Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones
On Sat, 2022-04-09 at 00:05 +0100, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 21:07:18 +0100, Tixy wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 20:18 +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > On Fri 08 Apr 2022 at 17:59:10 +0100, Tixy wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 12:10 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > > > Unfortunately, I was not able to find ANY way to determine the IP
> > > > > addresses of the autodetected printers that were presented to me.
> > > >
> > > > If I go to http://localhost:631/printers/ and click on my printer it
> > > > shows amongst other information:
> > > >
> > > > Connection: socket://192.168.2.3:9100
> > >
> > > OK. That's the destination.
> > > >
> > > > In case it got that IP address because I configured it that way, I just
> > > > tried it on another computer that didn't previously have CUPS on until
> > > > I just installed it and it shows the same for an auto discovered
> > > > printer.
> > >
> > > Do you find that surprising? The destination hasn't changed because you
> > > use another computer. You would be miffed if it did.
> > >
> >
> > I wasn't expecting a different IP address but, given Greg's experience,
>
> I think we have a differnet understanding of what The OP's experience
> was.
Possibly, I thought his experience was that he couldn't see the IP
address for printers in GUI or command-line interfaces.
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Tixy
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