NAME¶
foo2qpdl-wrapper - Convert Postscript into a QPDL printer stream
SYNOPSIS¶
foo2qpdl-wrapper [
options] [
ps-file]
DESCRIPTION¶
foo2qpdl-wrapper is a Foomatic compatible printer wrapper for the
foo2qpdl printer driver. This script reads a Postscript
ps-file
or standard input and converts it to Samsung/Xerox QPDL printer format for
driving the Samsung CLP-300, CLX-2160, CLX-3160, CLP-315, CLX-3175, CLP-600,
CLP-610, CLP-620, CLP-360, CLP-365, and Xerox Phaser 6110 QPDL printers.
This script can be used in a standalone fashion, but is intended to be called
from a printer spooler system which uses the Foomatic printer database.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS¶
Normal Options¶
These are the options used to select the parameters of a print job that are
usually controlled on a per job basis.
- -c
- Print in color (else monochrome).
- -C colormode
- Color correction mode [0].
1 |
CRD |
10 |
ICM color profile (using -G *.icm file) |
- -d duplex
- Duplex code to send to printer [1].
1 |
off |
2 |
long edge |
3 |
short edge |
- -m media
- Media code to send to printer [0].
|
Media |
QPDL |
|
|
plain |
0 |
|
thick |
1 |
|
thin |
2 |
|
bond |
3 |
|
color |
4 |
|
card |
5 |
|
labels |
6 |
|
envelope |
7 |
|
preprinted |
8 |
|
cotton |
9 |
|
recycled |
10 |
|
transparency |
11 |
|
archive |
12 |
|
- -p paper
- Paper size code to send to printer [0].
0 |
letter |
1 |
legal |
2 |
A4 |
3 |
executive |
6 |
env #10 |
7 |
env Monarch |
8 |
env C5 |
9 |
env DL |
11 |
B5jis |
12 |
B5iso |
16 |
A5 |
17 |
A6 |
23 |
env C6 |
24 |
folio |
25 |
env 6.75 |
26 |
env #9 |
28 |
oficio |
|
|
- -n copies
- Number of copies [1].
- -r xresxyres
- Set device resolution in pixels/inch [1200x600].
- -s source
- Source (Input Slot) code to send to printer [255].
1 |
auto |
2 |
manual |
3 |
multi |
4 |
tray1 |
- -t
- Draft mode. Every other pixel is white.
- -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -8 -9 -10 -12 -14 -15 -16 -18
- Print in N-up. Requires the psutils package.
- -o orient
- Orientation used for N-up.
Portrait |
-op |
(normal) |
Landscape |
-ol |
(rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise) |
Seascape |
-os |
(rotated 90 degrees clockwise) |
Printer Tweaking Options¶
These are the options used to customize the operation of
foo2qpdl for a
particular printer.
- -u xoffxyoff
- Set the offset of the start of the printable region from the upper left
corner, in pixels [varies with paper size].
- -l xoffxyoff
- Set the offset of the end of the printable region from the lower right
corner, in pixels [varies with paper size].
- -L mask
- Send the logical clipping values from -u/-l in the QPDL stream.
foo2qpdl-wrapper always runs Ghostscript with the ideal page
dimensions, so that the scale of the image is correct, regardless whether
or not the printer has unprintable regions. This option is used to move
the position of the clipped image back to where it belongs on the page.
The default is to send the amount which was clipped by -u and -l, and
should be good in most cases.
0 |
don't send any logical clipping amounts |
1 |
only send Y clipping amount |
2 |
only send X clipping amount |
3 |
send both X and Y clipping amounts |
- -z model
- Printer model. Model 0 is the default.
model |
Description |
0 |
CLP-300, CLX-2160, CLX-3160 |
1 |
CLP-600 |
2 |
CLP-310, CLP-315, CLP-610, CLX-3175 |
3 |
CLP-620, CLP-360, CLP-365 |
Color Tweaking Options¶
These are the options used to control the quality of color output. Color
correction is currently a WORK IN PROGRESS.
- -a parm=val
- Color Adjust. parm is b, c, s, cr, mg, yb for brightness, contrast,
saturation, cyan-red balance, magenta-green balance, and yellow-blue
balance. val is 0 to 100. Multiple options are allowed. The default
is "-ab=50 -ac=50 -as=50 -acr=50 -amg=50 -ayb=50". This only
works when the -z3 (e.g. CLP-365) model is set!
- -g gsopts
- Additional options to pass to Ghostscript, such as
-g“-dDITHERPPI=nnn”, etc. This option may appear more than
once.
- -G profile.icm
- Convert profile.icm to a Postscript color rendering dictionary
(CRD) using foo2zjs-icc2ps and adjust the printer colors by using
the Postscript setcolorrendering operator. (WORK IN PROGRESS).
- -G gamma-file.ps
- Prepend gamma-file.ps to the Postscript input to perform color
correction using the setcolortransfer Postscript operator. For
example, the file might contain:
{0.333 exp} {0.333 exp} {0.333 exp} {0.333 exp} setcolortransfer
- -I intent
- Select profile intent from the ICM file. 0=Perceptual, 1=Colorimetric,
2=Saturation, 3=Absolute. Default is 0 (perceptual).
Debugging Options¶
These options are used for debugging
foo2qpdl and its wrapper.
- -S plane
- Output just a single color plane from a color print and print it on the
black plane. The default is to output all color planes.
1 |
Cyan |
2 |
Magenta |
3 |
Yellow |
4 |
Black |
- -D level
- Set Debug level [0].
EXAMPLES¶
Create a monochrome QPDL stream from a Postscript document, examine it, and then
print it using a RAW print queue:
foo2qpdl-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
qpdldecode < testpage.zm
lpr -P raw testpage.zm
Create a color QPDL stream from a Postscript document:
foo2qpdl-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc
FILES¶
/usr/bin/foo2qpdl-wrapper
SEE ALSO¶
foo2qpdl(1),
qpdldecode(1)
AUTHOR¶
Rick Richardson <rick.richardson@comcast.net>
http://foo2qpdl.rkkda.com/