Manual: foo2slx-wrapper

foo2slx-wrapper(1)				   General Commands Manual				  foo2slx-wrapper(1)

NAME
       foo2slx-wrapper - Convert Postscript into a SLX printer stream

SYNOPSIS
       foo2slx-wrapper [options] [ps-file]

DESCRIPTION
       foo2slx-wrapper	is  a Foomatic compatible printer wrapper for the foo2slx printer driver.  This script reads a Post‐
       script ps-file or standard input and converts it to Software Imaging K.K. SLX printer format for driving the  Lexmark
       C500 network color laser printer and other SLX-based 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).

       -m media
	      Media code to send to printer [0].
	      ───────────────────────
	      Media	     SLX
	      ───────────────────────
	      plain	      0
	      transparency    1
	      labels	      2
	      thick1	      3
	      envelope1	      4
	      thin	      5
	      thick2	      6
	      envelope2	      7
	      middle	      8
	      special	      9

       -p paper
	      Paper size code to send to printer [6].
	      ┌────────────────┬─────────────┐
	      │	 6   letter    │  2   A4     │
	      │	 9   legal     │  4   B5     │
	      │	 8   executive │  5   B5iso  │
	      │ 10   env #10   │ 11   env DL │
	      └────────────────┴─────────────┘

       -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 [0].
	      ┌──────────┬───────────────┐
	      │ 0   auto │ 1   cassette1 │
	      └──────────┴───────────────┘

       -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 foo2slx 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].  The defaults should work on the 2200DL and 2300DL, and have not been tested on any other printers.

       -l xoffxyoff
	      Set  the	offset	of the end of the printable region from the lower right corner, in pixels [varies with paper
	      size].  The defaults should work on the 2200DL and 2300DL, and have not been tested on any other printers.

       -L mask
	      Send the logical clipping values from -u/-l in the ZjStream.  foo2slx-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

   Color Tweaking Options
       These are the options used to control the quality of color output.  Color correction is currently a WORK IN PROGRESS.

       -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 foo2slx 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 ZjStream from a Postscript document, examine it, and then print it using a RAW print queue:

	      foo2slx-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
	      slxdecode < testpage.zm
	      lpr -P raw testpage.zm

       Create a color ZjStream stream from a Postscript document:

	      foo2slx-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc

FILES
       /usr/bin/foo2slx-wrapper

SEE ALSO
       foo2slx(1), slxdecode(1)

AUTHOR
       Rick Richardson 
       http://foo2slx.rkkda.com/