How can I configure CUPS to encrypt the documents being sent to the printer?

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Issue

  • Is there a printer option on the print server to enable encryption?
  • We would like the connection between CUPS and the printer to be encrypted. How do we do this?
  • AppSocket Protocol supports Encryption?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 and 8
  • Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.6.3 and 2.2.6

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