Manual: foo2qpdl-wrapper
foo2qpdl-wrapper(1) General Commands Manual foo2qpdl-wrapper(1)
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 Post‐
script 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 be‐
longs 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 Post‐
script 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
http://foo2qpdl.rkkda.com/