01-11-2011
Query for printer driver in CUPS
I have a RHEL 4 (probably not important, but whatever) machine with a few dozen network printers set up in CUPS. I would like to replicate this on a second machine.
With lpinfo I'm able to get the queue name and device information (socket://ipaddress or whatnot), but I haven't get figured out how to query an existing print queue for the PPD its using.
Any ideas? I know I can get that information from the CUPS web interface, but being that there are so many I'd rather figure out how to do it pragmatically so I can build a CSV I can then move over to the other machine and use to script the printer setup. I've been digging for a couple of days and haven't been able to find a way, or even a config file I can try to parse.
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lpinfo(8) Apple Inc. lpinfo(8)
NAME
lpinfo - show available devices or drivers
SYNOPSIS
lpinfo [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -l ] [ --device-id device-id-string ] [ --exclude-schemes scheme-list ] [ --include-
schemes scheme-list ] [ --language locale ] [ --make-and-model name ] [ --product name ] -m
lpinfo [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -l ] [ --exclude-schemes scheme-list ] [ --include-schemes scheme-list ] [ --timeout
seconds ] -v
DESCRIPTION
lpinfo lists the available devices or drivers known to the CUPS server. The first form (-m) lists the available drivers, while the second
form (-v) lists the available devices.
OPTIONS
lpinfo accepts the following options:
-E
Forces encryption when connecting to the server.
-U username
Sets the username to use when connecting to the server.
-h server[:port]
Selects an alternate server.
-l
Shows a "long" listing of devices or drivers.
--device-id device-id-string
Specifies the IEEE-1284 device ID to match when listing drivers with the -m option.
--exclude-schemes scheme-list
Specifies a comma-separated list of device or PPD schemes that should be excluded from the results. Static PPD files use the "file"
scheme.
--include-schemes scheme-list
Specifies a comma-separated list of device or PPD schemes that should be included in the results. Static PPD files use the "file"
scheme.
--language locale
Specifies the language to match when listing drivers with the -m option.
--make-and-model name
Specifies the make and model to match when listing drivers with the -m option.
--product name
Specifies the product to match when listing drivers with the -m option.
--timeout seconds
Specifies the timeout when listing devices with the -v option.
COMPATIBILITY
The lpinfo command is unique to CUPS.
SEE ALSO
lpadmin(8),
http://localhost:631/help
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007-2011 by Apple Inc.
5 December 2008 CUPS lpinfo(8)