diff --git a/CREDITS.MD b/CREDITS.MD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7d28cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CREDITS.MD
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Credits
+
+* Original socket adapter code is mostly taken from [korylprince/printer-manager-cups](https://github.com/korylprince/printer-manager-cups)
+([MIT](https://github.com/korylprince/printer-manager-cups/blob/v1.0.9/LICENSE) licensed):
+[conn.go](https://github.com/korylprince/printer-manager-cups/blob/v1.0.9/cups/conn.go)
diff --git a/adapter-http.go b/adapter-http.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..131c8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapter-http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package ipp
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+type HttpAdapter struct {
+	host     string
+	port     int
+	username string
+	password string
+	useTLS   bool
+	client   *http.Client
+}
+
+func NewHttpAdapter(host string, port int, username, password string, useTLS bool) *HttpAdapter {
+	httpClient := http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+				InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	return &HttpAdapter{
+		host:     host,
+		port:     port,
+		username: username,
+		password: password,
+		useTLS:   useTLS,
+		client:   &httpClient,
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *HttpAdapter) SendRequest(url string, req *Request, additionalResponseData io.Writer) (*Response, error) {
+	payload, err := req.Encode()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var body io.Reader
+	size := len(payload)
+
+	if req.File != nil && req.FileSize != -1 {
+		size += req.FileSize
+
+		body = io.MultiReader(bytes.NewBuffer(payload), req.File)
+	} else {
+		body = bytes.NewBuffer(payload)
+	}
+
+	httpReq, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(size))
+	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", ContentTypeIPP)
+
+	if h.username != "" && h.password != "" {
+		httpReq.SetBasicAuth(h.username, h.password)
+	}
+
+	httpResp, err := h.client.Do(httpReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer httpResp.Body.Close()
+
+	if httpResp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return nil, HTTPError{
+			Code: httpResp.StatusCode,
+		}
+	}
+
+	resp, err := NewResponseDecoder(httpResp.Body).Decode(additionalResponseData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = resp.CheckForErrors()
+	return resp, err
+}
+
+func (h *HttpAdapter) GetHttpUri(namespace string, object interface{}) string {
+	proto := "http"
+	if h.useTLS {
+		proto = "https"
+	}
+
+	uri := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%d", proto, h.host, h.port)
+
+	if namespace != "" {
+		uri = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", uri, namespace)
+	}
+
+	if object != nil {
+		uri = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%v", uri, object)
+	}
+
+	return uri
+}
+
+func (h *HttpAdapter) TestConnection() error {
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", h.host, h.port))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	conn.Close()
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/adapter-socket.go b/adapter-socket.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5806a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapter-socket.go
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+package ipp
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+var socketNotFoundError = errors.New("unable to locate CUPS socket")
+var certNotFoundError = errors.New("unable to locate CUPS certificate")
+
+var (
+	DefaultSocketSearchPaths = []string{"/var/run/cupsd", "/var/run/cups/cups.sock", "/run/cups/cups.sock"}
+	DefaultCertSearchPaths   = []string{"/etc/cups/certs/0", "/run/cups/certs/0"}
+)
+
+const defaultRequestRetryLimit = 3
+
+type SocketAdapter struct {
+	host              string
+	useTLS            bool
+	SocketSearchPaths []string
+	CertSearchPaths   []string
+	requestRetryLimit int
+}
+
+func NewSocketAdapter(host string, useTLS bool) *SocketAdapter {
+	return &SocketAdapter{
+		host:              host,
+		useTLS:            useTLS,
+		SocketSearchPaths: DefaultSocketSearchPaths,
+		CertSearchPaths:   DefaultCertSearchPaths,
+		requestRetryLimit: defaultRequestRetryLimit,
+	}
+}
+
+//DoRequest performs the given IPP request to the given URL, returning the IPP response or an error if one occurred
+func (h *SocketAdapter) SendRequest(url string, r *Request, _ io.Writer) (*Response, error) {
+	// set user field
+	user, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to lookup current user: %v", err)
+	}
+	r.OperationAttributes[AttributeRequestingUserName] = user.Username
+
+	for i := 0; i < h.requestRetryLimit; i++ {
+		// encode request
+		payload, err := r.Encode()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to encode IPP request: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create HTTP request: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		sock, err := h.GetSocket()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// if cert isn't found, do a request to generate it
+		cert, err := h.GetCert()
+		if err != nil && err != certNotFoundError {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(payload)))
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", ContentTypeIPP)
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Local %s", cert))
+
+		unixClient := http.Client{
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				DialContext: func(ctx context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
+					return net.Dial("unix", sock)
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		// send request
+		resp, err := unixClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to perform HTTP request: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized {
+			// retry with newly generated cert
+			resp.Body.Close()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+			resp.Body.Close()
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("server did not return Status OK: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+		}
+
+		// buffer response to avoid read issues
+		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		if _, err := io.Copy(buf, resp.Body); err != nil {
+			resp.Body.Close()
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to buffer response: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		resp.Body.Close()
+
+		// decode reply
+		ippResp, err := NewResponseDecoder(bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes())).Decode(nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode IPP response: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if err = ippResp.CheckForErrors(); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("received error IPP response: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		return ippResp, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, errors.New("request retry limit exceeded")
+}
+
+//GetSocket returns the path to the cupsd socket by searching SocketSearchPaths
+func (h *SocketAdapter) GetSocket() (string, error) {
+	for _, path := range h.SocketSearchPaths {
+		fi, err := os.Stat(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				continue
+			} else if os.IsPermission(err) {
+				return "", errors.New("unable to access socket: Access denied")
+			}
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to access socket: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSocket != 0 {
+			return path, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", socketNotFoundError
+}
+
+//GetCert returns the current CUPs authentication certificate by searching CertSearchPaths
+func (h *SocketAdapter) GetCert() (string, error) {
+	for _, path := range h.CertSearchPaths {
+		f, err := os.Open(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				continue
+			} else if os.IsPermission(err) {
+				return "", errors.New("unable to access certificate: Access denied")
+			}
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to access certificate: %v", err)
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		if _, err := io.Copy(buf, f); err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to access certificate: %v", err)
+		}
+		return buf.String(), nil
+	}
+
+	return "", certNotFoundError
+}
+
+func (h *SocketAdapter) GetHttpUri(namespace string, object interface{}) string {
+	proto := "http"
+	if h.useTLS {
+		proto = "https"
+	}
+
+	uri := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", proto, h.host)
+
+	if namespace != "" {
+		uri = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", uri, namespace)
+	}
+
+	if object != nil {
+		uri = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%v", uri, object)
+	}
+
+	return uri
+}
+
+func (h *SocketAdapter) TestConnection() error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/adapter.go b/adapter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15ad2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package ipp
+
+import "io"
+
+type Adapter interface {
+	SendRequest(url string, req *Request, additionalResponseData io.Writer) (*Response, error)
+	GetHttpUri(namespace string, object interface{}) string
+	TestConnection() error
+}
diff --git a/cups-client.go b/cups-client.go
index 3cd4007..322bd64 100644
--- a/cups-client.go
+++ b/cups-client.go
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ type CUPSClient struct {
 	*IPPClient
 }
 
-// NewCUPSClient creates a new cups ipp client
+// NewCUPSClient creates a new cups ipp client (used HttpAdapter internally)
 func NewCUPSClient(host string, port int, username, password string, useTLS bool) *CUPSClient {
 	ippClient := NewIPPClient(host, port, username, password, useTLS)
 	return &CUPSClient{ippClient}
 }
 
+// NewCUPSClient creates a new cups ipp client with given Adapter
+func NewCUPSClientWithAdapter(username string, adapter Adapter) *CUPSClient {
+	ippClient := NewIPPClientWithAdapter(username, adapter)
+	return &CUPSClient{ippClient}
+}
+
 // GetDevices returns a map of device uris and printer attributes
 func (c *CUPSClient) GetDevices() (map[string]Attributes, error) {
 	req := NewRequest(OperationCupsGetDevices, 1)
diff --git a/ipp-client.go b/ipp-client.go
index 51885c3..76bb27a 100644
--- a/ipp-client.go
+++ b/ipp-client.go
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 package ipp
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"net"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"strconv"
 )
 
 // Document wraps an io.Reader with more information, needed for encoding
@@ -23,45 +18,30 @@ type Document struct {
 
 // IPPClient implements a generic ipp client
 type IPPClient struct {
-	host     string
-	port     int
 	username string
-	password string
-	useTLS   bool
-
-	client *http.Client
+	adapter  Adapter
 }
 
-// NewIPPClient creates a new generic ipp client
+// NewIPPClient creates a new generic ipp client (used HttpAdapter internally)
 func NewIPPClient(host string, port int, username, password string, useTLS bool) *IPPClient {
-	httpClient := http.Client{
-		Transport: &http.Transport{
-			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-				InsecureSkipVerify: true,
-			},
-		},
-	}
+	adapter := NewHttpAdapter(host, port, username, password, useTLS)
 
-	return &IPPClient{host, port, username, password, useTLS, &httpClient}
-}
-
-func (c *IPPClient) getHttpUri(namespace string, object interface{}) string {
-	proto := "http"
-	if c.useTLS {
-		proto = "https"
-	}
-
-	uri := fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%d", proto, c.host, c.port)
-
-	if namespace != "" {
-		uri = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", uri, namespace)
+	return &IPPClient{
+		username: username,
+		adapter:  adapter,
 	}
+}
 
-	if object != nil {
-		uri = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%v", uri, object)
+// NewIPPClientWithAdapter creates a new generic ipp client with given Adapter
+func NewIPPClientWithAdapter(username string, adapter Adapter) *IPPClient {
+	return &IPPClient{
+		username: username,
+		adapter:  adapter,
 	}
+}
 
-	return uri
+func (c *IPPClient) getHttpUri(namespace string, object interface{}) string {
+	return c.adapter.GetHttpUri(namespace, object)
 }
 
 func (c *IPPClient) getPrinterUri(printer string) string {
@@ -78,53 +58,7 @@ func (c *IPPClient) getClassUri(printer string) string {
 
 // SendRequest sends a request to a remote uri end returns the response
 func (c *IPPClient) SendRequest(url string, req *Request, additionalResponseData io.Writer) (*Response, error) {
-	payload, err := req.Encode()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var body io.Reader
-	size := len(payload)
-
-	if req.File != nil && req.FileSize != -1 {
-		size += req.FileSize
-
-		body = io.MultiReader(bytes.NewBuffer(payload), req.File)
-	} else {
-		body = bytes.NewBuffer(payload)
-	}
-
-	httpReq, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(size))
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", ContentTypeIPP)
-
-	if c.username != "" && c.password != "" {
-		httpReq.SetBasicAuth(c.username, c.password)
-	}
-
-	httpResp, err := c.client.Do(httpReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer httpResp.Body.Close()
-
-	if httpResp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		return nil, HTTPError{
-			Code: httpResp.StatusCode,
-		}
-	}
-
-	resp, err := NewResponseDecoder(httpResp.Body).Decode(additionalResponseData)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	err = resp.CheckForErrors()
-	return resp, err
+	return c.adapter.SendRequest(url, req, additionalResponseData)
 }
 
 // PrintDocuments prints one or more documents using a Create-Job operation followed by one or more Send-Document operation(s). custom job settings can be specified via the jobAttributes parameter
@@ -391,11 +325,5 @@ func (c *IPPClient) HoldJobUntil(jobID int, holdUntil string) error {
 
 // TestConnection tests if a tcp connection to the remote server is possible
 func (c *IPPClient) TestConnection() error {
-	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", c.host, c.port))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	conn.Close()
-
-	return nil
+	return c.adapter.TestConnection()
 }