NAME

       hp-probe - Printer Discovery Utility

DESCRIPTION

       Discover HPLIP supported USB, parallel, and network attached printers.

SYNOPSIS

       hp-probe [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS

       Bus to probe:
              -b<bus>  or  --bus=<bus>  <bus>:  cups,  usb*,  net,  bt,  fw, par (*default) (Note: bt and fw not
              supported in this release.)

       Set Time to Live (TTL):
              -t<ttl> or --ttl=<ttl> (Default is 4).

       Set timeout:
              -o<timeout in secs.> or --timeout=<timeout is secs.>

       Filter by functionality:
              -e<filter list> or --filter=<filter list> <filter list>: comma separated list of one or  more  of:
              scan, pcard, fax, copy, or none*. (*none is the default)

       Search:
              -s<search  re>  or  --search=<search  re> <search re> must be a valid regular expression (not case
              sensitive)

       Network discovery method:
              -m<method> or --method=<method>: <method> is 'slp'* or 'mdns'.

       Set the logging level:
              -l<level> or --logging=<level> <level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default)

       Run in debug mode:
              -g (same as option: -ldebug)

       This help information:
              -h or --help

EXAMPLES

       Find all devices on the network:
              hp-probe -bnet

       Find all devices on USB that support scanning:
              hp-probe -busb -escan

       Find all networked devices that contain the name 'lnx' and that support photo cards or scanning:
              hp-probe -bnet -slnx -escan,pcard

       Find all devices that have queues installed in CUPS:
              hp-probe -bcups

       Find all devices on the USB bus:
              hp-probe

AUTHOR

       HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) is an HP developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with
       HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux.

REPORTING BUGS

       The  HPLIP  Launchpad.net  site  https://launchpad.net/hplip  is available to get help, report bugs, make
       suggestions, discuss the HPLIP project or otherwise contact the HPLIP Team.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, L.P.

       This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO  WARRANTY.   This  is  free  software,  and  you  are  welcome  to
       distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.