Mystery printer in firefox under Ubuntu 14.04.5

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:36:21 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 15:16:06 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> 
> > OK, I am at the library now.  The "mystery" printer entry is: "NPI7659FE".
> 
> Looks like an HP device.
>  
> > The output on one of the workstations is:
> > 
> > adultpatron1.wendellfreelibrary.org% sudo /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v
> > [sudo] password for heller: 
> > network lpd
> > network socket
> > network https
> > network http
> > network ipp
> > network ipp14
> > network ipps
> > direct hp
> > serial serial:/dev/ttyS4?baud=115200
> > network smb
> > direct hpfax
> > network dnssd://Brother%20MFC-9970CDW._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
> > network dnssd://hp%20LaserJet%204200%20(0001E67659FE)._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
> 					  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> A coincidence?				     NPI7659FE
> 
> > network socket://192.168.1.246
> 
> What is 192.168.1.246?

printer.wendellfreelibrary.org.

That is the HP LaserJet's IP address.

And 192.168.1.252 is

colorprinter.wendellfreelibrary.org.

Which is the Brother color all-in-one laser (MFC-9970CDW)

And 192.168.1.251 is

newserver.wendellfreelibrary.org.

The CentOS 6 server.

> 
> > network lpd://colorprinter/BINARY_P1
> > adultpatron1.wendellfreelibrary.org% lpstat -t
> > scheduler is running
> > system default destination: BrotherColorLaser
> > device for BlackandWhiteLaserjet: ipp://192.168.1.251:631/printers/BlackandWhiteLaserjet
> > device for BrotherColorLaser: ipp://192.168.1.251:631/printers/BrotherColorLaser
> > BlackandWhiteLaserjet accepting requests since Wed 15 Oct 2014 11:24:28 AM EDT
> > BrotherColorLaser accepting requests since Mon 02 Jun 2014 03:16:19 PM EDT
> > printer BlackandWhiteLaserjet is idle.  enabled since Wed 15 Oct 2014 11:24:28 AM EDT
> > printer BrotherColorLaser is idle.  enabled since Mon 02 Jun 2014 03:16:19 PM EDT
> > 
> > Note:  192.168.1.251 is the IP address of the server running CentOS 6.
> 
> I'll stick with my previous opinion for the present.

Which is?

> 

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