howl, mdns, mdnsresponder and libnss-mdns

[Erik Bågfors]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:01:55 -0800, Nathan Howell <nathan at crapbox.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:01:03 +0000, Sam Tygier wrote:
> 
> > can ubunutu find network printers like this?
> 
> The printing system (cups) has its own (similar) system for finding
> printers. You just have to enable the browsing capability in the config
> file in /etc/cups. (There's no nice gui for this yet)

Yes, but some printers also annonce themselves over mdns-sd.  The
printers here at my office does that.
: [bagfors at zyrgelkwytng]$ ; mdns-scan
+ hp color LaserJet 3700 (0001E6736EA2)._printer._tcp.local
+ hp color LaserJet 3700 (0001E6736EA2)._pdl-datastream._tcp.local
+ hp color LaserJet 3700 (0001E6736EA2)._http._tcp.local
+ hp LaserJet 1320 series [C150D9]._printer._tcp.local
+ hp LaserJet 1320 series [C150D9]._pdl-datastream._tcp.local
+ hp LaserJet 1320 series [C150D9]._http._tcp.local

Don't know if ubuntu/cups/whatever can pick that up.

/Erik