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Add the printer URL on a computer

Set up Sealed Print as a network printer on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS, without installing a driver.

Every source has personal printer URLs. You add one of them once as a network printer, and from then on you print from any program as usual. The operating systems use their built-in IPP support (IPP Everywhere), so you do not install a driver or any other software on the computer you print from.

Prerequisites

  • A source in Sealed Print (Sources → New source). Every member can create their own sources.
  • The inbound channel Printer URL (IPP) is on. It is on by default; admins find it under Settings → Inbound channels.
  • Windows 10 or 11, macOS 13 or later, Linux with CUPS 2.2 or later, or a Chromebook.
  • On phones and tablets, printer URLs cannot be added. Use the web upload or sharing there.

Which URL to choose

The source shows several printer URLs:

URL Where the job goes
Default routing (…/ipp/print/<token>) To the default destination of the person printing, or into the queue to wait for a destination. See Default destinations.
One per destination (…/ipp/print/<token>/<identifier>) Always to this destination. The print dialog offers exactly the options this printer has.
One per destination group, marked "(group)" (Team plan) To every destination of the group. See Destination groups.
One per workflow, for example Hold in Sealed Print The job waits in Sealed Print until someone continues it. See Hold and workflows.

You can add several URLs on the same computer; each becomes its own printer. With the Team plan, Combine several destinations builds a URL that prints to several destinations at once.

The printer URL is a key. Anyone who knows it can print into your queue. Do not share it. If it was passed on by mistake, choose Generate new token in the menu of the source: all old URLs stop working immediately.

One-time setup

In the web app, open Sources, select Set up on a computer on the source and copy the URL with the copy button. The same steps are shown there with your real addresses filled in.

Windows 10 and 11

  1. Open Settings → Bluetooth & devices → Printers & scanners → Add device. On Windows 10: Devices → Printers & scanners → Add a printer or scanner.
  2. Wait a moment until "The printer that I want isn't listed" appears, then select Add manually.
  3. Choose Select a shared printer by name and paste the printer URL.
  4. Confirm with Next. Windows uses the name "Sealed Print" and sets up the printer.
  5. Optionally choose your own name and print a test page.

macOS

The Terminal is the most reliable way. Copy the command shown on the source in the macOS tab; it looks like this:

lpadmin -p SealedPrint -E -v ipps://www.sealedprint.com:443/ipp/print/<token> -m everywhere

Or use System Settings:

  1. System Settings → Printers & Scanners → Add Printer, Scanner or Fax…
  2. Select the IP tab (globe icon).
  3. Enter the address www.sealedprint.com:443, the protocol Internet Printing Protocol – IPP and the queue /ipp/print/<token> (the part of the URL after the host name).
  4. Under "Use", select Secure AirPrint or AirPrint and click Add.

Linux

In the terminal (all distributions with CUPS 2.2 or later):

lpadmin -p SealedPrint -E -v ipps://www.sealedprint.com:443/ipp/print/<token> -m everywhere

Or graphically:

  • GNOME: Settings → Printers → Add Printer and enter the address ipps://www.sealedprint.com:443/ipp/print/<token> in the search field.
  • KDE: System Settings → Printers → Add → "Manual URI" with the same address.
  • CUPS web interface (http://localhost:631): Administration → Add Printer → "Internet Printing Protocol (ipps)", model "IPP Everywhere".

ChromeOS

  1. Settings → Advanced → Print and scan → Printers → Add printer.
  2. Select Add manually and enter a name.
  3. Enter the address www.sealedprint.com:443, the protocol IPPS and the queue /ipp/print/<token>.
  4. Click Add.

Every time

  1. Print from any program and choose the Sealed Print printer. Copies, two-sided printing, color, paper size and tray can be set in the print dialog as usual.
  2. Follow the job in the Queue. Options a printer cannot fulfil are adapted, for example two-sided to one-sided, and the change is shown on the delivery.

Troubleshooting

  • The printer does not show up in the Windows list right away: close the Settings window and open it again.
  • Printing reports an error: the inbound channel Printer URL (IPP) may be switched off, or the token was renewed. Check Settings → Inbound channels, and add the printer again with the current URL from the source.
  • Wrong or missing options in the print dialog: the URL of a destination offers what this printer reports. If the printer reports something incorrectly, correct it with Capabilities → Correct in the row of the destination, then remove the printer on the computer and add it again, so the operating system reads the new options.
  • The document is too large: the plan sets the maximum document size; see Plans and billing.

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