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How do I print a test page from the command line?

Asked by Vikram Hegde

Everything is running smoothly with HPLIP, but I want to print a test page from the command line. I am trying to schedule my printer to print once a week using crontab, but I need to tell it what command to run. The hp-testpage command seemed like the right one but it launches a GUI and you have to manually click a button to print. I want it to print automatically at a certain time without my intervention. Please let me know how to do this. Thank you.

EDIT: The reason I need to print once a week is to prevent my ink cartridges from drying up.

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Best Ajay Kedar (ajay-kedar) said : 		#1

Hi Vikram,

Please try this command on terminal hp-testpage -i -p<Printer Name>.
Hope this will solve the problem

Regards,
Ajay

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Vikram Hegde (vikramh50) said : 		#2

It works, thank you. I was able to get it working without -p, I guess because I only have one printer, or perhaps because it may be set to default.