Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address

From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address
Date	2020-04-15 17:14 +0000
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On 2020-04-15, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>
>> It is easy to assign an IP to a printer on the DHCP server at the 
>> router.  It should be trivial to also assign a name in the same 
>> config page.
>
> Agreed, it should be that easy.  But sadly, for every consumer level 
> 'router' I've had the unfortunate experience to have to mess with,
> they at best have provided only the ability to assign static IP's
> to specific MAC addresses via their DHCP servers.

And for me (the original poster), that's enough.  CUPS is looking
for the printer by IP address, and now that I've told the router
to assign that IP address to the printer's MAC address, all will
(hopefully) be well.

Thanks again, everybody.

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CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-04-14 05:10 +0000
  Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Bob Tennent <BobT@tennent.ca> - 2020-04-14 11:18 +0000
    Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-14 13:04 +0100
  Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-14 13:00 +0100
  Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-04-14 08:36 -0400
    Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-14 14:03 +0100
      Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-04-14 13:30 -0400
  Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-14 15:00 +0200
    Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-14 14:35 +0100
      Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-14 16:10 +0200
        Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-14 18:46 +0100
          Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-15 12:45 +0200
            Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-15 11:58 +0100
              Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-16 12:53 +0200
                Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-16 13:03 +0100
                Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-16 22:50 +0200
                Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2020-04-17 01:45 +0200
                Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-17 04:19 +0200
            Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-04-15 14:35 +0000
              Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-04-15 17:14 +0000
                Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2020-04-15 12:31 -0500
              Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-16 12:54 +0200
    Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldi@notaserver.com> - 2020-04-14 10:21 -0500
    Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-04-14 16:03 +0000
      Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-04-14 18:47 +0100
      Re: CUPS - set up printer by name instead of IP address "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-16 13:00 +0200

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