On Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 9:33 AM Dan Ritter wrote: > > Lee wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > > I do. If you assign an IP and a DNS name to the IP, all the > > > network printers I am aware of will work just fine. (They don't > > > care about the DNS name, either, but it's more convenient if you > > > don't want to remember the IP.) > > > > Yep, a static IP address is assigned via DHCP and the name exists in > > DNS. Now what? > > > > if it's not obvious, I know appx. zip about linux administration, so > > hints about what to do after assigning a name and address would be > > appreciated. > > Easiest thing to do: set up CUPSd on one of your machines. > > sudo apt install cups
That and more was already installed by default. $ apt search cups 2>/dev/null | grep installed | wc -l 20 > Then read https://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting uh oh .. "It would be as well to check whether any functioning print queues have been automatically installed by cups-browsed prior to a manual setup. This can be done with lpstat -a" $ lpstat -a Canon_MG3600_series accepting requests since Sat Aug 3 00:00:28 2024 HP_ENVY_5540_series_20A070_ accepting requests since Sat Aug 3 00:00:28 2024 I'd have to go back to an /etc/nsswitch.conf with hosts: files dns and then manually configure the print queues. Correct? > and use either > the web interface on port 631 or system-config-printer in a GUI > to set up your printer. If it's recent, it can probably use the > ipp driver; if it is middle-aged, it can probably be used via > the port 9100 lp system. Thanks for the info. I'm not sure that manual configuration is all that much better than the automatic stuff tho.. it seems like if someone can get on my network and respond to mDNS queries I've got worse problems than them impersonating a printer. Am I missing something or does manually configuring printer queues just remove my print queue dependency on avahi / mDNS? I can see not wanting mDNS in a work environment, but at home?? I don't see how it improves my security all that much. Thanks, Lee
