1Net::CUPS(3)          User Contributed Perl Documentation         Net::CUPS(3)
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NAME

6       Net::CUPS - Common Unix Printing System Interface
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SYNOPSIS

9         use Net::CUPS;
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11         my $cups = Net::CUPS->new();
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13         my $printer = $cups->getDestination( "lj4200dn" );
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DESCRIPTION

16       Net::CUPS is an object oriented interface to the Common Unix Printing
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METHODS

20       getDestination
21           my $printer = $cups->getDestination( $printer_name );
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23           This method takes the name of the printer to acquire.  If the
24           printer does not exist it will return nothing.
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26       getDestinations
27           my @printers = $cups->getDestinations();
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29           This method will return an array of destinations currently
30           configured on the cups server.
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32       getPassword
33           my $password = $cups->getPassword( $prompt );
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35           Method to retrieve the password from the user via the password
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38       getPPD
39           my $ppd = $cups->getPPD( $name );
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41           Returns a Net::CUPS::PPD object for the default printer or for the
42           specified printer or class.
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44       getPPDMakes
45           my $makes = $cups->getPPDMakes();
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47           Returns an arrary of scalers holding the names of all the makers
48           (e.g. HP or Lexmark) of PPD files installed on the CUPS server
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50       getAllPPDs
51           my $ppds = $cups->getAllPPDs();
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53           Returns an array of scalers with the maker and model of all the
54           PPDs installed on the CUPS server
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56       getPPDFileName
57           $cups->getPPDFileName($ppd_name_and_make);
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59           Returns the file name of the PPD specified by the name and make as
60           found in the array returned by getAllPPDs.  The file name is used
61           by addDestination and is relative to where the CUPS server is
62           instructed to look (e.g /usr/share/ppd).
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64       getServer
65           my $server_name = $cups->getServer();
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67           A method to return either the hostname or the IP address of the
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70       getUsername
71           my $username = $cups->getUsername();
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73           This method will return the current username associated with the
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76       requestData
77           my $result = $cups->requestData( $request, $resource, $filename );
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79           Send an IPP request to the server.  This function is based off the
80           C CUPS function cupsDoRequest and cupsDoRequestFile.  The $filename
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83       setPasswordCB
84           $cups->setPasswordCB( $function )
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86           Method to set the callback function to be used by getPassword.
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88       setServer
89           $cups->setServer( $server_ip );
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91           This method will change the current cups server to another hosts.
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93       setUsername
94           $cups->setUsername( $username );
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96           A method to change the username associated with CUPS interaction.
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98       deleteDestination
99           $cups->deleteDestination( $destination_name );
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101           A method to delete an existing destination
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103       addDestination
104           $cups->addDestination( $name, $location, $printer_info, $ppd_name,
105           $device_uri) A method to create a new destination.  The $ppd_name
106           variable should be the one returned for that printer by the
107           getPPDFileName method.  It will be relative to where the CUPS
108           server is configured to look for PPD files (e.g. /usr/share/ppd).
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SEE ALSO

111       Net::CUPS::Destination, Net::CUPS::PPD, Net::CUPS::IPP
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SUPPORT

114       Support for this module and other software developed by Dracken
115       Technology, Inc can be found at http://www.dracken.com/.
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AUTHOR

118       Dracken Technology, Inc. (http://www.dracken.com/)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

121       Aike Reyer <aike@users.sourceforge.net> supplied the password handling
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124       Mark Gannon <mark@truenorth.nu> supplied the code for PPD acquisition,
125       destination creation and destination deletion.
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128       Copyright (c) 2003-2005 David Hageman
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130       Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Dracken Technology, Inc.
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132       All rights reserved.
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134       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
135       under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at
136       your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
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138       CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, the CUPS logo, and ESP Print Pro
139       are the trademark property of Easy Software Products.
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