I am setting up printers with CUPS they are HP printers and i do have the HPLIP package installed. however when i originally set them up it asks for a socket or and address. i realize the format that needs to be entered is

hp:/net/MODELNAME?ip=IPADDRESS

however i know their is a command that i can type in to discover this for me to ensure no typo's i used the command once but then in my infinite wisdom i shutdown my computer and went away for the weekend. now i have forgotten the command and it is driving me up the wall.

Does anyone know the command?

If it's a networked HP printer you probably need the following. At least for JetDirect capable printers and all the HP's I've ever used on the network

socket://192.168.x.x:9100

Or whatever ip address you're using. It should ask you about which driver you want after you setup the ip info.

Ryan

found the command

FYI for everyone that has a HP printer of anykind the command is
hp-makeuri "ipaddress"

Now i get a problem where it says command not found for cupsaddsmb everthough i have installed CUPS