Jamf, Printers, AirPrint and macOS Big Sur

psaintemarie
New Contributor II

Hi all,

We've been using a fairly regular method to setup printers for macOS 10.15 Catalina and below by doing the following:
- pushing the Brother driver pkg (we only use Brother printers)
- mapping the printer with adjusted details like the queue being over https

In CUPS web UI, it would look like this:

Description:    PAR-6FL-Payroll-HR-Printer
Location:   Paris 6FL
Driver: Brother MFC-L8650CDW CUPS (color, 2-sided printing)
Connection: https://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/ipp/print
Defaults:   job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=one-sided

With Big Sur, Apple wants use to use AirPrint, which I guess is fine but I'm not sure how to do that now.

Looking at the CUPS web UI, I can't find a way to modify my existing printers to use the AirPrint Driver, and I'm not even sure I could use https for communication.

Looking at a (personal) recent printer install with AirPrint, I can see the AirPrint driver but also the connection using dnssd like below:

Description:    Brother MFC-L3750CDW series
Location:   
Driver: Brother MFC-L3750CDW series-AirPrint (color, 2-sided printing)
Connection: dnssd://Brother%20MFC-L3750CDW%20series._ipp._tcp.local./?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-3c2af4f40a07
Defaults:   job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=two-sided-long-edge

So a few questions:

  • how do I set the driver to the AirPrint one in CUPS?
  • can I use https as a connection method with AirPrint?
  • if not, can I use dnssd with an IP, but how to get the UUID and what port should I open for my devices to properly communicate with the printer?

I'll keep digging but if anyone has ideas.

2 REPLIES 2

user-pVsfTgYAod
New Contributor

Thanks for give this information such very helpfully....!!

austin_nill
New Contributor II

Have you tried installing a printer locally with AirPrint selected as the Print Language, and then looking at it in CUPS to compare?