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.