On Saturday 02 September 2023 20.50:38 E. Liddell wrote:
Notice the protocol on those URLs? dnssd = DNS Service Discovery. Which is what avahi does. Therefore, without avahi, it's no surprise your system can't
find the printers. By contrast, Nikolaus has:
DeviceURI ipp://drucker/printers/MFCJ5320DW
which is a different non-avahi protocol. I have:
DeviceURI socket://192.168.1.104
which again is not avahi-dependent.
Your setup, while not incorrect in the strict sense, is relying on automagic that's difficult to fix when it breaks.
E. Liddell
So if I replaced the dnssd with the DeviceURL it would work? I'll make a backup and try when I have time.
The setup is what MX does - I just added the printers in CUPS. Just reinstalling a printer after removing avahi does not change the way the URL is written, so it must be something deeper un the system.
That said, avagi seems to work well here.
Thierry