Apple Business Essentials User Guide
- Welcome
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- Intro to configuring settings
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- AirDrop settings
- AirPlay settings
- AirPrint settings
- App Access settings
- Apple Intelligence & Siri settings
- Application Layer Firewall settings
- Certificate settings
- Content Caching settings
- Configure a Custom setting
- Data Management settings
- Energy Saver settings
- FileVault settings
- Gatekeeper settings
- iCloud settings
- Lock Screen settings
- Password and Screen Lock settings
- Software Update settings
- VPN settings
- Web Clip settings
- Web Filter settings
- Wi-Fi settings
- Edit a setting
- Apply Collections
- Document revision history
- Copyright and trademarks
Find an AirPrint printer’s information
Before you can configure an AirPrint setting, you need to know the printer’s IP address or fully qualified domain name, the printer’s resource path, and the port number.
Connect a Mac to the local network where the AirPrint printer is located.
Open the Terminal app (located in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder).
In Terminal, enter
ippfind, then press Return.This command shows printer information such as the following:
ipp://myprinter.local.:631/ipp/port1In this example,
myprinter.localis the name of a printer and/ipp/port1is its resource path.Enter the following command:
pingmyprinter.local (replace myprinter.local with the name of your printer)After you run this command, press Control-C to stop it from continually running. The command repeats lines similar to this one:
64 bytes from 10.50.25.21:…In the above example,
10.50.25.21is the printer’s IP address.Open AirPrint settings, then enter the printer’s IP address or domain name, resource path, and port number.