Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones
On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 15:30:13 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 08:28:31PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote:
> > CLI:
> >
> > # avahi-browse -r _print-caps._tcp
> > (from the avahi-utils package)
>
> I tried this with and without the -r (which according to the man page
> asks to "resolve services", but it doesn't say what kind of resolution
> it's doing).
>
> In both cases, after waiting a few minutes and seeing no output, I
> simply terminated the process. I don't know what it's doing, or why
> it takes so long, but I'm afraid that if it happens to be generating a
> packet storm, I might get in trouble.
If your position is secure, that might be the way to get things
changed: trouble.
Cheers,
David.
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