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¶

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

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

NOTES¶

The list of builtin fonts supported by a printer can be obtained using the xlsfonts command.

SEE ALSO¶

Xprint(7), X11(7), xprehashprinterlist(1x), xphelloworld(1x), xpxmhelloworld(1x), xpawhelloworld(1x), xpxthelloworld(1x), xpsimplehelloworld(1x), xlsfonts(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/)