[cups.general] Device URI and mdns

[Michael Sweet]

On Dec 1, 2009, at 6:30 PM, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I've moved away from dns on my home LAN and using mdns instead.  I have two HP printers configured in printers.conf:
> 
> Info HP Color LaserJet 2605
> DeviceURI socket://color_laser.local:9100
> 
> Info HP Photosmart C4500
> DeviceURI hp:/net/Photosmart_C4500_series?ip=192.168.1.117
> 
> Problem is that the IP address of the C4500 changes over time (power failure last week changed IPs).
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> First can I specify a name for the ip address above for the C4500?  Its name is "hpae171e.local".

That depends on HP's software; you might want to ask them on hplipopensource.org...

> Second, why does one use socket: and the other hp: ?  Is there a reason to use one over the other?  Or really, what is the recommended way to set up these printers so that the it won't matter if the IP addresses change?

You *should* be able to use socket for both.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer