LPD Printer through IPv6

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LPD Printer through IPv6

Hi,

I'm trying to add an IPv6 printer to Mac OS X 10.6.4.
When I try to provide the address on the address line from "Add Printer" utility, it says "Invalid port number". I firstly thought the colon (":") from IPv6 addresses was the problem source, so I tried to use the brackets ("[" … "]") as per recommended by RFCs. Still invalid port number error.

Can Mac OS X print through IPv6 protocol ?
If yes, how ?

NB: I also tried with the last version of Mac OS X 10.5 and faced the same issue.

Thx

Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 29, 2010 3:10 PM

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Answer 1

greg sahli

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Sep 29, 2010 7:23 PM in response to Julien Pierre1

I admit I don't know for sure...
But, the RFC for LPD (1179) was written in 1990 - I doubt that there is any documentation about how to do that in IPv6.

On the other hand, there is for IPP:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2732.html

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Answer 2

Sep 29, 2010 11:44 PM in response to greg sahli

Usage of brackets is common in IPv6. It does work in Mac OS X (or other systems) with other services such as Web http.
In my point of view Apple has forgotten IPv6 in Printer Utility when it has been developed.

May be a solution would be to add the printer with a command line? But which one?

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Answer 3

PAHU

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Sep 30, 2010 4:14 AM in response to Julien Pierre1

I would suggest that you connect to the printer that is configured using IPv6 via the global unicast address. The global unicast address would typically use a DNS name and this would make it easier with the queue configuration, providing the DNS server that supports IPv6 is configured in the Mac. You can then use LPD for the queue, ie lpd:\\printername\queuename

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