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Home > Technical Documentation > Man Pages > hp-info

hp-info: Firmware Download Utility (ver. 1.0)

Download firmware to a device.

Usage: hp-firmware [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]

Use USB IDs to specify printer: -s bbb:ddd, where bbb is the USB bus ID and ddd is the USB device ID. The ':' and all leading zeroes must be present.
Seconds to delay before download: -y<secs> or --delay=<secs> (float value, e.g. 0.5)
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

Notes:

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

See Also:

hp-toolbox  

Page last updated: Fri Dec 14 14:42:43 2007; HPLIP Version: 2.7.12

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