handling of printer-more-info in CUPS

Armin Felder <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:47:01 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.printing-architecture
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

my printer app exposes

printer-more-info (uri) =http://127.0.0.1:8142/Brother_TD-2020_(USB)/

to cups, but in the web interface, I can not find any link pointing to 
this uri.

I think this is a bit confusing for users, as they only see/use the 
operating systems printer settings dialog,
which points to http://localhost:631 , but from there they do not get to 
the printers own page,
  where may settings/information not exposed via IPP (always on, 
reconfiguration of generic buttons, phonebook etc.) are offered.

I would suggest either:
print dialog -> cups webpage -> printer webpage

print dialog : -> printer webpage
                       : -> cups webpage

BR
Armin