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Author: Fred
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Subject: Re: [DNG] Priter trouble again.
On 1/1/22 3:58 PM, Ralph Ronnquist via Dng wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Jan 2022 15:07:44 -0500
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
>> I installed CUPS a part of the standard istall long ago.
>> I had no trouble configuring it back the to talk sweet to me printer.
>> Worked fine. Bu tnow it doesn't.
>>
>> The printer seems to hae changed its IP number.
>> Now I can tell it explicitly what IP numder to use by entering stuff
>> in its physical control panel. So all I should have to do is to set
>> its IP number to whatever CUPS (now unsuccessfuly) uses to talk to
>> it.
>>
>> What I don't know is how to get CUPS to tell me what IP number it
>> currently thinks belongs to the printer.
>>
>> There should be some simple way of asking CUPS to tell me this.
>
> Perhaps it works with either
>     # grep Location /etc/cups/printers.conf
> or
>     # grep DeviceURI /etc/cups/printers.conf
> plus some intelligent parsing.

>
> Ralph.
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You might also check /etc/hosts

Fred