IPP> FW: [Srvloc-discuss] [Multiple registrations for a single print device]

[Michael Sweet]

"McDonald, Ira" wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> This thread has been going for several weeks on the SLP mailing
> list.  Could IPP implementors who plan to support SLP (at some
> point) please participate (here on the IPP list and _then_ on
> the SLP list)?
> 
> This is the same phantom issue that wasted three months in late
> 1999 on the SLP and IPP lists.  The PWG concensus at that time
> was _one_ registration for _one_ print device.
> ...

FWIW, the current SLP integration with CUPS (hopefully to be released
in the next patch update, e.g. 1.1.10) provides one registration for
each local print queue on the system, e.g.:

    ipp://address/printers/MyPrinter1
    ipp://address/printers/MyPrinter2
    ipp://address/printers/MyPrinter3
    ipp://address/printers/MyPrinter4

We don't try to enumerate all of the possible addresses (e.g. from
multiple interfaces), although that might be added in a future
version.

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