How to get printer name with IP address

[TheYikes]

Hello! I'm not really certain if this qualifies as a network question but it's about as close as it comes.

Okay i have my printer setup via WPS it's working fine but i was wondering if there's any way of getting the printer name from the terminal using just the machines ip address?

[jlittle]

I find this ridiculously difficult if there's several printers.

There's two separate namespaces, that of printers, shown by lpstat -e, and those about the local network, as shown by many utilities, such as nmap -sT.
(If there's only one printer, well, I can conclude the printer found by both sets of utilities must be the same one.) Here's my set up at home, and I have only one printer:

$ lpstat -e
system default destination: Brother_MFC_J5330DW
device for Brother_MFC_J5330DW: implicitclass://Brother_MFC_J5330DW/
$ nmap -sT 192.168.1.201
Starting Nmap 7.94SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2025-04-09 18:20 NZST
Nmap scan report for Paul.hub (192.168.1.201)
Host is up (0.0097s latency).
Not shown: 995 closed tcp ports (conn-refused)
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
443/tcp open https
515/tcp open printer
631/tcp open ipp
9100/tcp open jetdirect

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.21 seconds

sudo arp-scan --localnet comes close, because it deduces the device manufacturer from the MAC address, and with luck this makes printers obvious:

$ sudo arp-scan --localnet
[sudo] password for john:
Interface: enp0s31f6, type: EN10MB, MAC: 1c:1b:0d:09:9e:a1, IPv4: 192.168.1.100
Starting arp-scan 1.10.0 with 256 hosts (https://github.com/royhills/arp-scan)
192.168.1.1 10:13:31:a8:73:a0 Technicolor Delivery Technologies Belgium NV
192.168.1.4 e8:94:f6:fa:8b:b3 TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
192.168.1.136 12:13:31:a8:73:a9 (Unknown: locally administered)
192.168.1.201 30:05:5c:f8:d6:02 Brother industries, LTD.

4 packets received by filter, 0 packets dropped by kernel
Ending arp-scan 1.10.0: 256 hosts scanned in 1.958 seconds (130.75 hosts/sec). 4 responded

However, I found avahi-browse in the avahi-utils package, and put together the magic incantation:

$ avahi-browse -t -r _ipp._tcp
+ enp0s31f6 IPv6 Brother MFC-J5330DW                                                                                                                                Internet Printer local
+ enp0s31f6 IPv4 Brother MFC-J5330DW                                                                                                                                Internet Printer local
= enp0s31f6 IPv6 Brother MFC-J5330DW                                                                                                                                Internet Printer local
hostname = [Paul.local]
address = [192.168.1.201]
port = [631]
txt = ["mopria-certified=1.3" "print_wfds=T" "UUID=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-30055cf8d602" "PaperMax=tabloid-A3" "kind=document,envelope,postcard,photo" "URF=SRGB24,W8,CP1,IS1,MT1-8-11,OB9,PQ4-5,RS200-300,OFU0,V1.4,DM4" "rfo=ipp/faxout" "TBCP=F" "Transparent=T" "Binary=T" "PaperCustom=T" "Scan=T" "Fax=T" "Duplex=T" "Copies=F" "Color=T" "usb_CMD=HBP,PJL" "usb_MDL=MFC-J5330DW" "usb_MFG=Brother" "priority=25" "adminurl=http://Paul.local./net/net/airprint.html" "product=(Brother MFC-J5330DW)" "ty=Brother MFC-J5330DW" "note=" "rp=ipp/print" "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/urf,image/jpeg,image/pwg-raster,application/vnd.brother-hbp" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"]
= enp0s31f6 IPv4 Brother MFC-J5330DW                                                                                                                                Internet Printer local
hostname = [Paul.local]
address = [192.168.1.201]
port = [631]
txt = ["mopria-certified=1.3" "print_wfds=T" "UUID=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-30055cf8d602" "PaperMax=tabloid-A3" "kind=document,envelope,postcard,photo" "URF=SRGB24,W8,CP1,IS1,MT1-8-11,OB9,PQ4-5,RS200-300,OFU0,V1.4,DM4" "rfo=ipp/faxout" "TBCP=F" "Transparent=T" "Binary=T" "PaperCustom=T" "Scan=T" "Fax=T" "Duplex=T" "Copies=F" "Color=T" "usb_CMD=HBP,PJL" "usb_MDL=MFC-J5330DW" "usb_MFG=Brother" "priority=25" "adminurl=http://Paul.local./net/net/airprint.html" "product=(Brother MFC-J5330DW)" "ty=Brother MFC-J5330DW" "note=" "rp=ipp/print" "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/urf,image/jpeg,image/pwg-raster,application/vnd.brother-hbp" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"]

I'd like to know a better way.

[skyfishgoo]

jlittle

i have a meta question, something that's been bugging me about this forum.

how do get the inline text to show up as code with the change in background and monospace font?

warping a block of text in a code block works but i've not figured out how to do the inline code format like i'm seeing in your post

[claydoh]

how do get the inline text to show up as code

Use the "$" button on the toolbar or use the console formatting bbcode

[console] This is inline text[/console]

This is inline text