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 config‐
30           ured 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
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44       getServer
45           my $server_name = $cups->getServer();
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47           A method to return either the hostname or the IP address of the
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50       getUsername
51           my $username = $cups->getUsername();
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53           This method will return the current username associated with the
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56       requestData
57           my $result = $cups->requestData( $request, $resource, $filename );
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59           Send an IPP request to the server.  This function is based off the
60           C CUPS function cupsDoRequest and cupsDoRequestFile.  The $filename
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63       setPasswordCB
64           $cups->setPasswordCB( $function )
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66           Method to set the callback function to be used by getPassword.
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68       setServer
69           $cups->setServer( $server_ip );
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71           This method will change the current cups server to another hosts.
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73       setUsername
74           $cups->setUsername( $username );
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76           A method to change the username associated with CUPS interaction.
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SEE ALSO

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

82       Support for this module and other software developed by Dracken Tech‐
83       nology, Inc can be found at http://www.dracken.com/.
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AUTHOR

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

89       Aike Reyer <aike@users.sourceforge.net> supplied the password handling
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93       Copyright (c) 2003-2005 David Hageman
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95       Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Dracken Technology, Inc.
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97       All rights reserved.
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99       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
100       under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at
101       your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
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103       CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, the CUPS logo, and ESP Print Pro
104       are the trademark property of Easy Software Products.
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