hp-config_usb_printer(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

hp-config_usb_printer — HP device config using USB 💅

---

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: udev is out here invoking this tool, right? and this tool's whole job is detective work. 🔍

It detects the plugin, it catches Smart Install (C/DVD-ROM) issues, and then it notifies the logged-in user about them. Not only that — it also downloads firmware to the device. like, it's doing the absolute most and honestly? we love that for it. 👑

---

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

hp-config_usb_printer [OPTIONS] [USB bus:device]

---

💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -l<level> or --logging=<level> — sets the logging level bestie 🎚️ the <level> can be: none, info*, error, warn, debug — and the * is on info, so info is the default. periodt.
• -g — run it in debug mode 🐛 (same as option: -ldebug)
• -h or --help — this help information, i.e. the "bestie explain" button 🫶

---

🦋 USB BUSDEVICE 🦋

USB bus:device :

"xxx:yyy" where xxx is the USB bus and yyy is the USB device. 🚌

Note: the : and all leading zeros must be present. Like, do NOT drop them. fr fr. 🚨

Use the lsusb command to obtain this information. 🌈

---

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

USB, IDs specified:

$hp-config_usb_printer 001:002

---

🧚 NOTES 🧚

1. Using lsusb to obtain USB IDs: (example)

$ lsusb

      Bus 003 Device 011: ID 03f0:c202 Hewlett-Packard

$ hp-config_usb_printer 003:011

(Note: You may have to run lsusb from /sbin or another location. Use $ locate lsusb to determine this.) 🙈

---

👑 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. 🖨️✨ iconic, honestly.

---

😭 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. 🫶 go yell at them (politely!!) if something's broken.

---

💀 COPYRIGHT 💀

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. 📜

---

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🌈💖 this little number is from the Linux manual, version 1.2, and it's the hp-config_usb_printer(1) page — so go forth, run lsusb, and slay those USB bus:device IDs. no cap. 💅🎀✨