How to reload (not restart) CUPS in RHEL 7

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Issue

  • We would like to reload CUPS using something like "service cups reload". This option appears to be missing from the systemd scripts and I can only see a restart option.
  • How can we reload the CUPS service without restarting it?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • systemd

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