Command Line

Compatibility

✅ 2.2 | ⚠️ 2.1 | ⛔ 2.0 | ⛔ 1.9 ...

Environmental Variables

Variable	Description	Usage
`_JAVA_OPTIONS`	Sets Java command line options for all Java VMs to be picked up. ⚠️ WARNING: Use with caution, impacts all Java instances and applications.	`export _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Xmx4096m`
`QZ_OPTS`	Sets Java command line options for only QZ Tray to pick up. (will NOT impact other Java applications) Since 2.1.3	`export QZ_OPTS=-Xmx4096m` or `export QZ_OPTS=-DtrustedRootCert=custom_cert.pem`

💡 Environmental variables will take effect after QZ Tray is restarted.

Windows Environment Variables

Windows environmental variables are often set through Advanced System Settings, Advanced, Environment Variables. Alternatively,through the set|setx command.

setx QZ_OPTS "-Xmx4096m"

... and to revert:

setx QZ_OPTS ""

macOS Environment Variables

macOS environmental variables do not persist; set via defaults write instead:

defaults write io.qz.qz-tray QZ_OPTS -string "-Xmx4096m"`

... and to revert:

defaults delete io.qz.qz-tray QZ_OPTS

💡 For custom branded (white-label) customers, this command will change to defaults write <BUNDLE_ID>.
... where <BUNDLE_ID> is the value returned from java -jar /Applications/MyApp.app/my-app.jar --bundleid

Installer Options

See deployment steps.

Command Line Usage

Since 2.2.0

# Windows
"C:\Program Files\QZ Tray\qz-tray-console.exe" [options]

# Mac
"/Applications/QZ Tray.app/Contents/MacOS/QZ Tray" [options]

# Linux
"/opt/qz-tray/qz-tray" [options]

USAGE
   java -jar qz-tray.jar [options]

INFORMATION
  --help, -h, /?              Display help information and exit.
  --version, -v               Display version information and exit.
  --bundleid, -i              Display Apple bundle identifier and exit.
  --libinfo, -l               Display detailed library version information and exit.

ACTION
  --allow, --whitelist, -a    Add the specified certificate to allowed.dat.
                                java -jar qz-tray.jar --allow cert.pem
  --block, --blacklist, -b    Add the specified certificate to blocked.dat.
                                java -jar qz-tray.jar --block cert.pem
  --file-allow                Add the specified file.allow entry to qz-tray.properties for FileIO operations
                              sandboxed to a specified certificate if provided
                                java -jar qz-tray.jar --file-allow /my/file/path [--sandbox "Company Name"]
  --file-remove               Removes the specified file.allow entry from qz-tray.properties for FileIO operations
                                java -jar qz-tray.jar --file-remove /my/file/path

OPTION
  --honorautostart, -A        Read and honor any autostart preferences before launching.
  --steal, qz:steal           Ask other running instance to stop so that this instance can take precedence.
  --headless                  Force startup "headless" without graphical interface or interactive components.

INSTALLER
  preinstall                  Perform critical pre-installation steps: Stop instances, all other special considerations.
  install                     Copy to the specified destination and preforms platform-specific registration.
                                java -jar qz-tray.jar install --dest /my/install/location [--silent]
  certgen                     Performs certificate generation and registration for proper HTTPS support.
                                java -jar qz-tray.jar certgen [--key key.pem --cert cert.pem] [--pfx cert.pfx --pass 12345] [--host "list;of;hosts"]
  uninstall                   Perform all uninstall tasks: Stop instances, delete files, unregister settings.
  spawn                       Spawn an instance of the specified program as the logged-in user, avoiding starting as the root user if possible.
                                java -jar qz-tray.jar spawn [program params ...]

BUILD
  jlink                       Download, compress and bundle a Java Runtime
                                java -jar qz-tray.jar jlink [--platform mac|windows|linux] [--arch x64|aarch64]
                                  [--gc hotspot|j9]

For help on a specific command:
  Usage: java -jar qz-tray.jar --help (command)
    --help install
    --help certgen

System Properties

QZ Tray will honor Java system properties via command-line override or via qz-tray.properties.

Property	Description	Example
`trustedRootCert`	Overrides the internal licensing certificate by reading the path provided.	`java -DtrustedRootCert=custom_cert.pem -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`tray.notifications`	Show verbose connect/disconnect notifications in the tray area.	`java -Dtray.notifications=true -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`tray.headless`	Force QZ Tray into headless mode	`java -Dtray.headless=true -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`tray.monocle`	Enable/disable monocle JavaFX rendering engine	`java -Dtray.monocle=false -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`tray.strictmode`	Use strict certificate mode	`java -Dtray.strictmode=true -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`tray.idle.printers`	When idle, fetch printers in the background	`java -Dtray.idle.printers=false -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`tray.idle.javafx`	When idle, startup Java FX in the background	`java -Dtray.javafx=true -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`tray.file.enabled`	Enable/disable File IO	`java -Dtray.file.enabled=false -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`tray.file.strict`	Enable/disable valid signatures for File IO	`java -Dtray.file.strict=false -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`printer.status.jobdata`	Returns binary job data with printer job events (Since 2.2.2)	`java -Dprinter.status.jobdata=true -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`log.disable`	Disables logging. (Since 2.2.3)	`java -Dlog.disable=true -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`log.size`	Modify the log file size before rotating to a new file (Since 2.2.3)	`java -Dlog.size=2097152 -jar qz-tray.jar ...`
`log.rotate`	Modifies the number of rotated log files. (Since 2.2.3)	`java -Dlog.rotate=9 -jar qz-tray.jar ...`

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