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

[Chris Green]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 01:31:00PM -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> 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.
> 
OK, thanks, I have local DNS on my LAN.

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Chris Green