Unfortunately many printers simply don't expose their IP address in any usable form to you, the end user. Is the proper solution for autodiscover printers. Where is it stored and how do I access it ? Or maybe it isn't stored anywhere ? No success either by using the CUPS webserver through it seems to be basically another way of getting the same information.Įdit: the question isn't related to the printer below but is more general: as the OS is able to fetch the printer's IP at the network exploring step, I assume that information is stored somewhere. So the question is: how to I get the IP of an installed printer ?Īpparently, the 'properties' dialog (sample below) does not give access to this information (no, its not hidden in the URI line). Ok, no problem, lets just check the IP of the one I just installed, so I make sure I don't install the wrong one again. oh wait, there are several printers of same type (and name), with different IP adresses! Now after a while I realize the one I installed is the wrong printer.

So let's say I choose one and successfully install it. It returns a list of printers names, associated with IP adresses. This GUI program offers a 'Find network printer' function, that explores the local network.

I have installed a network printer in my Ubuntu 14.04 machine by using system-config-printer.

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