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Read an IPP printer

POST
/api/v1/admin/printers/ipp/probe
curl --request POST \
--url https://example.com/api/v1/admin/printers/ipp/probe \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-Label-Hub-Key: <X-Label-Hub-Key>' \
--data '{ "tls_verify": true, "uri": "example" }'

Runs Get-Printer-Attributes against the given URI now and returns a bounded summary (make and model, IPP and PDF versions, resolutions, media, trays, colour modes, margins, state); never the raw attributes. Errors: 502 ipp_unreachable, ipp_rejected (IPP status name in error_detail) or ipp_bad_response. Admin only.

Media typeapplication/json
IppConnection

Connection of an IPP page printer (spec 11.1): URI and TLS verification (OC-17).

Only ipp, ipps, http and https; no user info, no fragment (validate_ipp_uri). IPP authentication is out of scope (OC-2).

object
tls_verify
Tls Verify
boolean
default: true
uri
required
Uri
string
>= 1 characters <= 1023 characters

Successful Response

Media typeapplication/json
ProbeSummary

What “Read printer” shows (spec 11.1) and what Print-Job attributes are chosen from.

object
accepting_jobs
required
Accepting Jobs
Any of:
boolean
color_modes
required
Color Modes
Array<string>
ipp_versions
required
Ipp Versions
Array<string>
make_and_model
required
Make And Model
Any of:
string
margins_hmm
required
Any of:
Margins

Smallest unprintable margin per side, hundredths of mm.

object
bottom
required
Bottom
integer
left
required
Left
integer
right
required
Right
integer
top
required
Top
integer
media_col_members
required
Media Col Members
Array<string>
media_col_supported
required
Media Col Supported
boolean
media_default
Media Default
Any of:
string
media_sizes
required
Media Sizes
Array<string>
media_sources
required
Media Sources
Array<string>
media_types
required
Media Types
Array<string>
monochrome_supported
required
Monochrome Supported
boolean
one_sided_supported
required
One Sided Supported
boolean
pdf_supported
required
Pdf Supported
boolean
pdf_versions
required
Pdf Versions
Array<string>
resolutions_dpi
required
Resolutions Dpi
Array<integer>
scaling_none_supported
required
Scaling None Supported
boolean
state
required
State
string

Example generated

{
"accepting_jobs": true,
"color_modes": [
"example"
],
"ipp_versions": [
"example"
],
"make_and_model": "example",
"margins_hmm": {
"bottom": 1,
"left": 1,
"right": 1,
"top": 1
},
"media_col_members": [
"example"
],
"media_col_supported": true,
"media_default": "example",
"media_sizes": [
"example"
],
"media_sources": [
"example"
],
"media_types": [
"example"
],
"monochrome_supported": true,
"one_sided_supported": true,
"pdf_supported": true,
"pdf_versions": [
"example"
],
"resolutions_dpi": [
1
],
"scaling_none_supported": true,
"state": "example"
}

Validation Error

Media typeapplication/json
HTTPValidationError
object
detail
Detail
Array<object>
ValidationError
object
ctx
Context
object
input
Input
loc
required
Location
Array
msg
required
Message
string
type
required
Error Type
string

Example generated

{
"detail": [
{
"ctx": {},
"input": "example",
"loc": [
"example"
],
"msg": "example",
"type": "example"
}
]
}