command.txt - 09/10/2000 - CUPS Drivers
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This file describes the experimental CUPS command file format,
used to send printer commands to a printer in a device-
independent way.
FILE FORMAT INFORMATION
CUPS command files are ASCII text files. The first line of a
CUPS command file MUST contain:
#CUPS-COMMAND
After that, each line is either a command or a comment.
Comments begin with the # character, e.g.:
# This is a comment
The printer commands are described below. Printer commands are
case- insensitive, so "PRINTSELFTESTPAGE", "printselftestpage",
and "PrintSelfTestPage" are equivalent. Commands that accept
arguments have their arguments on the same line separated by
spaces.
PRINTER COMMANDS
The following commands are currently recognized:
Clean all
Clean black
Clean color
Clean cyan
Clean light-cyan
Clean light-magenta
Clean magenta
Clean yellow
Do a standard print head cleaning. If a printer does
not support cleaning of individual colors or cartridges,
then all print heads are cleaned.
PrintAlignmentPage phase
Print an alignment page on the printer. Typically this
page shows the horizontal and vertical alignment of the
print heads with numbers for each. The phase number can
be omitted.
PrintSelfTestPage
Print a self-test page on the printer. Typically this
page shows if all jets on a print head are functioning
properly.
ReportLevels
Reports the levels of each marking color in the
printer-state-message attribute. The format of the
report string is one of:
K=###
C=### M=### Y=###
K=### C=### M=### Y=###
K=### C=### M=### Y=### LC=### LM=###
depending on the marking colors available.
SetAlignment phase x y
Sets the alignment of the print heads in the X and Y
directions. The phase number must match that specified
by the PrintAlignmentPage command or be 0. The Y
direction is not used by some printers.