Photo Card Access Utility
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# hp-unload: Photo Card Access Utility (ver. 3.3)

Access inserted photo cards on supported HPLIP printers. This provides an alternative for older devices that do not support USB mass storage or for access to photo cards over a network.

Usage: hp-unload [PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] [MODE] [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>

[MODE]

Enter interactive mode (ftp-like interface): | -i or --interactive
Enter graphical UI mode: | -u or --gui (Default)
Run in non-interactive mode (batch mode): | -n or --non-interactive

[OPTIONS]

Output directory: | -o<dir> or --output=<dir> (Defaults to current directory)(Only used for non-GUI modes)
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 language: | -q <lang> or --lang=<lang>. Use -q? or --lang=? to see a list of available language codes.
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.
Use 'help' command at the pcard:> prompt for command help (Interactive mode (-i) only).

Page last updated: Wed Apr 2 15:20:37 2008; HPLIP Version: 2.8.4