Name

xplsprinters — shows a list of Xprint printers and it's attributes

Synopsis

xplsprinters [-printer printername] [-d] [-l] [-dump] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

xplsprinters is a utility for Xprint, the printing system for the X Window system. It can deliver both a list of printers and attributes supported for a specific list of printers.

OPTIONS

-printer printername

printer to use

-dump

dump all available printer attributes

-h | -?

print usage

-d

print description for each printer

-l

list detailed printer attribute information

ENVIRONMENT

XPSERVERLIST

${XPSERVERLIST} must be set, identifying the available Xprint servers. See Xprint(7) for more details.

EXAMPLES

Example 1. List all available "X Print Specifiers" (printer names)

% xplsprinters

would print: 

printer: hplaserjet001@puck:33
printer: hpcolor4550_004@puck:33
printer: laser19@meridian:19
printer: xp_ps_spooldir_tmp_Xprintjobs@meridian:19
printer: xp_pdf_spooldir_tmp_Xprintjobs@meridian:19

Example 2. Get information about the supported attributes of printer "ps002":

% xplsprinters -printer ps002 -l

would print: 


printer: ps002@castor:18
        description=
        model-identifier=HPDJ1600C
        default-medium=iso-a4
        default-input-tray=
        medium-source-sizes-supported=iso-a4 false 6.35 203.65 6.35 290.65
        medium-source-sizes-supported=na-letter false 6.35 209.55 6.35 273.05
        default-printer-resolution=300
        resolution=300
        default_orientation=
        orientation=portrait
        orientation=landscape
        default_plex=
        plex=simplex

SEE ALSO

Xprint(7), X11(7), xprehashprinterlist(1x), xphelloworld(1x), xpxmhelloworld(1x), xpawhelloworld(1x), xpxthelloworld(1x), xpsimplehelloworld(1x), Xserver(1x), Xprt(1x), libXp(3x), libXprintUtils(3x), libXprintAppUtils(3x), XmPrintShell(3x), XawPrintShell(3x), Xprint FAQ (http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html), Xprint main site (http://xprint.mozdev.org/)