diff --git a/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf b/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
index ed1bdbad..19863e59 100644
--- a/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
+++ b/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Omarchy override of cups-browsed's shipped config. The only behavioural
-# change vs the upstream default (all-commented) is enabling auto-registration
-# of remote IPP printers discovered via Avahi/mDNS.
-CreateRemotePrinters Yes
+# Keep state away from /var/cache/cups, which is writable by the account CUPS
+# uses for print filters. cups-browsed is the only writer to this directory.
+CacheDir /var/cache/cups-browsed
+
+# Auto-create queues only for modern driverless IPP printers. Remote queues
+# exported by another CUPS server can still be added manually when needed.
+CreateIPPPrinterQueues Driverless
+CreateRemoteCUPSPrinterQueues No
diff --git a/etc/cups/cups-files.conf b/etc/cups/cups-files.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e515117f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/cups/cups-files.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#
+# File/directory/user/group configuration file for the CUPS scheduler.
+# See "man cups-files.conf" for a complete description of this file.
+#
+
+# List of events that are considered fatal errors for the scheduler...
+#FatalErrors config
+
+# Strip domain in local username?
+#StripUserDomain No
+
+# Do we call fsync() after writing configuration or status files?
+#SyncOnClose No
+
+# Default user and group for filters/backends/helper programs; this cannot be
+# any user or group that resolves to ID 0 for security reasons...
+User 209
+Group 209
+
+# Administrator user group, used to match @SYSTEM in cupsd.conf policy rules...
+# This cannot contain the Group value for security reasons...
+SystemGroup cups-browsed sys root
+
+
+# Are Unix domain socket peer credentials used for authorization?
+PeerCred on
+
+# User that is substituted for unauthenticated (remote) root accesses...
+#RemoteRoot remroot
+
+# Do we allow file: device URIs other than to /dev/null?
+#FileDevice No
+
+# Permissions for configuration and log files...
+#ConfigFilePerm 0640
+#LogFilePerm 0644
+
+# Location of the file logging all access to the scheduler; may be the name
+# "syslog". If not an absolute path, the value of ServerRoot is used as the
+# root directory.  Also see the "AccessLogLevel" directive in cupsd.conf.
+AccessLog /var/log/cups/access_log
+
+# Location of cache files used by the scheduler...
+#CacheDir /var/cache/cups
+
+# Location of data files used by the scheduler...
+#DataDir /usr/share/cups
+
+# Location of the static web content served by the scheduler...
+#DocumentRoot /usr/share/cups/doc
+
+# Location of the file logging all messages produced by the scheduler and any
+# helper programs; may be the name "syslog". If not an absolute path, the value
+# of ServerRoot is used as the root directory.  Also see the "LogLevel"
+# directive in cupsd.conf.
+ErrorLog /var/log/cups/error_log
+
+# Location of the file logging all pages printed by the scheduler and any
+# helper programs; may be the name "syslog". If not an absolute path, the value
+# of ServerRoot is used as the root directory.  Also see the "PageLogFormat"
+# directive in cupsd.conf.
+PageLog /var/log/cups/page_log
+
+# Location of the file listing all of the local printers...
+#Printcap /etc/printcap
+
+# Format of the Printcap file...
+#PrintcapFormat bsd
+#PrintcapFormat plist
+#PrintcapFormat solaris
+
+# Location of all spool files...
+#RequestRoot /var/spool/cups
+
+# Location of helper programs...
+#ServerBin /usr/lib/cups
+
+# SSL/TLS keychain for the scheduler...
+#ServerKeychain ssl
+
+# Location of other configuration files...
+#ServerRoot /etc/cups
+
+# Location of scheduler state files...
+#StateDir /run/cups
+
+# Location of scheduler/helper temporary files. This directory is emptied on
+# scheduler startup and cannot be one of the standard (public) temporary
+# directory locations for security reasons...
+#TempDir /var/spool/cups/tmp
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service.d/10-omarchy.conf b/etc/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service.d/10-omarchy.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54107197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service.d/10-omarchy.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Service]
+User=cups-browsed
+Group=cups-browsed
+CacheDirectory=cups-browsed
+CacheDirectoryMode=0750
+UMask=0027
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=yes
+PrivateTmp=yes
+RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
diff --git a/etc/sysusers.d/omarchy-cups-browsed.conf b/etc/sysusers.d/omarchy-cups-browsed.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa602c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/sysusers.d/omarchy-cups-browsed.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u cups-browsed - "CUPS printer discovery" / -
diff --git a/install/omarchy-base.packages b/install/omarchy-base.packages
index 4097b645..f4c5e2ef 100644
--- a/install/omarchy-base.packages
+++ b/install/omarchy-base.packages
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ cliamp
 cups
 cups-browsed
 cups-filters
-cups-pdf
+cups-pk-helper
 ddcutil
 docker
 docker-buildx
diff --git a/install/post-install/pacman.sh b/install/post-install/pacman.sh
index 23580b3c..327b812f 100644
--- a/install/post-install/pacman.sh
+++ b/install/post-install/pacman.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 cp -f "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/pacman/pacman-${OMARCHY_MIRROR:-stable}.conf" /etc/pacman.conf
 cp -f "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/pacman/mirrorlist-${OMARCHY_MIRROR:-stable}" /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
-# omarchy-settings skips this override until cups-browsed is actually present
-# to avoid pacman creating cups-browsed.conf.pacnew during ISO package install.
-if [[ -f $OMARCHY_PATH/etc-overrides/cups-cups-browsed.conf && -d /etc/cups ]]; then
+# omarchy-settings skips these overrides until CUPS is actually present to
+# avoid pacman creating .pacnew files during ISO package installation.
+if [[ -f $OMARCHY_PATH/etc-overrides/cups-cups-browsed.conf && -f /etc/cups/cups-files.conf ]]; then
+  systemd-sysusers /etc/sysusers.d/omarchy-cups-browsed.conf
   cp -f "$OMARCHY_PATH/etc-overrides/cups-cups-browsed.conf" /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
-  rm -f /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf.pacnew
+  install -m 0640 -o root -g cups "$OMARCHY_PATH/etc-overrides/cups-cups-files.conf" /etc/cups/cups-files.conf
+  rm -f /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf.pacnew /etc/cups/cups-files.conf.pacnew
 fi
 
 source "$OMARCHY_INSTALL/hardware/pacman.sh"
diff --git a/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh b/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh
index 909668eb..f4265d1d 100644
--- a/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh
+++ b/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Turkish|trq
 Ukrainian|ua'
 
 OMARCHY_USERNAME_PATTERN='^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]?$'
-OMARCHY_RESERVED_USERNAMES='^(root|bin|daemon|mail|ftp|http|nobody|dbus|systemd-coredump|systemd-network|systemd-oom|systemd-journal-remote|systemd-resolve|systemd-timesync|tss|uuidd|alpm|git|avahi|cups|lp|_talkd|polkitd|rtkit|qemu|brltty|gluster|rpc|libvirt-qemu|pcscd|nvidia-persistenced|sddm)$'
+OMARCHY_RESERVED_USERNAMES='^(root|bin|daemon|mail|ftp|http|nobody|dbus|systemd-coredump|systemd-network|systemd-oom|systemd-journal-remote|systemd-resolve|systemd-timesync|tss|uuidd|alpm|git|avahi|cups|cups-browsed|lp|_talkd|polkitd|rtkit|qemu|brltty|gluster|rpc|libvirt-qemu|pcscd|nvidia-persistenced|sddm)$'
 OMARCHY_HOSTNAME_PATTERN='^[A-Za-z0-9]([A-Za-z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?$'
 OMARCHY_HOSTNAME_DEFAULT='omarchy'
 
diff --git a/migrations/1787815267.sh b/migrations/1787815267.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3f9282a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1787815267.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+echo "Separate printer discovery from root and print-filter access"
+
+machine_marker="${OMARCHY_CUPS_MIGRATION_MARKER:-/var/lib/omarchy/migrations/1787815267}"
+
+[[ ! -e $machine_marker ]] || exit 0
+
+# Existing releases allowed a desktop user or shared group named cups-browsed,
+# which systemd-sysusers would silently reuse for passwordless CUPS access.
+if omarchy-pkg-present cups; then
+  cups_browsed_account=$(getent passwd cups-browsed || true)
+  cups_browsed_group=$(getent group cups-browsed || true)
+
+  if [[ -n $cups_browsed_account || -n $cups_browsed_group ]]; then
+    IFS=: read -r _ _ cups_browsed_uid cups_browsed_gid cups_browsed_description cups_browsed_home cups_browsed_shell <<<"$cups_browsed_account"
+    IFS=: read -r _ _ cups_browsed_group_gid cups_browsed_group_members <<<"$cups_browsed_group"
+    other_primary_user=$(getent passwd | awk -F: -v gid="$cups_browsed_gid" '$1 != "cups-browsed" && $4 == gid { print $1; exit }')
+
+    if [[ ! $cups_browsed_uid =~ ^[0-9]+$ || ! $cups_browsed_group_gid =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] ||
+      ((cups_browsed_uid <= 0 || cups_browsed_uid >= 1000)) ||
+      [[ $cups_browsed_gid != $cups_browsed_group_gid ]] ||
+      [[ $cups_browsed_description != "CUPS printer discovery" || $cups_browsed_home != "/" || $cups_browsed_shell != "/usr/bin/nologin" ]] ||
+      [[ -n $cups_browsed_group_members || -n $other_primary_user ]]; then
+      echo "Cannot harden printer discovery: the existing cups-browsed user or group is not a dedicated system account." >&2
+      false
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# CUPS-PDF accepts a job-controlled post-processing command in a backend that
+# CUPS launches as root. Native application print-to-file support replaces it.
+omarchy-pkg-drop cups-pdf
+
+# system-config-printer uses this helper to request printer administration
+# through Polkit now that the desktop user's wheel group is no longer @SYSTEM.
+if omarchy-pkg-present cups; then
+  omarchy-pkg-add cups-pk-helper
+fi
+
+# Stop the root-running daemon before changing the authorization it relies on.
+if systemctl is-active --quiet cups-browsed.service 2>/dev/null; then
+  sudo systemctl stop cups-browsed.service
+fi
+
+if omarchy-pkg-present cups; then
+  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+  sudo systemctl try-reload-or-restart cups.service
+fi
+
+# Resume on whether the unit is enabled, not on whether it was running when this
+# run started: an interrupted earlier run leaves it stopped, and a retry that
+# recomputed that would skip the restart and still write the marker below. A
+# masked or disabled unit reports not-enabled and is left alone.
+if systemctl is-enabled --quiet cups-browsed.service 2>/dev/null; then
+  sudo systemctl restart cups-browsed.service
+fi
+
+sudo install -Dm644 /dev/null "$machine_marker"
diff --git a/test/acceptance.d/system-test.sh b/test/acceptance.d/system-test.sh
index 53b2c1d7..899cc6e7 100644
--- a/test/acceptance.d/system-test.sh
+++ b/test/acceptance.d/system-test.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,72 @@ verify_services() {
   pass "user audio services are running"
 }
 
+verify_printing_security() {
+  local cups_browsed_pid lpinfo_output printer_name printer_process printer_tmp
+
+  ! pacman -Q cups-pdf >/dev/null 2>&1 || fail "CUPS-PDF is absent"
+  pass "the root CUPS-PDF backend is not installed"
+
+  getent passwd cups-browsed >/dev/null || fail "the cups-browsed service account exists"
+  [[ $(systemctl show -P User cups-browsed.service) == "cups-browsed" ]] ||
+    fail "cups-browsed runs as its service account"
+  [[ $(systemctl show -P Group cups-browsed.service) == "cups-browsed" ]] ||
+    fail "cups-browsed runs as its service group"
+  systemctl is-active --quiet cups-browsed.service || fail "cups-browsed is running"
+
+  cups_browsed_pid=$(systemctl show -P MainPID cups-browsed.service)
+  [[ -r /proc/$cups_browsed_pid/status ]] || fail "cups-browsed has a readable process status"
+  [[ $(awk '/^Uid:/{print $2}' "/proc/$cups_browsed_pid/status") != 0 ]] ||
+    fail "cups-browsed does not run with root UID"
+  [[ $(awk '/^CapEff:/{print $2}' "/proc/$cups_browsed_pid/status") == "0000000000000000" ]] ||
+    fail "cups-browsed has no effective Linux capabilities"
+
+  [[ $(stat -c '%a %U:%G' /var/cache/cups-browsed) == "750 cups-browsed:cups-browsed" ]] ||
+    fail "cups-browsed has an isolated cache" "$(stat -c '%a %U:%G' /var/cache/cups-browsed)"
+  [[ " $(id -nG cups-browsed) " != *" cups "* ]] ||
+    fail "cups-browsed is separate from the print-filter group"
+
+  if lpinfo_output=$(LC_ALL=C timeout 10 lpinfo -v </dev/null 2>&1); then
+    fail "the desktop user cannot administer CUPS without authentication"
+  elif [[ $lpinfo_output != *"Forbidden"* ]]; then
+    fail "CUPS explicitly denies unauthenticated desktop administration" "$lpinfo_output"
+  fi
+
+  pass "CUPS discovery is isolated from root, filters, and passwordless desktop administration"
+
+  # A live driverless printer proves the non-root daemon can still discover and
+  # create queues without the CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE Ubuntu carries downstream.
+  printer_name="OmarchyAcceptancePrinter"
+  printer_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+  printf '#!/bin/bash\nexit 0\n' >"$printer_tmp/command"
+  chmod 0700 "$printer_tmp/command"
+  mkdir -m 0700 "$printer_tmp/spool"
+
+  ippeveprinter -p 18631 -d "$printer_tmp/spool" -c "$printer_tmp/command" "$printer_name" \
+    >"$printer_tmp/ippeveprinter.log" 2>&1 &
+  printer_process=$!
+
+  printing_test_cleanup() {
+    kill "$printer_process" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    wait "$printer_process" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    rm -rf "$printer_tmp"
+  }
+  trap printing_test_cleanup EXIT
+
+  for _ in {1..30}; do
+    lpstat -v "$printer_name" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "implicitclass://$printer_name/" && break
+    sleep 1
+  done
+
+  lpstat -v "$printer_name" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "implicitclass://$printer_name/" ||
+    fail "non-root cups-browsed discovers a driverless IPP printer" "$(<"$printer_tmp/ippeveprinter.log")"
+
+  printing_test_cleanup
+  trap - EXIT
+
+  pass "non-root cups-browsed still creates driverless IPP queues without capabilities"
+}
+
 verify_runtime_tools() {
   # Docker access is intentionally NOT granted to the desktop user: the docker
   # group is root-equivalent, so a rogue process running as the user could
@@ -107,7 +173,7 @@ verify_user_setup() {
   pass "Omarchy user state and shell configuration exist"
 }
 
-for check in verify_core_packages verify_defaults verify_services verify_runtime_tools verify_user_setup; do
+for check in verify_core_packages verify_defaults verify_services verify_printing_security verify_runtime_tools verify_user_setup; do
   if ! ("$check"); then
     status=1
   fi
diff --git a/test/shell.d/cups-hardening-test.sh b/test/shell.d/cups-hardening-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96110fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shell.d/cups-hardening-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
+
+packages="$ROOT/install/omarchy-base.packages"
+cups_browsed_conf="$ROOT/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf"
+cups_files_conf="$ROOT/etc/cups/cups-files.conf"
+sysusers_conf="$ROOT/etc/sysusers.d/omarchy-cups-browsed.conf"
+service_dropin="$ROOT/etc/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service.d/10-omarchy.conf"
+
+grep -qxF cups-browsed "$packages" || fail "cups-browsed remains in the base package set"
+grep -qxF cups-pk-helper "$packages" || fail "Polkit printer administration is installed"
+! grep -qxF cups-pdf "$packages" || fail "the root CUPS-PDF backend is removed"
+
+pass "the base install keeps discovery and replaces CUPS-PDF with Polkit administration"
+
+grep -qxF 'CacheDir /var/cache/cups-browsed' "$cups_browsed_conf" ||
+  fail "cups-browsed keeps state outside the print-filter cache"
+grep -qxF 'CreateIPPPrinterQueues Driverless' "$cups_browsed_conf" ||
+  fail "automatic queues are limited to driverless IPP printers"
+grep -qxF 'CreateRemoteCUPSPrinterQueues No' "$cups_browsed_conf" ||
+  fail "remote CUPS queues are not created automatically"
+! grep -q 'CreateRemotePrinters' "$cups_browsed_conf" ||
+  fail "the unsupported CreateRemotePrinters directive is gone"
+
+pass "cups-browsed uses explicit supported discovery policy and an isolated cache"
+
+grep -qxF 'SystemGroup cups-browsed sys root' "$cups_files_conf" ||
+  fail "only the printer discovery account receives passwordless CUPS administration"
+grep -qxF 'PeerCred on' "$cups_files_conf" ||
+  fail "the packaged CUPS policy enables peer credentials"
+[[ $(grep -ciE '^[[:space:]]*SystemGroup[[:space:]]' "$cups_files_conf") == 1 ]] ||
+  fail "the packaged CUPS policy has one SystemGroup directive"
+[[ $(grep -ciE '^[[:space:]]*PeerCred[[:space:]]' "$cups_files_conf") == 1 ]] ||
+  fail "the packaged CUPS policy has one PeerCred directive"
+[[ ! -e $ROOT/install/config/printing.sh ]] ||
+  fail "printing policy is not rewritten by an install script"
+! grep -q 'config/printing.sh' "$ROOT/install/config/all.sh" "$ROOT/migrations/1787815267.sh" ||
+  fail "neither install nor update invokes a printing rewrite script"
+
+pass "CUPS authorization ships as a canonical package override"
+
+grep -qxF 'u cups-browsed - "CUPS printer discovery" / -' "$sysusers_conf" ||
+  fail "a locked cups-browsed system account is declared"
+
+for setting in \
+  'User=cups-browsed' \
+  'Group=cups-browsed' \
+  'CacheDirectory=cups-browsed' \
+  'CacheDirectoryMode=0750' \
+  'UMask=0027' \
+  'NoNewPrivileges=yes' \
+  'ProtectSystem=strict' \
+  'ProtectHome=yes' \
+  'PrivateTmp=yes' \
+  'RestrictSUIDSGID=yes'; do
+  grep -qxF "$setting" "$service_dropin" ||
+    fail "cups-browsed service hardening includes $setting"
+done
+
+! grep -q '^\(Ambient\|CapabilityBoundingSet\).*CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE' "$service_dropin" ||
+  fail "cups-browsed is not granted an unverified network capability"
+
+pass "cups-browsed runs as its confined service account without added capabilities"
+
+test_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$test_tmp"' EXIT
+
+mock_bin="$test_tmp/bin"
+mkdir -p "$mock_bin" "$test_tmp/var/lib/omarchy/migrations"
+
+passwd_db="$test_tmp/passwd"
+group_db="$test_tmp/group"
+touch "$passwd_db" "$group_db"
+
+cat >"$mock_bin/getent" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+case "$1" in
+  passwd) database="$OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_PASSWD" ;;
+  group) database="$OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_GROUP" ;;
+  *) exit 2 ;;
+esac
+
+if (($# == 1)); then
+  cat "$database"
+else
+  awk -F: -v name="$2" '$1 == name { print; found = 1 } END { exit !found }' "$database"
+fi
+SH
+cat >"$mock_bin/omarchy-pkg-present" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+[[ $1 == "cups" || $1 == "cups-browsed" ]]
+SH
+for command in omarchy-pkg-add omarchy-pkg-drop; do
+  cat >"$mock_bin/$command" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf '%s\t%s\n' "${0##*/}" "$*" >>"$OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_LOG"
+SH
+done
+cat >"$mock_bin/systemctl" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf 'systemctl\t%s\n' "$*" >>"$OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_LOG"
+exit 0
+SH
+cat >"$mock_bin/sudo" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf 'sudo\t%s\n' "$*" >>"$OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_LOG"
+exec "$@"
+SH
+chmod +x "$mock_bin"/*
+
+log="$test_tmp/actions.log"
+touch "$log"
+export OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_LOG="$log"
+export OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_PASSWD="$passwd_db"
+export OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_GROUP="$group_db"
+
+printf 'cups-browsed:x:1000:1000:Desktop user:/home/cups-browsed:/usr/bin/bash\n' >"$passwd_db"
+printf 'cups-browsed:x:1000:\n' >"$group_db"
+if PATH="$mock_bin:$PATH" \
+  OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" \
+  OMARCHY_CUPS_MIGRATION_MARKER="$test_tmp/desktop-collision-marker" \
+  bash -euo pipefail "$ROOT/migrations/1787815267.sh" 2>/dev/null; then
+  fail "the migration accepts an existing desktop user named cups-browsed"
+fi
+[[ ! -s $log ]] || fail "an account collision stops the migration before changing the system"
+
+printf 'alice:x:1000:947:Desktop user:/home/alice:/usr/bin/bash\n' >"$passwd_db"
+printf 'cups-browsed:x:947:alice\n' >"$group_db"
+if PATH="$mock_bin:$PATH" \
+  OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" \
+  OMARCHY_CUPS_MIGRATION_MARKER="$test_tmp/group-collision-marker" \
+  bash -euo pipefail "$ROOT/migrations/1787815267.sh" 2>/dev/null; then
+  fail "the migration accepts an existing cups-browsed group with members"
+fi
+[[ ! -s $log ]] || fail "a group collision stops the migration before changing the system"
+
+printf 'cups-browsed:x:947:947:CUPS printer discovery:/:/usr/bin/nologin\n' >"$passwd_db"
+printf 'cups-browsed:x:947:\n' >"$group_db"
+
+pass "the migration rejects account and group collisions before changing printing"
+
+marker="$test_tmp/var/lib/omarchy/migrations/1787815267"
+PATH="$mock_bin:$PATH" \
+  OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" \
+  OMARCHY_CUPS_MIGRATION_MARKER="$marker" \
+  bash -euo pipefail "$ROOT/migrations/1787815267.sh"
+
+grep -qxF $'omarchy-pkg-drop\tcups-pdf' "$log" ||
+  fail "the migration removes CUPS-PDF"
+grep -qxF $'omarchy-pkg-add\tcups-pk-helper' "$log" ||
+  fail "the migration installs authenticated printer administration"
+grep -qxF $'systemctl\tstop cups-browsed.service' "$log" ||
+  fail "the migration stops the root cups-browsed process before reconfiguration"
+grep -qxF $'systemctl\tdaemon-reload' "$log" ||
+  fail "the migration reloads the hardened service"
+grep -qxF $'systemctl\ttry-reload-or-restart cups.service' "$log" ||
+  fail "the migration reloads the packaged CUPS authorization"
+grep -qxF $'systemctl\trestart cups-browsed.service' "$log" ||
+  fail "the migration resumes an active cups-browsed service"
+[[ -f $marker ]] || fail "the migration records machine-wide completion"
+
+actions_after_first_run=$(wc -l <"$log")
+PATH="$mock_bin:$PATH" \
+  OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" \
+  OMARCHY_CUPS_MIGRATION_MARKER="$marker" \
+  bash -euo pipefail "$ROOT/migrations/1787815267.sh"
+[[ $(wc -l <"$log") == "$actions_after_first_run" ]] ||
+  fail "the machine-wide migration repeats privileged work"
+
+pass "the migration safely converts an active existing installation once"
+
+# An interrupted earlier run leaves cups-browsed stopped. A retry still needs
+# to resume an enabled service before recording completion.
+cat >"$mock_bin/systemctl" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf 'systemctl\t%s\n' "$*" >>"$OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_LOG"
+[[ $1 == "is-active" ]] && exit 1
+exit 0
+SH
+chmod +x "$mock_bin/systemctl"
+
+retry_log="$test_tmp/retry.log"
+retry_marker="$test_tmp/var/lib/omarchy/migrations/1787815267-retry"
+
+OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_LOG="$retry_log" \
+  PATH="$mock_bin:$PATH" \
+  OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" \
+  OMARCHY_CUPS_MIGRATION_MARKER="$retry_marker" \
+  bash -euo pipefail "$ROOT/migrations/1787815267.sh"
+
+grep -qxF $'systemctl\trestart cups-browsed.service' "$retry_log" ||
+  fail "the retry resumes cups-browsed after an interrupted earlier run"
+
+pass "a run following an interrupted one still resumes printer discovery"
+
+# A masked or disabled unit is deliberately left alone.
+cat >"$mock_bin/systemctl" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+printf 'systemctl\t%s\n' "$*" >>"$OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_LOG"
+[[ $1 == "is-active" || $1 == "is-enabled" ]] && exit 1
+exit 0
+SH
+chmod +x "$mock_bin/systemctl"
+
+masked_log="$test_tmp/masked.log"
+masked_marker="$test_tmp/var/lib/omarchy/migrations/1787815267-masked"
+
+OMARCHY_CUPS_TEST_LOG="$masked_log" \
+  PATH="$mock_bin:$PATH" \
+  OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" \
+  OMARCHY_CUPS_MIGRATION_MARKER="$masked_marker" \
+  bash -euo pipefail "$ROOT/migrations/1787815267.sh"
+
+! grep -qxF $'systemctl\trestart cups-browsed.service' "$masked_log" ||
+  fail "the migration leaves a masked or disabled cups-browsed alone"
+[[ -f $masked_marker ]] || fail "the migration completes with cups-browsed masked"
+
+pass "a masked or disabled cups-browsed is left alone and does not fail the migration"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/setup-form-test.sh b/test/shell.d/setup-form-test.sh
index 4c797e4f..2b9878eb 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/setup-form-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/setup-form-test.sh
@@ -144,11 +144,12 @@ pass "keyboard prompt propagates Esc and Ctrl+C without dying under set -e"
 
 # Username
 
-TAKEN_USERS=dhh run_prompt omarchy_prompt_username "0:Not A Username" "0:root" "0:dhh" "0:david"
+TAKEN_USERS=dhh run_prompt omarchy_prompt_username "0:Not A Username" "0:root" "0:cups-browsed" "0:dhh" "0:david"
 assert_status 0 "username prompt accepts a valid name"
 [[ $(field username) == "david" ]] || fail "username prompt keeps re-asking until the name is valid"
 assert_notices "username prompt explains each rejection" "Username must be alphanumeric with no spaces
 Username is reserved for system
+Username is reserved for system
 That username already exists on this machine"
 pass "username prompt rejects malformed, reserved, and taken names"