.TH "hp-probe" 1 "4.1" Linux "User Manuals"
.SH NAME
hp-probe \- Printer Discovery Utility
.SH DESCRIPTION
Discover HPLIP supported USB, parallel, and network attached printers.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B  hp-probe [OPTIONS]
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "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.)
.IP "Set Time to Live (TTL):"
-t<ttl> or --ttl=<ttl> (Default is 4).
.IP "Set timeout:"
-o<timeout in secs.> or --timeout=<timeout is secs.>
.IP "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)
.IP "Search:"
-s<search re> or --search=<search re>
<search re> must be a valid regular expression (not case sensitive)
.IP "Network discovery method:"
-m<method> or --method=<method>: <method> is 'slp'* or 'mdns'.
.IP "Set the logging level:"
-l<level> or --logging=<level>
<level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default)
.IP "Run in debug mode:"
-g (same as option: -ldebug)
.IP "This help information:"
-h or --help
.SH EXAMPLES
.IP "Find all devices on the network:"
hp-probe -bnet
.IP "Find all devices on USB that support scanning:"
hp-probe -busb -escan
.IP "Find all networked devices that contain the name 'lnx' and that support photo cards or scanning:"
hp-probe -bnet -slnx -escan,pcard
.IP "Find all devices that have queues installed in CUPS:"
hp-probe -bcups
.IP "Find all devices on the USB bus:"
hp-probe
.SH 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.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
The HPLIP Launchpad.net site
.B https://launchpad.net/hplip
is available to get help, report
bugs, make suggestions, discuss the HPLIP project or otherwise
contact the HPLIP Team.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, L.P.
.LP
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.

