Printer (CUPS)

Control printers on macOS using built-in CUPS commands. No external CLI needed.

Discover printers

# Network printers (Bonjour/AirPrint)
dns-sd -B _ipp._tcp . 2>/dev/null & sleep 3; kill $! 2>/dev/null

# Get printer details (host, port, resource path)
dns-sd -L "Printer Name" _ipp._tcp . 2>/dev/null & sleep 3; kill $! 2>/dev/null

# CUPS-native discovery
lpstat -e                         # available network destinations
lpinfo --include-schemes dnssd -v # dnssd backends