How to get PrintService description in Java?

Question

How to get the Printer description from a PrintService?

for (PrintService p : PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(null, null)) {
    System.out.println(printService.getAttribute(PrinterName.class));
    // System.out.println(printService.getAttribute(PrinterName.class));
}

The 9 year old question Extended printer information in Java has no answer yet. Only the PrinterName Attribute seems working.

Is there any way to get the printer description?

The question you referred has an "accepted answer". Are you sure it doesn't work for you? — Juvanis, Dec 21 '20 at 15:58
I found this: https://github.com/harwey/cups4j seems working at the first look — fr_act, Dec 22 '20 at 09:10

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '20 at 14:54

The solution for java is https://github.com/harwey/cups4j

      CupsClient cupsClient = new CupsClient("127.0.0.1", 631);
         for (CupsPrinter cp : cupsClient.getPrinters()) {
            System.out.println("name" + " " + printer.getName());
            System.out.println("description" + " " + printer.getDescription());
            System.out.println("location" + " " + printer.getLocation());
            System.out.println("url" + " " + printer.getPrinterURL().toExternalForm());
            System.out.println("selected" + " " + printer.isDefault());
         }
      }

How to get PrintService description in Java?

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