# HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP)

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Home > Technical Documentation > Man Pages > hp-unload

Access inserted photo cards on supported HPLIP printers. This provides an alternative for older devices that do not support USB mass storage or for access to photo cards over a network.

Usage: hp-unload [PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] [MODE] [OPTIONS]

[PRINTER|DEVICE-URI] (See Notes)

To specify a device-URI: | -d<device-uri> or --device=<device-uri>
To specify a CUPS printer: | -p<printer> or --printer=<printer>

[MODE]

Enter interactive mode (ftp-like interface): | -i or --interactive
Enter graphical UI mode: | -u or --gui (Default)
Run in non-interactive mode (batch mode): | -n or --non-interactive

[OPTIONS]

Output directory: | -o<dir> or --output=<dir> (Defaults to current directory)(Only used for non-GUI modes)
Bus to probe (if device not specified): | -b<bus> or --bus=<bus>
| <bus>: cups*, usb*, net, bt, fw, par* (*defaults) (Note: bt and fw not supported in this release.)
Set the logging level: | -l<level> or --logging=<level>
| <level>: none, info*, error, warn, debug (*default)
Run in debug mode: | -g (same as option: -ldebug)
This help information: | -h or --help

Notes:

1. If device or printer is not specified, the local device bus is probed and the program enters interactive mode.

2. If -p* is specified, the default CUPS printer will be used.

3. Use 'help' command at the pcard:> prompt for command help (Interactive mode (-i) only).

Last update: Tue Aug 1 13:42:02 2006