Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones
Hi.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 12:58:15PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 05:35:11PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> > Try this next time you're on site:
> >
> > lpadmin -p D14841 -E -v ipp://10.76.172.100/ipp/print -m everywhere
>
> This worked. I printed two copies of the single-page PDF from Chrome
> without any further problems.
Just as planned. CUPS autodiscovery is only good for something if you
don't know printer's real IP. This little episode shows us that nothing
beats IP-on-sheet-of-paper discovery.
> I've gotta say, though, this option is a disaster:
>
> -E When specified before the -d, -p, or -x options, forces the use of
> TLS encryption on the connection to the scheduler. Otherwise, enables
> the destination and accepts jobs; this is the same as running the
> cupsaccept(8) and cupsenable(8) programs on the destination.
>
> Whoever decided to overload that option in that way... yikes.
Back in the day Apple's slogan was "think different". The whole CUPS
suite is a living proof of that.
Reco
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