---
title: "List available printers"
description: "List printers visible through connected CloudPrint agents and select a stable printer ID for a workflow."
---
# List available printers
List printers visible through connected CloudPrint agents and select a stable printer ID for a workflow.
GET/api/v1/printersAPI version: v1operationId:listPrintersView as Markdown
## What this endpoint does
List printers visible through connected CloudPrint agents and select a stable printer ID for a workflow.
## Authentication
Send a short-lived access token in `Authorization: Bearer `.
**Required scopes:** `printers:read`
## Request
**Production base URL:** `https://public-api.cloudprint.me/api/v1/printers`
### Parameters
| Name | Location | Type | Required | Description | Constraints |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | query | `integer` | no | Maximum number of printers to return. | min: 1; max: 100; default: `100` |
| `cursor` | query | `string \| null` | no | Cursor from the previous response next_cursor field. | — |
### Request body
This endpoint has no request body.
### Example requests
#### cURL
```bash
curl -sS 'https://public-api.cloudprint.me/api/v1/printers?limit=100' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"
```
## Response
**HTTP status:** `200` — Account printers
### Response fields
| Name | Type | Required | Description | Constraints |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `printers` | `array` | yes | Printers discovered through agents connected to the current account. | — |
| `next_cursor` | `string \| null` | yes | Opaque cursor for the next result page; send it back unchanged. | — |
### Example response
```json
{
"printers": [
{
"printer_id": "11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111",
"agent_id": "11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111",
"local_identifier": "zebra-zd421-usb-001",
"name": "Warehouse Label Printer",
"status": "online",
"last_seen_at": null,
"agent_name": "Warehouse PC agent",
"agent_hostname": "warehouse-pc",
"agent_status": "online",
"agent_last_seen_at": null,
"capabilities": {
"backend": "windows_native",
"language_profiles": [
null
],
"supports_custom_media": false,
"supports_orientation": false,
"supports_copies": false,
"supports_duplex": false,
"supports_color": false,
"supports_scaling": false,
"supports_offsets": false,
"supports_printable_area": false,
"supported_dpi": [
null
],
"supported_media_sizes": [
null
],
"supported_feed_types": [
"gap"
],
"darkness_min": 0,
"darkness_max": 30,
"speed_min": 1,
"speed_max": 14
},
"endpoint": {
"system_print_available": false,
"raw_passthrough_available": false,
"configuration_issue": null,
"os": "linux",
"driver_name": "CUPS",
"port_name": "ipp://printer.local/ipp/print",
"print_processor": "cups",
"data_type": "RAW",
"connection_type": "cups",
"default_media_profile_id": null,
"default_media_profile": null
}
}
],
"next_cursor": null
}
```
## Errors
| HTTP status | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `401` | OAuth bearer token is missing or invalid |
| `403` | OAuth bearer token does not include printers:read |
| `422` | Pagination parameters are invalid |
| `429` | Rate limit exceeded |
| `500` | Unexpected error |
## Integration guidance
- Persist `printer_id`; a local queue name is display text and can change.
- Check status, capabilities and endpoint data before offering RAW, duplex, color, media-size or DPI options.
## Related documentation