[cups] Network printer's URL

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 20 September 2017 07:33:44 Brian Potkin wrote:

> On Tue 19 Sep 2017 at 21:27:43 +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote:
> > How can I discover a printer's IPP address?
> > I'm trying to setup a new "Brother HL-L2360DN" with CUPS 1.7.2
> >
> > I prefer to specify printer's IP in the address. I've tried for
> > example: ipp://192.168.1.108:631/binary_p1
> > ipp://192.168.1.108:631
> > socket://192.168.1.108:631
>
Have you assigned that address from the printers own control panel?

> Is
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/PrintQueuesCUPS#The_device-uri_for_a_Networked
>_Printer
>
> any use?
>
> You should be able to get the address from the machine's DND-SD
> broadcasts.
>
> (BTW. socket://.... usually uses port 9100).


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