Net::CUPS(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					    Net::CUPS(3pm)

NAME

       Net::CUPS - Common Unix Printing System Interface

SYNOPSIS

	 use Net::CUPS;

	 my $cups = Net::CUPS->new();

	 my $printer = $cups->getDestination( "lj4200dn" );

DESCRIPTION

       Net::CUPS is an object oriented interface to the Common Unix Printing System.

METHODS

       getDestination
	   my $printer = $cups->getDestination( $printer_name );

	   This method takes the name of the printer to acquire.  If the printer does not exist it will return nothing.

       getDestinations
	   my @printers = $cups->getDestinations();

	   This method will return an array of destinations currently configured on the cups server.

       getPassword
	   my $password = $cups->getPassword( $prompt );

	   Method to retrieve the password from the user via the password callback.

       getPPD
	   my $ppd = $cups->getPPD( $name );

	   Returns a Net::CUPS::PPD object for the default printer or for the specified printer or class.

       getPPDMakes
	   my $makes = $cups->getPPDMakes();

	   Returns an arrary of scalers holding the names of all the makers (e.g. HP or Lexmark) of PPD files installed on the CUPS server

       getAllPPDs
	   my $ppds = $cups->getAllPPDs();

	   Returns an array of scalers with the maker and model of all the PPDs installed on the CUPS server

       getPPDFileName
	   $cups->getPPDFileName($ppd_name_and_make);

	   Returns the file name of the PPD specified by the name and make as found in the array returned by getAllPPDs.  The file name is used by
	   addDestination and is relative to where the CUPS server is instructed to look (e.g /usr/share/ppd).

       getServer
	   my $server_name = $cups->getServer();

	   A method to return either the hostname or the IP address of the active print server.

       getUsername
	   my $username = $cups->getUsername();

	   This method will return the current username associated with the CUPS transaction.

       requestData
	   my $result = $cups->requestData( $request, $resource, $filename );

	   Send an IPP request to the server.  This function is based off the C CUPS function cupsDoRequest and cupsDoRequestFile.  The $filename
	   is optional.

       setPasswordCB
	   $cups->setPasswordCB( $function )

	   Method to set the callback function to be used by getPassword.

       setServer
	   $cups->setServer( $server_ip );

	   This method will change the current cups server to another hosts.

       setUsername
	   $cups->setUsername( $username );

	   A method to change the username associated with CUPS interaction.

       deleteDestination
	   $cups->deleteDestination( $destination_name );

	   A method to delete an existing destination

       addDestination
	   $cups->addDestination( $name, $location, $printer_info, $ppd_name, $device_uri) A method to create a new destination.  The $ppd_name
	   variable should be the one returned for that printer by the getPPDFileName method.  It will be relative to where the CUPS server is
	   configured to look for PPD files (e.g. /usr/share/ppd).

SEE ALSO

       Net::CUPS::Destination, Net::CUPS::PPD, Net::CUPS::IPP

SUPPORT

       Support for this module and other software developed by Dracken Technology, Inc can be found at http://www.dracken.com/.

AUTHOR

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Aike Reyer <aike@users.sourceforge.net> supplied the password handling code.

       Mark Gannon <mark@truenorth.nu> supplied the code for PPD acquisition, destination creation and destination deletion.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2003-2005 David Hageman

       Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Dracken Technology, Inc.

       All rights reserved.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or,
       at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

       CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, the CUPS logo, and ESP Print Pro are the trademark property of Easy Software Products.

perl v5.14.2							    2009-07-30							    Net::CUPS(3pm)