ippeveprinter(1) OpenPrinting ippeveprinter(1)
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 con-
forming 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://AD-
DRESS[:PORT]" (where the default port number is 9100). When speci-
fying 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 "applica-
tion/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 com-
mand ("-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 vari-
able 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 de-
fault 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 delet-
ing 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-spe-
cific 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 com-
mand-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 at-
tributes are added to the environment. For example, the "IPP_MEDIA_DE-
FAULT" environment variable will be set to the default value for the
"media" Job Template attribute.
Enumerated values are converted to their keyword equivalents. For exam-
ple, 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 vari-
able 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-mes-
sage" 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-rea-
sons" 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"
SEE ALSO
ippevepcl(7), ippeveps(7), PWG Internet Printing Protocol Workgroup
(http://www.pwg.org/ipp)
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