CJET(1)

📦 version 0.8.9, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 CJET(1) — General Commands Manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for cjet, and yes this is a general commands manual situation, we're in section 1, let's GO 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

cjet — converts HP PCL to Canon CaPSL format 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cjet [options]<input.pcl>output

yes that's the whole thing, no space, it's giving lowercase-chaos but we move 😭

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so this manual page documents briefly the cjet command. real talk: this manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. like, at all. we stepped in. you're welcome 🫶

cjet converts the common HP PCL page description language to Canon's CaPSL, which was used in the mid-1990s by some Canon laser printers. vintage printer lore fr fr 👑

It is normally used as part of a printer filter script, like the Foomatic system. so like, it's not usually the main character — it's the bestie in the background making the whole print job work. main character energy, honestly ✨

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -h — Show summary of options. the little "hey what can you do" moment 💖
  • -f — Use full paint mode instead of partial paint mode. This requires the printer to have at least 1.5 MB of memory to work correctly. no cap, check your printer's memory first or it's gonna be a whole thing 💀
  • -p — Ignore paper size commands. Useful for printing files formatted for paper size X on printers with paper size Y. iconic mismatch-fixing behaviour, periodt 🌈
  • -q — Quiet mode. Suppresses all warning messages. shhh. no thoughts, just printing 🤫
  • -x X — Shift output on paper by X dots horizontally. Positive values of X shift to the right; negative values to the left. Dots are 1/300 inch (0.085 mm). tiny little nudges, we love precision 🧚
  • -y Y — Shift output on paper by Y dots vertically. Positive values of Y shift downwards; negative values shift upwards. vertical bestie to the horizontal one 🦋

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

/usr/share/doc/printer-driver-cjet/README

go read the README, it's right there, iykyk 💜

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was written by Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org> based on the original README file by Michael Huijsmans for the Debian project (but may be used by others). shoutout to both of them, absolute legends, we stan 🎀

and that's the whole vibe check — this page is from July 2, 2003, and it's the CJET(1) manual, section 1, General Commands Manual, forever and always 💖✨🌸 bye bestie, go print something 🖨️👑

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