). |
| 9 | Click on the Administration drop down, and select Modify Printer.
Note: Enter username and password, if prompted.
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| 10 | The Modify menu opens. Select Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) radio button, and click Continue. |
| 11 | Type file:/tmp/jobfile.txt in the Connection text box, and click Continue.
Note: The printer will print to a text file which is called the job file.
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| 12 | Do not change any other options. Click on Modify Printer.
Note: Clicking Modify Printer will restart cups.
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| 13 | Go to Printers tab, click on the Maintenance drop down, and select Print Test Page. Check if a job file is created in the file:/tmp/jobfile.txt location. |
| 14 | Print the actual job. |