X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?p=thirdparty%2Fcups.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=IPPTOOL.txt;h=a64950ca8ade80e023f7ee780bb55d5769829256;hp=31d6fe4eece59255da652001cb1b0e37d86f0019;hb=9520743f2d63ee95526873098ed3968dcdf313f4;hpb=bf500a56539f76fcec1dd0867e157bf8a00e0490 diff --git a/IPPTOOL.txt b/IPPTOOL.txt index 31d6fe4ee..a64950ca8 100644 --- a/IPPTOOL.txt +++ b/IPPTOOL.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -IPPTOOL.txt - 2013-06-06 +IPPTOOL.txt - 2013-07-08 ------------------------ See the file CHANGES-IPPTOOL.txt for a list of changes to this software. @@ -6,15 +6,25 @@ See the file CHANGES-IPPTOOL.txt for a list of changes to this software. INTRODUCTION - CUPS includes a user program called ipptool that can be used to send - arbitrary IPP requests to a CUPS server or IPP printer. This tool started - life as part of the CUPS automated test suite and has grown to support - complex conformance tests and a simple way to query printer, job, and - subscription attributes. + CUPS includes two user programs for IPP printers. The first is called + ipptool and can be used to send arbitrary IPP requests to a CUPS server or + IPP printer. This tool started life as part of the CUPS automated test + suite and has grown to support complex conformance tests and a simple way + to query printer, job, and subscription attributes. - CUPS also includes a user program called ippfind that can be used to find - IPP printers that have registered themselves using Bonjour (DNS-SD, mDNS, - and Zeroconf) and run commands such as ipptool. + The second program called ippfind that can be used to find IPP printers + that have registered themselves using Bonjour (DNS-SD, mDNS, and Zeroconf) + and run commands such as ipptool. + + +READING THE DOCUMENTATION + + Full documentation on the ipptool command can be found in the + "man-ipptool.html" and "man-ipptoolfile.html" files; the latter describes + the test file format supported by ipptool. + + Full documentation on the ippfind command can be found in the + "man-ippfind.html" file. IPPFIND BASIC USAGE @@ -29,10 +39,10 @@ IPPFIND BASIC USAGE ippfind --txt-color T - To run the IPP Everywhere conformance test file on every registered IPP - printer, run the following command instead: + And to run the IPP Everywhere conformance test file on every registered IPP + printer, run the following command: - ippfind --exec ipptool -t '{}' ipp-everywhere.test \; + ippfind _ipp._tcp,_print --exec ipptool -t '{}' ipp-everywhere.test \; IPPTOOL BASIC USAGE @@ -173,37 +183,28 @@ IPP EVERYWHERE TESTING 372 pages including the 90 pages produced by the regular IPP test suite. -READING THE DOCUMENTATION - - The command usage is described in the ipptest(1) man page, while the file - format is described in the ipptestfile(5) man page. Both are provided in - HTML format with the standalone releases of ipptool. - - GETTING SUPPORT AND OTHER RESOURCES - If you have problems, READ THE DOCUMENTATION FIRST! We also provide many + If you have problems, READ THE DOCUMENTATION FIRST! We also provide discussion forums which are available at: - http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php - - See the CUPS web site at "http://www.cups.org/" for other resources. + http://www.cups.org/ REPORTING BUGS - If you believe you have discovered a bug in ipptool, please fill out the - bug form at: + If you believe you have discovered a bug in ippfind or ipptool, please fill + out the bug form at: http://www.cups.org/str.php - Be sure to identify the version of CUPS and ipptool (if you downloaded the - standalone version) you are using, the printer (if any) and firmware - version, and include any files that apply. + Be sure to identify the version of CUPS and ippfind/ipptool (if you + downloaded the standalone version) you are using, the printer (if any) and + firmware version, and include any files that apply. - If you downloaded the standalone version of ipptool, please also re-run the - test with debug logging enabled. Run the following commands on Windows to - enable debug logging: + If you downloaded the standalone version of ippfind/ipptool, please also + re-run the command with debug logging enabled. Run the following commands + on Windows to enable debug logging: setdebug.bat @@ -212,9 +213,9 @@ REPORTING BUGS CUPS_DEBUG_LOG=ipptool.log; export CUPS_DEBUG_LOG CUPS_DEBUG_LEVEL=6; export CUPS_DEBUG_LEVEL - Then when you run the ipptool command a new "ipptool.log" file will be - created with detailed information - attach this file to the bug you file - as well. + Then when you run the ippfind or ipptool command a new "ipptool.log" file + will be created with detailed information - attach this file to the bug you + file as well. LEGAL STUFF