$ python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Sep 11 2007, 23:45:49) 
[GCC 4.1.3 20070831 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu1)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cups
>>> from pprint import *
>>> c=cups.Connection()
>>> for printer in c.getPrinters().keys():
...     print printer
...     pprint (c.getPrinterAttributes(printer))
... 
ML-1610
{'auth-info-required': 'none',
 'charset-configured': 'utf-8',
 'charset-supported': ['us-ascii', 'utf-8'],
 'color-supported': False,
 'compression-supported': ['none', 'gzip'],
 'copies-default': 1,
 'copies-supported': (1, 100),
 'cups-version': '1.3.2',
 'device-uri': 'usb://Samsung/ML-1610',
 'document-format-supported': ['application/octet-stream',
                               'application/openofficeps',
                               'application/pdf',
                               'application/postscript',
                               'application/vnd.cups-postscript',
                               'application/vnd.cups-raster',
                               'application/vnd.cups-raw',
                               'application/vnd.hp-hpgl',
                               'application/x-cshell',
                               'application/x-csource',
                               'application/x-perl',
                               'application/x-shell',
                               'image/gif',
                               'image/jpeg',
                               'image/png',
                               'image/tiff',
                               'image/x-bitmap',
                               'image/x-photocd',
                               'image/x-portable-anymap',
                               'image/x-portable-bitmap',
                               'image/x-portable-graymap',
                               'image/x-portable-pixmap',
                               'image/x-sgi-rgb',
                               'image/x-sun-raster',
                               'image/x-xbitmap',
                               'image/x-xpixmap',
                               'text/html',
                               'text/plain',
                               ''],
 'finishings-default': 3,
 'finishings-supported': 3,
 'generated-natural-language-supported': ['de-de'],
 'ipp-versions-supported': ['1.0', '1.1'],
 'job-hold-until-default': 'no-hold',
 'job-hold-until-supported': ['no-hold',
                              'indefinite',
                              'day-time',
                              'evening',
                              'night',
                              'second-shift',
                              'third-shift',
                              'weekend'],
 'job-k-limit': 0,
 'job-page-limit': 0,
 'job-priority-default': 50,
 'job-priority-supported': 100,
 'job-quota-period': 0,
 'job-sheets-default': ('none', 'none'),
 'job-sheets-supported': ['none',
                          'classified',
                          'confidential',
                          'secret',
                          'standard',
                          'topsecret',
                          'unclassified'],
 'media-default': 'A4',
 'media-supported': ['Auto',
                     'Manual',
                     'OFF',
                     'NORMAL',
                     'THICK',
                     'THIN',
                     'BOND',
                     'OHP',
                     'CARD',
                     'LABEL',
                     'USED',
                     'COLOR',
                     'ENV',
                     'Letter',
                     'Legal',
                     'A4',
                     'Executive',
                     'Ledger',
                     'A3',
                     'Env10',
                     'Monarch',
                     'C5',
                     'DL',
                     'B4',
                     'B5',
                     'EnvISOB5',
                     'A5',
                     'A6',
                     'EnvISOB6',
                     'C6',
                     'Folio',
                     'Custom'],
 'multiple-document-handling-supported': ['separate-documents-uncollated-copies',
                                          'separate-documents-collated-copies'],
 'multiple-document-jobs-supported': True,
 'multiple-operation-time-out': 60,
 'natural-language-configured': 'de-de',
 'notify-attributes-supported': ['printer-state-change-time',
                                 'notify-lease-expiration-time',
                                 'notify-subscriber-user-name'],
 'notify-events-default': ['job-completed'],
 'notify-events-supported': ['job-completed',
                             'job-config-changed',
                             'job-created',
                             'job-progress',
                             'job-state-changed',
                             'job-stopped',
                             'printer-added',
                             'printer-changed',
                             'printer-config-changed',
                             'printer-deleted',
                             'printer-finishings-changed',
                             'printer-media-changed',
                             'printer-modified',
                             'printer-restarted',
                             'printer-shutdown',
                             'printer-state-changed',
                             'printer-stopped',
                             'server-audit',
                             'server-restarted',
                             'server-started',
                             'server-stopped'],
 'notify-lease-duration-default': 86400,
 'notify-lease-duration-supported': (0, 2147483647),
 'notify-max-events-supported': 100,
 'notify-pull-method-supported': ['ippget'],
 'notify-schemes-supported': ['mailto', 'rss', 'testnotify'],
 'number-up-default': 1,
 'number-up-supported': [1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 16],
 'operations-supported': [2,
                          4,
                          5,
                          6,
                          8,
                          9,
                          10,
                          11,
                          12,
                          13,
                          16,
                          17,
                          18,
                          20,
                          22,
                          23,
                          24,
                          25,
                          26,
                          27,
                          28,
                          34,
                          35,
                          16385,
                          16386,
                          16387,
                          16388,
                          16389,
                          16390,
                          16391,
                          16392,
                          16393,
                          16394,
                          16395,
                          16396,
                          16397,
                          16398],
 'orientation-requested-default': '(unknown IPP tag)',
 'orientation-requested-supported': [3, 4, 5, 6],
 'page-ranges-supported': True,
 'pages-per-minute': 1,
 'pdl-override-supported': ['not-attempted'],
 'port-monitor': 'none',
 'port-monitor-supported': ['none'],
 'printer-current-time': '(IPP_TAG_DATE)',
 'printer-error-policy': 'stop-printer',
 'printer-error-policy-supported': ['abort-job', 'retry-job', 'stop-printer'],
 'printer-info': 'Samsung ML-1610',
 'printer-is-accepting-jobs': True,
 'printer-is-shared': True,
 'printer-location': '',
 'printer-make-and-model': 'Samsung ML-1610, 1.0',
 'printer-more-info': 'ipp://localhost.localdomain:631/printers/ML-1610',
 'printer-name': 'ML-1610',
 'printer-op-policy': 'default',
 'printer-op-policy-supported': ['default'],
 'printer-state': 5,
 'printer-state-change-time': 1190196715,
 'printer-state-message': 'Unplugged or turned off',
 'printer-state-reasons': 'paused',
 'printer-type': 176196,
 'printer-up-time': 1190197403,
 'printer-uri-supported': ['ipp://localhost:631/printers/ML-1610'],
 'queued-job-count': 0,
 'uri-authentication-supported': ['requesting-user-name'],
 'uri-security-supported': ['none']}