pycupscli 1.2.0

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PyCUPS CLI

Allows to interact with CUPS in CLI using pycups. This script outputs the data in JSON, which allows to easily parse it in scripts with jq. For example getting a list of installed printers and their status is as simple as: pycupscli printers | jq -r 'keys[] as $k | "\($k): \(.[$k]["printer-state"])"'.

Usage

pycupscli [check, devices, printers, cancel, remove, add, info, print] -j jobid -p name -u uri -d driver -f file -o opts -a -s server -P port -U user

Where subcommands are:

• check: check that the CUPS server is running and accessible, similar to lpstat -r
• devices: returns a list of available devices, including network printers, similar to lpinfo -v
• printers: returns the list of configured printers, similar to lpstat -v
• cancel: cancels one or all jobs for a printer, requires -u uri and either -a or -j jobid
• remove: remove a printer, requires either -u uri or -p name
• add: add a printer, requires -u uri, -p name and -d driver
• info: returns the attributes of an existing job or printer, requires -j jobid or -p name or -u uri
• print: print a file, requires -p name and -f file, optionally -o opts with options seralized as a json object

The optional -s, -P and -U arguments allow to specify the CUPS address (or socker path), port and user.

The output of the script is just the raw data returned by pycups, serialized as json.