Printer Cartridge Alignment Utility
Description: HP Linux Imaging and Printing - HPLIP is an HP developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux.
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# hp-align: Printer Cartridge Alignment Utility (ver. 4.0)

Cartridge alignment utility for HPLIP supported inkjet printers.

Usage: hp-align [PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] [OPTIONS]

[PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] (See Notes)

To specify a device-URI: | -d<device-uri> or --device=<device-uri>
To specify a CUPS printer: | -p<printer> or --printer=<printer>

[OPTIONS]

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

Align CUPS printer named 'hp5550': | $ hp-align -php5550
Align printer with URI of 'hp:/usb/DESKJET_990C?serial=12345': | $ hp-align -dhp:/usb/DESKJET_990C?serial=12345

Notes:

If device or printer is not specified, the local device bus is probed and the program enters interactive mode.
If -p* is specified, the default CUPS printer will be used.

See Also:

hp-clean |
hp-colorcal |

Page last updated: Fri Oct 19 15:50:01 2007; HPLIP Version: 2.7.10