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Retrieve IP address of AirPrint printer

You can use ippfind command that finds services registered with a DNS server or available through local devices. Its primary purpose is to find IPP printers and show their URIs, show their current status, or run commands.

Terminal window
ippfind

Then you get local address of printer (Internet Printing Protocol (IPP, RFC 2911)):

ipp://3036B5000000.local:XXX/ipp/print

then ping local address

Terminal window
ping 3036B5000000.local

and here we go

PING 3036B5000000.local (192.168.0.108): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.108: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=262.342 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.108: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=285.290 ms

our printer has 192.168.0.108