Bug#969169: cups: Driverless printing not working
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 06:16:41PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 04:55:56PM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> >
> > ipp:/... is another URI for the printer. Execute
> >
> > lpadmin -p <a_chosen_print_queue_name> -v <URI> -E -m everywhere
>
> # lpadmin -p Brother_HL_L2370DN_series -v ipp://BRN3C2AF4B40D45.local:631/ipp/print -E -m everywhere
> lpadmin: Unable to connect to "BRN3C2AF4B40D45.local:631": Name or service not known
> # ping BRN3C2AF4B40D45.local
> ping: BRN3C2AF4B40D45.local: Name or service not known
>
> I do not have nss-mdns installed, nor set up. But avahi-browse
> clearly knows that correct IP address.
If I strace it, I only see an attemp to resolve it using DNS,
while something like avahi-resolve-host-name actually seems to
talk to the avahi daemon.
lpadmin is linked to avahi-client, so I expect it to try to use
it. It clearly knows how to use it to locate the printer.
Kurt
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