Re: Recommended way to manually add an undiscovered IPP printer in CUPS 3.x

Abdelrahman,

For CUPS 2.x you'll use the "everywhere" model ("ppd-name" attribute =
passed with 'everywhere' value) with an "ipp:" or "ipps:" device URI.  =
If the user doesn't have the full URI (typically =
"ipps://hostname/ipp/print" these days) then you can send a =
Get-Printer-Attributes request to the "/" resource to try to get back =
the correct URI for the printer (returned in the "printer-uri-supported" =
attribute).


> On Aug 1, 2026, at 12:44=E2=80=AFPM, AbdElRahman Khalifa =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> I'm working on the COSMIC printer setup application for CUPS 3.x.
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> I have a question about driverless IPP printers that are not
> automatically discovered, for example, when DNS-SD/mDNS is disabled.
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> What is the recommended way for a desktop printer setup application to
> allow users to add such a printer manually?
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> I'm looking for the intended approach in the CUPS 3.x architecture.
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> Thanks,
> Abdelrahman Khalifa
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