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Net::CUPS::Destination(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::CUPS::Destination(3pm)
 

NAME

Net::CUPS::Destination - CUPS Destination Object

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::CUPS::Destination;
  my $printer = $cups->getDestination( "lj4200dn" );
  my $name = $printer->getName();
  my @options = $printer->getOptions();
  my $jobid = $printer->printFile( $filename, $title );

DESCRIPTION

Net::CUPS is an object oriented interface to the Common Unix Printing System.
Net::CUPS::Destination is an abstraction of the concept of a destination in CUPS. Destinations will most likely be a printer, but it can be any type of target in which a file is sent for processing.

METHODS

addOption
$dest->addOption( $name, $value );
Method to add another option name/value pair to the destination.
cancelJob
my $dest->cancelJob( $jobid );
Method to chancel a job sent to this destination.
getDescription
my $description = $dest->getDescription();
Provides the description string associated with this printer.
getError
my $error = $dest->getError();
Utility method for returning the last error that occured.
getName
my $name = $dest->getName();
Method to return the name of the destination.
getJob
my $job = $dest->getJob( $jobid )
Method to get a specific job as a hash of attributes.
getJobs
my @jobs = $dest->getJobs( $whose, $scope );
This method will return an array of job identifiers. $whose is 0 for all users and 1 is just for the selected user. $scope is -1 for all jobs, 0 for active jobs and 1 for completed jobs.
getLocation
Returns the location string for this destination.
getOptionValue
my $value = $dest->getOptionValue( $name );
This utility method will return the value of the selected option.
getOptions
my @options = $dest->getOptions();
This method will return an array of the options currently set on the destination.
printFile
my $jobid = $dest->printFile( $filename, $title );
I know this is the method that you have been looking for. This is what you will use to send a file to handled by the destination. You must provide the name of the file and a title for the job.
getUri
my $uri = $dest->getUri();
This function returns the device URI of a destination. For example, a network printer might appear as socket://192.168.1.1

SEE ALSO

Net::CUPS, Net::CUPS::PPD, Net::CUPS::IPP

SUPPORT

Support for this module and other software developed by Dracken Technology, Inc can be found at http://www.dracken.com/.

AUTHOR

Dracken Technology, Inc. (http://www.dracken.com/)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2003-2005 David Hageman
Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Dracken Technology, Inc.
All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, the CUPS logo, and ESP Print Pro are the trademark property of Easy Software Products.
2009-08-19 perl v5.20.0