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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.