How To Find Out HP Network Printer Serial Number Remotely Using Bash Shell On Linux or Unix

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manage a small network including couple of HP printers. Is there an easy way to access HP printer serial number in the terminal on Linux or Unix-like system? How do I find the model, product, and serial number on my HP printer using bash command line options?

 

There are many ways to get this information:

curl command – Standard tool to transfer data from or to a server.

hp-info command – Part of hp-toolbox software.

Printer Management Language to get information from the printer.

Use curl command to query HP printer for serial number

Most HP printers comes with an embedded web-server called HP HTTP Server. The web-server exposes the following info:

Printer name and model

Printer Firmware number

Printer serial number

Examples

The curl command is available on Linux, Apple OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Unix-like operating system. Let us say your printer IP address is 192.168.1.100, enter:

curl -k -I https://192.168.1.100

 

OR

curl -I http://192.168.1.100

 

Sample outputs:

Fig.01: Query printer for serial number

 

In this sample outputs my printer details are as follows:

Printer name: HP Officejet Pro 8600

Printer model number: CM750A

Printer serial number: CN276BKXYZZZZYY

Printer firmware number: CLP1CN1516AR

hp-info command example

The hp-info command query a printer for static model information, dynamic status informtion, and CUPS printer queue settings. This is part of HPLIP (Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing). Itt is an HP developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux.

$ hp-info

 

Sample outputs:

Fig.02: hp-info command in action

 

$ hp-query -n -d  hp_device_name_here

 

Sample outputs:

Fig.03: hp-query command in action