Supply Levels Utility
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# hp-levels: Supply Levels Utility (ver. 1.1)

Display bar graphs of current supply levels for supported HPLIP printers.

Usage: hp-levels [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.)
Bar graph size: | -s<size> or --size=<size> (current default=64)
Use colored bar graphs: | -c or --color (default is colorized)
Bar graph character: | -a<char> or --char=<char> (default is '/')
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

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.

Page last updated: Fri Oct 19 15:50:02 2007; HPLIP Version: 2.7.10