Much Clearer Than “PC LOAD LETTER”

Here is the Ruby Version of the Printer hack…

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Simple HP Printer Hacker
# Written in Ruby by Erik Gregg
# 6/9/06
# Status Usage: hp-message.rb status
# Message Usage: hp-message.rb message “”
require ‘net/telnet’
begin
if ARGV[0].nil?
puts “Read the script.
Status Usage: hp-message.rb status
Message Usage: hp-message.rb message \”\”"
exit
end
host = Net::Telnet::new(“Host” => ARGV[0],
“Port” => 9100,
“Timeout” => 5,
“Prompt” => /\b/n)
if ARGV[1] == “status”
host.cmd(“@PJL INFO STATUS”) { |c| print c }
elsif ARGV[1] == “message”
host.cmd(“@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY=\”"+ARGV[2]+”\”")
else
puts “Oh Cmon. Look at the syntax inside me.”
exit
end
host.close

rescue Timeout::Error
puts “Time to go now!”
exit 1
end