@robertfern - I’m sorry: I meant to write that the strings I quoted were in fact the fourth item in each case. I’ll try this on a Montery partition and report back.
@robertfern - And here is the full output from the lpstat part of your code on a Monterey system with three printers installed (I’ve obscured one name in the first string):
{{"Abcdef_LaserJet_400_MFP_M425dn", " dnssd://Abcdef%20LaserJet%20400%20MFP%20M425dn._ipp._tcp.local./?uuid=434e4638-4837-5139-4b4d-5820b14df350
", "82:b:14:df:35:
"}, {"Dining_Room_LaserJet_M203dw", " dnssd://Dining%20Room%20LaserJet%20M203dw._ipps._tcp.local./?uuid=564e4233-4730-3335-3835-e8d8d17c268c
", "8d:8d:17:c2:68:c
"}, {"HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series", " dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%20P3010%20Series%20%5B13EF70%5D._printer._tcp.local./BINPS", "lo:ca:l.:/B:IN:PS"}}
and here is the end of the raw upstate -l -p -v output:
device for Abcdef_LaserJet_400_MFP_M425dn: dnssd://Abcdef%20LaserJet%20400%20MFP%20M425dn._ipp._tcp.local./?uuid=434e4638-4837-5139-4b4d-5820b14df350
device for Dining_Room_LaserJet_M203dw: dnssd://Dining%20Room%20LaserJet%20M203dw._ipps._tcp.local./?uuid=564e4233-4730-3335-3835-e8d8d17c268c
device for HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series: dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%20P3010%20Series%20%5B13EF70%5D._printer._tcp.local./BINPS
Can you do a text dump of the raw output of both of your commands?
@robertfern - Here you are, but I think I’ve found the answer elsewhere:
ippfind:
ipp://LJ-M425dn-Abcdef.local:631/ipp/print
ipp://DiningRoomLaserJet.local:631/ipp/print
ipp://LJ-P3015-Edward.local:631/LJ-P3015-Edward
lpstat -l -p -v:
printer Abdef_LaserJet_400_MFP_M425dn is idle. enabled since Mon Jan 15 21:07:29 2024
Form mounted:
Content types: any
Printer types: unknown
Description: Abdef LaserJet 400 MFP M425dn
Alerts: none
Location:
Connection: direct
Interface: /private/etc/cups/ppd/Abdef_LaserJet_400_MFP_M425dn.ppd
On fault: no alert
After fault: continue
Users allowed:
(all)
Forms allowed:
(none)
Banner required
Charset sets:
(none)
Default pitch:
Default page size:
Default port settings:
printer Dining_Room_LaserJet_M203dw is idle. enabled since Mon Jan 15 21:08:15 2024
Form mounted:
Content types: any
Printer types: unknown
Description: Dining Room LaserJet M203dw
Alerts: none
Location: Dining Room
Connection: direct
Interface: /private/etc/cups/ppd/Dining_Room_LaserJet_M203dw.ppd
On fault: no alert
After fault: continue
Users allowed:
(all)
Forms allowed:
(none)
Banner required
Charset sets:
(none)
Default pitch:
Default page size:
Default port settings:
printer HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series is idle. enabled since Mon Jan 15 21:08:35 2024
Form mounted:
Content types: any
Printer types: unknown
Description: HP LaserJet P3010 Series
Alerts: none
Location:
Connection: direct
Interface: /private/etc/cups/ppd/HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series.ppd
On fault: no alert
After fault: continue
Users allowed:
(all)
Forms allowed:
(none)
Banner required
Charset sets:
(none)
Default pitch:
Default page size:
Default port settings:
device for Abdef_LaserJet_400_MFP_M425dn: dnssd://Abdef%20LaserJet%20400%20MFP%20M425dn._ipp._tcp.local./?uuid=434e4638-4837-5139-4b4d-5820b14df350
device for Dining_Room_LaserJet_M203dw: dnssd://Dining%20Room%20LaserJet%20M203dw._ipps._tcp.local./?uuid=564e4233-4730-3335-3835-e8d8d17c268c
device for HP_LaserJet_P3010_Series: dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%20P3010%20Series%20%5B13EF70%5D._printer._tcp.local./BINPS
But the answer may be something like this:
lpstat -v produces, among other things,
device for Dining_Room_LaserJet_M203dw: dnssd://Dining%20Room%20LaserJet%20M203dw._ipps._tcp.local./?uuid=564e4233-4730-3335-3835-e8d8d17c268c
dns-sd -B _ipp._tcp local. produces, among other things:
21:24:10.999 Add 3 11 local. _ipp._tcp. Dining Room LaserJet M203dw
Then: dns-sd -L "Dining Room LaserJet M203dw" _ipp._tcp local. produces:
Dining\032Room\032LaserJet\032M203dw._ipp._tcp.local. can be reached at DiningRoomLaserJet.local.:631 (interface 11)
txtvers=1 qtotal=1 pdl=image/urf,application/PCLm,application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,application/vnd.hp-PCL,application/vnd.hp-PCLXL,image/jpeg rp=ipp/print URF=V1.4,CP99,W8,OB10,PQ3-4-5,DM1,IS1,MT1-3-5,RS600 ty=HP\ LaserJet\ M203-M206 product=\(HP\ LaserJet\ M203-M206\) priority=10 adminurl=http://DiningRoomLaserJet.local./hp/device/info_config_AirPrint.html\?tab=Networking\&menu=AirPrintStatus note=Dining\ Room Color=F Duplex=T Scan=F Fax=F UUID=564e4233-4730-3335-3835-e8d8d17c268c kind=document,envelope,photo PaperMax=legal-A4 TLS=1.2 usb_MFG=HP usb_MDL=HP\ LaserJet\ M203-M206 mac=e8:d8:d1:7c:26:8c mopria-certified=1.3
This includes DiningRoomLaserJet.local
The command dns-sd -Gv4 DiningRoomLaserJet.local produces:
21:39:45.802 Add 3 11 DiningRoomLaserJet.local. 192.168.1.23 120
21:39:45.802 Add 2 11 DiningRoomLaserJet.local. FE80:0000:0000:0000:EAD8:D1FF:FE7C:268C%en0 120
There’s a lot of parsing and matching to do, but this gets the job done entirely with internal commands. Also, all the commands are interactive, so there would need to be some way to exit them after they’ve produced output. These ways seem to exist, but I don’t know them.