hp-probe
Printer Discovery Utility
Synopsis
hp-probe
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examples
Find all devices on the network:
hp-probe -bnet
Find all devices on USB that support scanning:
hp-probe -busb -escan
Find all networked devices that contain the name ’lnx’ and that
support
photo cards or scanning:
hp-probe -bnet -slnx -escan,pcard
Find all devices that have queues installed in CUPS:
hp-probe -bcups
Find all devices on the USB bus:
hp-probe
description
Discover HPLIP
supported USB, parallel, and network attached printers.
options
Bus to
probe:
-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):
-t<ttl> or
--ttl=<ttl> (Default is 4).
Set timeout:
-o<timeout in secs.> or
--timeout=<timeout is secs.>
Filter by functionality:
-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:
-s<search re> or
--search=<search re> <search re> must be a valid
regular expression (not case sensitive)
Network discovery method:
-m<method> or
--method=<method>: <method> is
’slp’* or ’mdns’.
Set the logging level:
-l<level> or
--logging=<level> <level>: none, info*, error,
warn, debug (*default)
Run in debug mode:
-g (same as option:
-ldebug)
This help information:
-h or --help
copyright
Copyright (c) 2001-13 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free
software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain
conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
reporting bugs
The HPLIP Launchpad.net site https://launchpad.net/hplip
is available to get help, report bugs, make suggestions, discuss
the HPLIP project or otherwise contact the HPLIP Team.
author
HPLIP
(Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing) is an HP
developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with
HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux.