xplsprinters1

Usage

Overview

xplsprinters is a utility for Xprint, the printing system for the X Window system. It can deliver both a list of printers and attributes supported for a specific list of printers.

Options

-printer printername

printer to use

-dump

dump all available printer attributes

-h | -?

print usage

-d

print description for each printer

-l

list detailed printer attribute information

Environment

XPSERVERLIST

${XPSERVERLIST} must be set, identifying the available Xprint servers. See Xprint(7) for more details.

Examples

List all available "X Print Specifiers" (printer names)

% xplsprinters

would print:

printer: hplaserjet001@puck:33
printer: hpcolor4550_004@puck:33
printer: laser19@meridian:19
printer: xp_ps_spooldir_tmp_Xprintjobs@meridian:19
printer: xp_pdf_spooldir_tmp_Xprintjobs@meridian:19

Get information about the supported attributes of printer "ps002":

% xplsprinters -printer ps002 -l

would print:

printer: ps002@castor:18
        description=
        model-identifier=HPDJ1600C
        default-medium=iso-a4
        default-input-tray=
        medium-source-sizes-supported=iso-a4 false 6.35 203.65 6.35 290.65
        medium-source-sizes-supported=na-letter false 6.35 209.55 6.35 273.05
        default-printer-resolution=300
        resolution=300
        default_orientation=
        orientation=portrait
        orientation=landscape
        default_plex=
        plex=simplex

Notes

The list of builtin fonts supported by a printer can be obtained using the xlsfonts command.