Can one use names rather than IP addresses for Cups printers?

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 2 Sep 2021 18:02:13 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> I see that in my /etc/cups/printers.conf file my printers are
> specified by IP address and not name.
> 
> Is this a requirement in CUPS?

Nope.

> 
> If my printer happened to change its IP address but keeps its name it
> would be handy if this didn't break CUPS.
> 

If you have a domain name server, you can use a name instead of an IP address.

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