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ipptool(1) Apple Inc. ipptool(1)
NAME
ipptool - perform internet printing protocol requests
SYNOPSIS
ipptool [ --help ] [ --ippserver filename ] [
--stop-after-include-error ] [ --version ] [ -4 ] [ -6 ] [ -C ] [
-E ] [ -I ] [ -L ] [ -P filename.plist ] [ -R ] [ -S ] [ -T
seconds ] [ -V version ] [ -X ] [ -c ] [ -d name=value ] [ -f
filename ] [ -h ] [ -i seconds ] [ -n repeat-count ] [ -q ] [ -t
] [ -v ] printer-uri testfile [ ... testfile ]
DESCRIPTION
ipptool sends IPP requests to the specified printer-uri and tests
and/or displays the results. Each named testfile defines one or
more requests, including the expected response status,
attributes, and values. Output is either a plain text, formatted
text, CSV, or XML report on the standard output, with a non-zero
exit status indicating that one or more tests have failed. The
testfile format is described in ipptoolfile(5).
OPTIONS
The following options are recognized by ipptool:
--help
Shows program help.
--ippserver filename
Specifies that the test results should be written to the
named ippserver attributes file.
--stop-after-include-error
Tells ipptool to stop if an error occurs in an included
file. Normally ipptool will continue with subsequent tests
after the INCLUDE directive.
--version
Shows the version of ipptool being used.
-4 Specifies that ipptool must connect to the printer or server
using IPv4.
-6 Specifies that ipptool must connect to the printer or server
using IPv6.
-C Specifies that requests should be sent using the HTTP/1.1
"Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header, which is required for
conformance by all versions of IPP. The default is to use
"Transfer-Encoding: chunked" for requests with attached
files and "Content-Length:" for requests without attached
files.
-E Forces TLS encryption when connecting to the server using
the HTTP "Upgrade" header.
-I Specifies that ipptool will continue past errors.
-L Specifies that requests should be sent using the HTTP/1.0
"Content-Length:" header, which is required for conformance
by all versions of IPP. The default is to use
"Transfer-Encoding: chunked" for requests with attached
files and "Content-Length:" for requests without attached
files.
-P filename.plist
Specifies that the test results should be written to the
named XML (Apple plist) file in addition to the regular test
report (-t). This option is incompatible with the -i
(interval) and -n (repeat-count) options.
-R Retries tests when the "server-error-busy" status code is
returned.
-S Forces (dedicated) TLS encryption when connecting to the
server.
-T seconds
Specifies a timeout for IPP requests in seconds.
-V version
Specifies the default IPP version to use: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0,
2.1, or 2.2. If not specified, version 1.1 is used.
-X Specifies that XML (Apple plist) output is desired instead
of the plain text report. This option is incompatible with
the -i (interval) and -n (repeat-count) options.
-c Specifies that CSV (comma-separated values) output is
desired instead of the plain text output.
-d name=value
Defines the named variable.
-f filename
Defines the default request filename for tests.
-h Validate HTTP response headers.
-i seconds
Specifies that the (last) testfile should be repeated at the
specified interval. This option is incompatible with the -X
(XML plist output) option.
-l Specifies that plain text output is desired.
-n repeat-count
Specifies that the (last) testfile should be repeated the
specified number of times. This option is incompatible with
the -X (XML plist output) option.
-q Be quiet and produce no output.
-t Specifies that CUPS test report output is desired instead of
the plain text output.
-v Specifies that all request and response attributes should be
output in CUPS test mode (-t). This is the default for XML
output.
EXIT STATUS
The ipptool program returns 0 if all tests were successful and 1
otherwise.
FILES
The following standard files are available:
color.jpg
create-printer-subscription.test
document-a4.pdf
document-a4.ps
document-letter.pdf
document-letter.ps
get-completed-jobs.test
get-jobs.test
get-notifications.test
get-printer-attributes.test
get-subscriptions.test
gray.jpg
ipp-1.1.test
ipp-2.0.test
ipp-2.1.test
ipp-2.2.test
ipp-everywhere.test
onepage-a4.pdf
onepage-a4.ps
onepage-letter.pdf
onepage-letter.ps
print-job.test
print-job-deflate.test
print-job-gzip.test
testfile.jpg
testfile.pcl
testfile.pdf
testfile.ps
testfile.txt
validate-job.test
CONFORMING TO
The ipptool program is unique to CUPS and conforms to the
Internet Printing Protocol up to version 2.2.
EXAMPLES
Get a list of completed jobs for "myprinter":
ipptool ipp://localhost/printers/myprinter get-completed-jobs.test
Send email notifications to "user@example.com" when "myprinter"
changes:
ipptool -d recipient=mailto:user@example.com \
ipp://localhost/printers/myprinter create-printer-subscription.test
SEE ALSO
ipptoolfile(5), IANA IPP Registry
(http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipp-registrations), PWG Internet
Printing Protocol Workgroup (http://www.pwg.org/ipp) RFC 8011
(http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8011),
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2007-2021 by Apple Inc.
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Pages that refer to this page: ippfind(1), ipptoolfile(5)