---
name: "printconf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "printconf"
version: "0.7.9.1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/printconf"
---

# printconf(1)

automatically configure attached USB and parallel printers

## NAME

printconf - automatically configure attached USB and parallel printers

## SYNOPSIS

**printconf \[--dry-run\] \[--verbose\]**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the **printconf** command.

**printconf** automatically detects and optionally configures printers attached to Linux-based systems using the Foomatic printing system.

## OPTIONS

- **-n, --dry-run, --no-action**

  Detect printers, but don't actually configure them.  This option is useful for testing purposes.

- **-v, --verbose**

  Show additional progress information, including notification of devices for which no autodetection data was found.

## NOTES

Autodetection of parallel printers may require your computer's parallel port to be in "bidirectional," "EPP," or "ECP/EPP" mode; this is a setting in your computer's BIOS.

## SEE ALSO

[**foomatic-gui**(1)](/foomatic-gui/1.md),[**foomatic-configure**(1)](/foomatic-configure/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Chris Lawrence \<lawrencc@debian.org\>.