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href="../../about.html" title="About">About HPLIP</a></li> <li><a href="../../contacts.html" title="Contacts">Contacts</a></li> </menu> </td> <!-- CONTENT --> <a href="../../index.html">Home</a> > <a href="../index.html">Technical Documentation</a> > <a href="index.html">Man Pages</a> > hp-info <td align="left" valign="top" class="content"> <div class="document"> <p>Query a printer for both static model information and dynamic status.</p> <p><strong>Usage: hp-info [PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] [OPTIONS]</strong></p> <p><strong>[PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] (See Notes)</strong></p> <table border="1" class="borderless docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="53%" /> <col width="47%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td><em>To specify a device-URI:</em></td> <td>-d<device-uri> or --device=<device-uri></td> </tr> <tr><td><em>To specify a CUPS printer:</em></td> <td>-p<printer> or --printer=<printer></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>[OPTIONS]</strong></p> <table border="1" class="borderless docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="53%" /> <col width="47%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td><em>Device ID mode:</em></td> <td>-i or --id (prints device ID only and exits)</td> </tr> <tr><td><em>Bus to probe (if device not specified):</em></td> <td>-b<bus> or --bus=<bus></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td> <td><bus>: cups*, usb*, net, bt, fw, par* (*defaults) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)</td> </tr> <tr><td><em>Set the logging level:</em></td> <td>-l<level> or --logging=<level></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td> <td><level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default)</td> </tr> <tr><td><em>Run in debug mode:</em></td> <td>-g (same as option: -ldebug)</td> </tr> <tr><td><em>This help information:</em></td> <td>-h or --help</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Notes:</strong></p> <table border="1" class="borderless docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="53%" /> <col width="47%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td colspan="2"><ol class="first last arabic simple"> <li>If device or printer is not specified, the local device bus is probed and the program enters interactive mode.</li> </ol> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><ol class="first last arabic simple" start="2"> <li>If -p* is specified, the default CUPS printer will be used.</li> </ol> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>See Also:</strong></p> <table border="1" class="borderless docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="53%" /> <col width="47%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td><a class="reference" href="toolbox.html">hp-toolbox</a></td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <hr size="1"/> <small>Last update: Tue Aug 1 13:42:00 2006</small> <!-- FOOTER --> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td colspan="3"><hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/></td> </tr> <!-- <tr><td colspan="3" class="footer"></td> --> <tr> <td class="footer"><a href="../../legal.html">Legal Notices</a></td> <td class="footer">Copyright © 2003-2006, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.</td> <td 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