The Chrome Printer Management API is a RESTful API that can be used to create and manage
printers and print servers for a Chrome or Google Workspace
customer. Your users can use the printers you set up with the API to print
directly from their organization's ChromeOS devices.

Following is a list of common terms used in the Chrome Printer Management API:

*CUPS*
:   [CUPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS) is an
    open-source printing system that uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
    to manage network print jobs and queues across a wide variety of printers,
    without requiring device-specific drivers.

*Print server*
:   A virtual print queue or physical server on the organization's network that
    routes print jobs to individual printers.

*Printer*
:   A physical printer connected to the organization's network.

## Next steps

- To learn how to configure the Chrome Printer Management API, including Admin console requirements and service account setup, see the [Get started](https://developers.google.com/workspace/admin/chrome-printer/guides/get-started) guide.