hp-makecopies(1)

💖 hp-makecopies(1) — the Make Copies Utility, bestie edition 💖

okay so real quick, this is a User Manuals page, section 1, and it's all about hp-makecopies — yes that's the command, and yes it's giving ✨scanner-core✨. It lives on your system as hp-makecopies(1) iykyk. Let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

hp-makecopies — the Make Copies Utility. that's it, that's the vibe 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So basically: this does the PC initiated make copies function on supported HP AiO and MFP devices. like you're telling your printer to make copies, but from the computer, main character energy fr fr.

🙈 little note bestie: it's currently unsupported in Qt4. not me, that's literally what the page says. don't come for me.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

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🎀 PRINTER|DEVICE-URI 🎀

okay so you gotta tell it what to talk to. two ways:

• -d<device-uri> or --device=<device-uri> — use this to specify a device-URI 🫶
• -p<printer> or --printer=<printer> — use this to specify a CUPS printer 💖

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🧚 MODE 🧚

• -n or --non-interactive — run in non-interactive mode, aka no chatting, just doing 💅

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

here's the whole menu, no gatekeeping:

• -l<level> or --logging=<level> — set the logging level. your choices are: none, info*, error, warn, debug — and the * means info is the default ⭐
• -g — run in debug mode. same as option: -ldebug 🔥
• -h or --help — this help information 🫶
• -m<num_copies> or --copies=<num_copies> or --num=<num_copies> — number of copies. range is 1-99 🌈
• -r<%> or --reduction=<%> or --enlargement=<%> — reduction/enlargement. range is 25-400% 🔍
• -q<quality> or --quality=<quality> — quality, where quality is one of: 'fast', 'draft', 'normal', 'presentation', or 'best' ✨
• -c<contrast> or --contrast=<contrast> — contrast. range is -5 to +5 🎚️
• -f or --fittopage or --fit — fit to page (flatbed only). heads up: this overrides reduction/enlargement ⚠️

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💜 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 👑

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🍓 REPORTING BUGS 🍓

got a bug? a suggestion? a whole thought? 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. they want to hear from you fr fr 🫶

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🌈 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.

💀 "ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY" in all caps is so dramatic of them and honestly? valid. read the COPYING file bestie.

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okay that's the whole page!! it's giving Linux, version 4.0 energy, and this little hp-makecopies(1) manual said everything it needed to say. go make some copies, you absolute icon 💅✨🦋