FOOMATIC-GETPJLOPTIONS(8)
NAME
foomatic-getpjloptions - <put a short description here>
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-getpjloptions device foomatic-getpjloptions hostname port
DESCRIPTION
- foomatic-getpjloptions Sends a set of PJL commands and reads back the
PJL options and status from a printer over a network connection or
device bidirectional interface such as parallel, USB, serial. printers
to standard output. The output can be piped into foomatic-addpjloptions
to add options to the database.
- Options
- device The interface to which a local printer is connected, e.g.
/dev/lp0, /dev/usb/lp0, /dev/tty00, etc. For a parallel port, you must have bidirectional support enabled at the BIOS level and the parallel port driver must support the bidirectional mode. Check your parallel port BIOS settings for EPP/bi-directional mode.
- hostname Host name or IP address of a network printer (HP JetDirect,
- DLINK, etc.).
- port Port on which your network printer listens for socket (App
- socket) connections. Most common ports are 9100 (JetDirect), 10000 (DLINK). Usually you can configure the port via a configuration interface.
EXIT STATUS
foomatic-getpjloptions returns ???
AUTHOR
Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> for the foomatic
project using output from the associated binary. Modified by Patrick
Powell <papowell at lprng.com> to provide betters support for network
printers, error messages, and remove CR and FF from output.
WARNINGS
- Uni-directional protocols as remote LPD are not supported as no status
is returned. Some network print servers which attach to a printer parallel port do not support bidirectional mode.