HP Printer Binding

This binding supports HP Printers (opens new window), which are reachable through IP on the local network.

Supported Things

There is only one thing type named printer. All channels are added dynamically depending on the type of printer and its capabilities.

Discovery

This binding uses mDNS for discovering HP Printers on the local network.

Thing Configuration

The configuration parameters are:

Parameter	Name	Type	Required	Default
IP Address	ipAddress	String	yes
Usage Refresh Interval (seconds)	usageInterval	Integer		30
Status Refresh Interval (seconds)	statusInterval	Integer		4

Channels

Channel	Group	Name	Data Type
Printer Status	status	status	String
Tray Empty/Open	status	trayEmptyOrOpen	Switch
Scanner Status	status	scannerStatus	String
ADF Loaded	status	scannerAdfLoaded	Switch
Black Colour Level	usage	blackLevel	Number:Dimensionless
Colour Level	usage	colorLevel	Number:Dimensionless
Cyan Colour Level	usage	cyanLevel	Number:Dimensionless
Magenta Colour Level	usage	magentaLevel	Number:Dimensionless
Yellow Colour Level	usage	yellowLevel	Number:Dimensionless
Black Marking Used	usage	blackMarker	Number:Volume
Colour Marking Used	usage	colorMarker	Number:Volume
Cyan Marking Used	usage	cyanMarker	Number:Volume
Magenta Marking Used	usage	magentaMarker	Number:Volume
Yellow Marking Used	usage	yellowMarker	Number:Volume
Black Pages Remaining	usage	blackPagesRemaining	Number
Colour Pages Remaining	usage	colorPagesRemaining	Number
Cyan Pages Remaining	usage	cyanPagesRemaining	Number
Magenta Pages Remaining	usage	magentaPagesRemaining	Number
Yellow Pages Remaining	usage	yellowPagesRemaining	Number
Total Number of Pages Printed Lifetime	usage	totalCount	Number
Total Number of Colour Pages Printed	usage	totalColorCount	Number
Total Number of Monochrome Pages Printed	usage	totalMonochromeCount	Number
Paper Jams	usage	jamEvents	Number
Missed Pick Events	usage	mispickEvents	Number
Front Panel Cancel Count	usage	fpCancelCount	Number
Subscription Count	usage	subscriptionCount	Number
Scanner Document Feeder Count	scanner	totalAdf	Number
Scanner Flatbed Count	scanner	totalFlatbed	Number
Scanner Paper Jams	scanner	jamEvents	Number
Scanner Missed Picks	scanner	mispickEvents	Number
Scan Document Feeder Count	scan	totalAdf	Number
Scan Flatbed Count	scan	totalFlatbed	Number
Scan to Email Count	scan	totalToEmail	Number
Scan to Folder Count	scan	totalToFolder	Number
Scan to Host Count	scan	totalToHost	Number
Copy Document Feeder Count	copy	totalAdf	Number
Copy Flatbed Count	copy	totalFlatbed	Number
Copy Total Pages Count	copy	totalCount	Number
Copy Total Colour Pages Count	copy	totalColorCount	Number
Copy Total Monochrome Pages Count	copy	totalMonochromeCount	Number
Windows Page Count	app	totalWin	Number
Android Page Count	app	totalAndroid	Number
iOS Page Count	app	totalIos	Number
OSX Page Count	app	totalOsx	Number
Samsung Page Count	app	totalSamsung	Number
Chrome Page Count	app	totalChrome	Number
Google Cloud Print Count	other	cloudPrint	Number

Notes:

• All channels are dynamically added at runtime.
• The word color in channel names follows American spelling ("color").
• The colorLevel, colorMarkingUsed and colorPagesRemaining channels are used on printers that have only a single color cartridge instead of separate Ccyan, magenta and yellow cartridges.
• The scanner group is for the scanning engine which consists of scan, copy and other operations; the scan group is for scanner operations only.
• If no status group channels are selected, then those relevant data endpoints on the Embedded Web Server are not polled for status information.

Full Textual Example

Thing File

Thing hpprinter:printer:djprinter "Printer" @ "Office" [ ipAddress="192.168.1.1", usageInterval="30", statusInterval="4" ]

Item File

String PrinterStatus "Status" { channel="hpprinter:printer:djprinter:status#status" }

Number:Dimensionless PrinterBlackLevel "Black Level" { channel="hpprinter:printer:djprinter:ink#blackLevel" }
Number:Dimensionless PrinterCyanLevel "Cyan Level" { channel="hpprinter:printer:djprinter:ink#cyanLevel" }
Number:Dimensionless PrinterMagentaLevel "Magenta Level" { channel="hpprinter:printer:djprinter:ink#magentaLevel" }
Number:Dimensionless PrinterYellowLevel "Yellow Level" { channel="hpprinter:printer:djprinter:ink#yellowLevel" }

Number PrinterTotalPages "Total Pages" { channel="hpprinter:printer:djprinter:usage#totalCount" }
Number PrinterTotalColourPages "Total Colour Pages" { channel="hpprinter:printer:djprinter:usage#totalColorCount" }
Number PrinterTotalMonochromePages "Total Monochrome Pages" { channel="hpprinter:printer:djprinter:usage#totalMonochromeCount" }

Sitemap File

Black Ink displayed as a whole percentage - 60 %

Text item=hpprinter_printer_djprinter_ink_blackLevel label="Black [%.0f %unit%]"

Black Marker displayed in millilitres - 21 ml
Default

Text item=hpprinter_printer_djprinter_usage_blackMarker label="Black Marker [%.0f %unit%]"

Black Marker displayed in litres - 0.021 l

Text item=hpprinter_printer_djprinter_usage_blackMarker label="Black Marker [%.3f l]"

Black Marker displayed in microlitres - 21000 µl

Text item=hpprinter_printer_djprinter_usage_blackMarker label="Black Marker [%.0f µl]"

Scanner Document Feeder loaded with text status display - ON or OFF

Text item=hpprinter_printer_djprinter_status_scannerAdfLoaded label="ADF Loaded [%s]"

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