hp-clean(1)

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version 3.24.4 · 2 versions
, in ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, meet hp-clean — the Printer Printhead Cleaning Utility 💅 it's a section 1 (User Manuals) kinda girl, and she is here to clean ur printhead, no cap.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Printhead cleaning utility for HPLIP supported inkjet printers. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

hp-clean [DEVICE_URI|PRINTER_NAME] [MODE] [OPTIONS]

so you can hand her a device URI, or a printer name, then a mode, then options. slay.

🖨️ PRINTER|DEVICE-URI 🖨️

specify a device-URI

  • -d<device-uri> or --device=<device-uri> — point her at a raw device URI, like, "this one, bestie" 🫶

specify a CUPS printer

  • -p<printer> or --printer=<printer> — or just name ur CUPS printer instead. whichever vibe u prefer 💖

🧚 MODE 🧚

run in interactive mode

  • -i or --interactive — she'll walk u through it, hand in hand, main character energy 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

set the logging level

  • -l<level> or --logging=<level> — pick how chatty she is. the levels are: none, info*, error, warn, debug — and heads up, info is the default, that's what the lil asterisk * means 💀

run in debug mode

  • -g — full debug mode. same as option: -ldebug, fr fr 🔥

this help information

  • -h or --help — she tells u everything again, but in terminal. iconic behavior tbh 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

hp-align hp-clean hp-linefeedcal hp-pqdiag

(the whole squad, they roll deep 🌈)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) is an HP developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux. periodt. 🫶

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

The HPLIP Launchpad.net site https://launchpad.net/hplip is available to get help, report bugs, make suggestions, discuss the HPLIP project or otherwise contact the HPLIP Team.

like, if something's broken, GO TELL THEM. they wanna hear it, ngl 🙈

Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, L.P.

This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

so yes she's free, but she comes with zero promises, bestie. read the COPYING file for the fine print 📜

mwah 💖 that's the whole page — brought to u from the Linux crew, version 4.0, and yes the manual itself is dated 4.0 too. go clean that printhead, u got this 🦋✨

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