1FOOMATIC-GETPJLOPTIONS(8)   System Manager's Manual  FOOMATIC-GETPJLOPTIONS(8)
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NAME

6       foomatic-getpjloptions - <put a short description here>
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SYNOPSIS

9       foomatic-getpjloptions device
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DESCRIPTION

15       foomatic-getpjloptions  Sends  a set of PJL commands and reads back the
16       PJL options and status from a printer  over  a  network  connection  or
17       device bidirectional interface such as parallel, USB, serial.  printers
18       to standard output. The output can be piped into foomatic-addpjloptions
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23   Options
24       device    The  interface  to  which  a local printer is connected, e.g.
25                 /dev/lp0, /dev/usb/lp0,  /dev/tty00,  etc.   For  a  parallel
26                 port, you must have bidirectional support enabled at the BIOS
27                 level and the parallel port driver must support the  bidirec‐
28                 tional  mode.   Check  your  parallel  port BIOS settings for
29                 EPP/bi-directional mode.
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32       hostname  Host name or IP address of a network printer  (HP  JetDirect,
33                 DLINK, etc.).
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36       port      Port  on  which your network printer listens for socket (App‐
37                 socket) connections.  Most common ports are 9100 (JetDirect),
38                 10000 (DLINK).  Usually you can configure the port via a con‐
39                 figuration interface.
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EXIT STATUS

43       foomatic-getpjloptions returns ???
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AUTHOR

47       Manfred  Wassmann  <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de>  for   the   foomatic
48       project  using  output from the associated binary.  Modified by Patrick
49       Powell <papowell at lprng.com> to provide betters support  for  network
50       printers, error messages, and remove CR and FF from output.
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WARNINGS

54       Uni-directional  protocols as remote LPD are not supported as no status
55       is returned.  Some network print servers which attach to a printer par‐
56       allel port do not support bidirectional mode.
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