FOOMATIC-ADDPJLOPTIONS

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 2001-05-07
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NAME

foomatic-addpjloptions - Format PJL option information the for foomatic database

foomatic-addpjloptions [-dafis][-o dir] -p printer_ID [pjl_info_file]

foomatic-addpjloptions [-dafq] [pjl_info_file]

foomatic-addpjloptions -h

foomatic-addpjloptions formats the PJL information file (or STDIN) into a format usable by the Foomatic database.

-a: Convert all PJL options in the information file.
-d: Enable debugging information.
-f: Do not ask for permission, force conversion.
-h: Print a help message and exit.
-q: Print a summary of the PJL information. This output is not compatible with the foomatic database, and is useful for debugging.
-s: Produce a single option file containing all the option values.
-o dir: The directory the option information files are written to.
-p printer_ID: Name of the printer in the foomatic database. This is used to extract printer manufacturer and model information.
pjl_info_file: File with PJL information returned by the printer. If this filename is not provided, the PJL options are taken from standard input.

/usr/share/foomatic/templates/pjl*.xml

Template files for option information.

./foomatic-db/opts

Option information stored in this directory.

foomatic-addpjloptions returns 0 on success, and a nonzero value on failure.

Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.

Modified by Patrick Powell (<papowell at astart.com>).

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