Bug#969169: cups: Driverless printing not working

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Fri 28 Aug 2020 at 18:16:41 +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.

You have a network issue, not a printing issue. Try

  ipp://192.168.0.154/ipp/print

as the URI.

I have libnss-mdns installed

Cheers,

Brian.