Ubuntu Manpage: ippeveprinter - an ipp everywhere printer application for cups

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NAME

       ippeveprinter - an ipp everywhere printer application for cups

SYNOPSIS

       ippeveprinter [ --help ] [ --no-web-forms ] [ --pam-service service ] [ --version ] [ -2 ]
       [ -A ] [ -D device-uri ] [ -F output-type/subtype ] [ -K keypath ] [ -M manufacturer  ]  [
       -P  filename.ppd  ]  [  -V  ipp-version  ] [ -a filename.conf ] [ -c command ] [ -d spool-
       directory ] [ -f type/subtype[,...]  ] [ -i iconfile.png ] [ -k ] [ -l  location  ]  [  -m
       model  ] [ -n hostname ] [ -p port ] [ -r subtype[,subtype] ] [ -s speed[,color-speed] ] [
       -v[vvv] ] service-name

DESCRIPTION

       ippeveprinter is a simple Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) server conforming  to  the  IPP
       Everywhere (PWG 5100.14) specification. It can be used to test client software or act as a
       very basic print server that runs a command for every job that is printed.

OPTIONS

The following options are recognized by ippeveprinter:

--help
Show program usage.

--no-web-forms
Disable the web interface forms used to update the media and supply levels.

--pam-service service
Set the PAM service name. The default service is "cups".

--version
Show the CUPS version.

-2 Report support for two-sided (duplex) printing.

-A Enable authentication for the created printer. ippeveprinter uses PAM to
authenticate HTTP Basic credentials.

-D device-uri
Set the device URI for print output. The URI can be a filename, directory, or a
network socket URI of the form "socket://ADDRESS[:PORT]" (where the default port
number is 9100). When specifying a directory, ippeveprinter will create an output
file using the job ID and name.

-F output-type/subtype[,...]
Specifies the output MIME media type. The default is "application/postscript" when
the -P option is specified.

-M manufacturer
Set the manufacturer of the printer. The default is "Example".

-P filename.ppd
Load printer attributes from the specified PPD file. This option is typically used
in conjunction with the ippeveps(7) printer command ("-c ippeveps").

-V 1.1

-V 2.0
Specifies the maximum IPP version to report. 2.0 is the default.

-c command
Run the specified command for each document that is printed. If "command" is not an
absolute path ("/path/to/command"), ippeveprinter looks for the command in the
"command" subdirectory of the CUPS binary directory, typically /usr/lib/cups/command
or /usr/libexec/cups/command. The cups-config(1) command can be used to discover the
correct binary directory ("cups-config --serverbin"). In addition, the
CUPS_SERVERBIN environment variable can be used to override the default location of
this directory - see the cups(1) man page for more details.

-d spool-directory
Specifies the directory that will hold the print files. The default is a directory
under the user's current temporary directory.

-f type/subtype[,...]
Specifies a list of MIME media types that the server will accept. The default
depends on the type of printer created.

-i iconfile.png
Specifies the printer icon file for the server. The file must be a PNG format image.
The default is an internally-provided PNG image.

-k Keeps the print documents in the spool directory rather than deleting them.

-l location
Specifies the human-readable location string that is reported by the server. The
default is the empty string.

-m model
Specifies the model name of the printer. The default is "Printer".

-n hostname
Specifies the hostname that is reported by the server. The default is the name
returned by the hostname(1) command.

-p port
Specifies the port number to listen on. The default is a user-specific number from
8000 to 8999.

-r off
Turns off DNS-SD service advertisements entirely.

-r subtype[,subtype]
Specifies the DNS-SD subtype(s) to advertise. Separate multiple subtypes with a
comma. The default is "_print".

-s speed[,color-speed]
Specifies the printer speed in pages per minute. If two numbers are specified and
the second number is greater than zero, the server will report support for color
printing. The default is "10,0".

-v[vvv]
Be (very) verbose when logging activity to standard error.

EXIT STATUS

       The  ippeveprinter program returns 1 if it is unable to process the command-line arguments
       or register  the  IPP  service.   Otherwise  ippeveprinter  will  run  continuously  until
       terminated.

CONFORMING TO

       The  ippeveprinter  program  is  unique  to  CUPS  and conforms to the IPP Everywhere (PWG
       5100.14) specification.

ENVIRONMENT

       ippeveprinter adds environment variables starting with "IPP_" for all IPP  Job  attributes
       in the print request.  For example, when executing a command for an IPP Job containing the
       "media" Job Template attribute, the "IPP_MEDIA" environment variable will be  set  to  the
       value of that attribute.

       In  addition, all IPP "xxx-default" and "pwg-xxx" Printer Description attributes are added
       to the environment.  For example, the "IPP_MEDIA_DEFAULT" environment variable will be set
       to the default value for the "media" Job Template attribute.

       Enumerated  values  are  converted  to  their keyword equivalents.  For example, a "print-
       quality" Job Template attribute with a enum value of 3 will become the "IPP_PRINT_QUALITY"
       environment  variable  with  a  value of "draft".  This string conversion only happens for
       standard Job Template attributes,  currently  "finishings",  "orientation-requested",  and
       "print-quality".

       Finally,  the  "CONTENT_TYPE"  environment  variable  contains  the MIME media type of the
       document being printed, the "DEVICE_URI" environment variable contains the device  URI  as
       specified  with  the  "-D"  option,  the "OUTPUT_FORMAT" environment variable contains the
       output MIME media type, and the "PPD" environment variable contains the  PPD  filename  as
       specified with the "-P" option.

COMMAND OUTPUT

Unless they communicate directly with a printer, print commands send printer-ready data to
the standard output.

Print commands can send messages back to ippeveprinter on the standard error with one of
the following prefixes:

ATTR: attribute=value[ attribute=value]
Sets the named attribute(s) to the given values. Currently only the "job-
impressions" and "job-impressions-completed" Job Status attributes and the "marker-
xxx", "printer-alert", "printer-alert-description", "printer-supply", and "printer-
supply-description" Printer Status attributes can be set.

DEBUG: Debugging message
Logs a debugging message if at least two -v's have been specified.

ERROR: Error message
Logs an error message and copies the message to the "job-state-message" attribute.

INFO: Informational message
Logs an informational/progress message if -v has been specified and copies the
message to the "job-state-message" attribute unless an error has been reported.

STATE: keyword[,keyword,...]
Sets the printer's "printer-state-reasons" attribute to the listed keywords.

STATE: -keyword[,keyword,...]
Removes the listed keywords from the printer's "printer-state-reasons" attribute.

STATE: +keyword[,keyword,...]
Adds the listed keywords to the printer's "printer-state-reasons" attribute.

EXAMPLES

       Run ippeveprinter with a service name of My Cool Printer:

           ippeveprinter "My Cool Printer"

       Run the file(1) command whenever a job is sent to the server:

           ippeveprinter -c /usr/bin/file "My Cool Printer"

COPYRIGHT

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