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<h1 class="title">hp-clean: Printer Cartridge Cleaning Utility (ver. 3.0)</h1>
<p>Cartridge cleaning utility for HPLIP supported inkjet printers.</p>
<p><strong>Usage: hp-clean [PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] [OPTIONS]</strong></p>
<p><strong>[PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] (See Notes)</strong></p>
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<tr><td><em>To specify a device-URI:</em></td>
<td>-d<device-uri> or --device=<device-uri></td>
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<tr><td><em>To specify a CUPS printer:</em></td>
<td>-p<printer> or --printer=<printer></td>
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<p><strong>[OPTIONS]</strong></p>
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<tr><td><em>Bus to probe (if device not specified):</em></td>
<td>-b<bus> or --bus=<bus></td>
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<tr><td> </td>
<td><bus>: cups*, usb*, net, bt, fw, par* (*defaults) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)</td>
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<tr><td><em>Set the logging level:</em></td>
<td>-l<level> or --logging=<level></td>
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<tr><td> </td>
<td><level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default)</td>
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<tr><td><em>Run in debug mode:</em></td>
<td>-g (same as option: -ldebug)</td>
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<tr><td><em>This help information:</em></td>
<td>-h or --help</td>
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<p><strong>Examples:</strong></p>
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<tr><td><em>Clean CUPS printer named 'hp5550':</em></td>
<td>$ hp-clean -php5550</td>
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<tr><td><em>Clean printer with URI of 'hp:/usb/DESKJET_990C?serial=12345':</em></td>
<td>$ hp-clean -dhp:/usb/DESKJET_990C?serial=12345</td>
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<p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
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<li>If device or printer is not specified, the local device bus is probed and the program enters interactive mode.</li>
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<li>If -p* is specified, the default CUPS printer will be used.</li>
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<p><strong>See Also:</strong></p>
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<tr><td><a class="reference" href="align.html">hp-align</a></td>
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<tr><td><a class="reference" href="colorcal.html">hp-colorcal</a></td>
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<center><small>Page last updated: Fri Feb 8 18:07:19 2008; HPLIP Version: 2.8.2</small></center>
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