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.