foomatic-getpjloptions8
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Usage
foomatic-getpjloptions device
foomatic-getpjloptions hostname
port
Overview
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 ???
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.
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01 to Debian 4.0 (Etch): the text shown here
- Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
- Debian 3.0 (Woody)