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lpinfo — List connected printers and installed drivers for the CUPS print server. More information: <https://

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Problem

How to use the lpinfo command: List connected printers and installed drivers for the CUPS print server. More information: <https://openprinting.github.io/cups/doc/man-lpinfo.html>.

Solution

lpinfo — List connected printers and installed drivers for the CUPS print server. More information: <https://openprinting.github.io/cups/doc/man-lpinfo.html>.

List all the currently connected printers:
lpinfo -v


List all the currently installed printer drivers:
lpinfo -m


Search installed printer drivers by make and model:
lpinfo --make-and-model "{{printer_model}}" -m

Code Snippets

List all the currently connected printers

lpinfo -v

List all the currently installed printer drivers

lpinfo -m

Search installed printer drivers by make and model

lpinfo --make-and-model "{{printer_model}}" -m

Context

tldr-pages: common/lpinfo

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