[cups.general] ipptool questions

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Mon Aug 13 21:15:48 PDT 2012


John,

On Aug 13, 2012, at 5:12 AM, John Dunn <jldunn2000 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I am looking athe ipptool for querying ipp printers.
> 
> 1. Does the printer have to be configured in CUPS as a printer, or can I run ipptool to query a printer directly without configuring anything in cups.

You don't need a queue, just the printer's URI.

> 2. I have some printers that I am already able to query via other IPP software, using a URI such as e.g. http://myprinter/ipp. Would I be able to use this URI with ipptool?


"http" URIs are valid for IPP/1.0 printers, but most IPP printers are IPP/1.1 or later and use "ipp" URIs...

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