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.