Hi I'm a basic user of Linux introduced work. We use an older version of Slackware with Dosemu as POS. Recently I've been experiencing problem installing POS printers. We use 3 computers each with it's own shared printer or two. We access those printers with a pre-compiled program. Usually when I setup the computer IP and cups then issued the command "lpstat -a" I would get

bar accepting requests since Fri 03 Dec 2021 03:31:09 PM PHT
cas accepting requests since Fri 03 Dec 2021 03:31:09 PM PHT
kit accepting requests since Fri 03 Dec 2021 03:31:09 PM PHT

and printing will go on without a glitch. For some reason when I issue the command "lpstat -a" I get

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cas accepting requests since Fri 03 Dec 2021 03:31:09 PM PHT
kit@192.168.50.2 accepting requests since Fri 03 Dec 2021 03:31:09 PM PHT

This way I can't access the printer "kit" using the pre-compiled program provided. Can anyone tell me the problem with my Slackware setup so that "@192.168.50.2" doesn't show up?

Can't solve it, but hit the Report button and ask for this thread to be moved to the Slackware forum.

Trying to get a handle on this. Is "kit" a network printer or USB-attached? Is the naming of it related to the machine it is directly attached to?

Please show us...
...as the device URI might yield more contextual information.

Also, for each of the three hosts...