# WHATPORT(5226)

## NAME

port 5226 — HP Status (hp-status) — The HP printer status channel — usually open on the workstation, not the printer.

Protocol: TCP/UDP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA registers 5226 to Hewlett-Packard as hp-status on TCP and UDP. It is the better-known half of the 5225/5226 pair: the HP Universal Print Driver listens on it so printer status can be delivered back to a workstation. Because it opens on ordinary desktops as a side effect of installing a printer driver, it is a frequent source of internal port-scan alerts that turn out to be benign.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** There is no reason for a desktop print-status listener to be reachable from anywhere but the local network.

## CHECK

```sh
nc -vz -w 3 TARGET 5226
```

## SEE ALSO

- iana — [IANA port registry — 5226 (hp-status)](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=5226) (iana.org)

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