hp-probe1
Printer discovery utility
Usage
hp-probe [OPTIONS]
Overview
Discover HPLIP supported USB, parallel, and network attached printers.
Options
- Bus to probe:
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-b<bus> or --bus=<bus> <bus>: cups, usb*, net, bt, fw, par (*default) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)
- Set Time to Live (TTL):
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-t<ttl> or --ttl=<ttl> (Default is 4).
- Set timeout:
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-o<timeout in secs.> or --timeout=<timeout is secs.>
- Filter by functionality:
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-e<filter list> or --filter=<filter list> <filter list>: comma separated list of one or more of: scan, pcard, fax, copy, or none*. (*none is the default)
- Search:
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-s<search re> or --search=<search re> <search re> must be a valid regular expression (not case sensitive)
- Network discovery method:
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-m<method> or --method=<method>: <method> is 'slp'* or 'mdns'.
- Set the logging level:
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-l<level> or --logging=<level> <level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default)
- Run in debug mode:
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-g (same as option: -ldebug)
- This help information:
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-h or --help
Examples
Find all devices on the network:
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hp-probe -bnet |
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Find all devices on USB that support scanning:
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hp-probe -busb -escan |
Find all networked devices that contain the name 'lnx' and that support photo cards or scanning:
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hp-probe -bnet -slnx -escan,pcard |
Find all devices that have queues installed in CUPS:
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hp-probe -bcups |
Find all devices on the USB bus:
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hp-probe |
Releases
8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 4 times.