Detect USB, parallel, and network printers.
Usage: hp-probe [OPTIONS]
[OPTIONS]
Bus to probe: |
-b<bus> or --bus=<bus> |
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<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> |
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<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> |
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<search re> must be a valid regular expression (not case sensitive) |
Set the logging level: |
-l<level> or --logging=<level> |
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<level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default) |
Run in debug mode: |
-g (same as option: -ldebug) |
This help information: |
-h or --help |
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 |
Last update: Fri Sep 15 14:44:22 2006; HPLIP Version: 1.6.9
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