---
name: "foomatic-getpjloptions"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "foomatic-db-engine"
version: "5:20200131-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/foomatic-getpjloptions"
---

# foomatic-getpjloptions(8)

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## 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 (Appsocket) 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.