foo2ddst(1)

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💖 foo2ddst(1) — the Gen Z field guide 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about foo2ddst. it lives in the General Commands Manual section of your system, and it is literally the glow-up machine that turns Ghostscript's pbmraw output into a monochrome DDST stream. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

foo2ddst — Convert Ghostscript pbmraw into a DDST printer stream 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

foo2ddst [options] <pbmraw-file >ddst-file

that's it. that's the whole vibe. stdin in, stdout out, she's a pipeline girlie 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea ☕ — foo2ddst converts Ghostscript pbmraw into monochrome DDST streams, and those streams drive the Ricoh Aficio SP 112, the Ricoh Aficio SP 201, and other DDST-based printers. she's niche, she's specific, she knows her audience. iykyk 💅

💅 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS 💅

🌈 Normal Options 🌈

these are the options you use to pick the parameters of a print job — the stuff you'd normally tweak per job. main character energy only.

  • -d duplex — Duplex code to send to printer [1].
    • 1 — off
    • 2 — long edge
    • 3 — short edge
  • -g xpixxypix — Set page dimensions in pixels [5100x6600].
  • -m media — Media code to send to printer [1].
    • plain&recycled — 1
    • paper — 2
    • thin — 3
    • thick — 4
    • recycled — 5
  • -p paper — Paper code to send to printer [1].
    • 1 — letter
    • 2 — legal
    • 3 — executive
    • 4 — invoice(5.5x8.5)
    • 5 — A4
    • 6 — A5
    • 7 — A6
    • 8 — B5 JIS
    • 10 — 16k 197x273
    • 11 — 16k 184x260
    • 12 — 16k 195x270
ok yes bestie, there's no 9. we don't ask. we don't question the lore. 🙈
  • -n copies — Number of copies [1].
  • -r xresxyres — Set device resolution in pixels/inch [600x600].
  • -s source — Source (InputSlot) code to send to printer [7].
    • 1 — tray 1
    • 2 — manual
  • -t — Draft mode. Every other pixel is white. she's on a budget, she's still cute ✨
  • -T density — Print density (1-5). The default is 3 (medium).
  • -J filename — Filename string to send to printer.
  • -U username — Username string to send to printer.

🦋 Printer Tweaking Options 🦋

these are the options for customizing how foo2ddst operates for one specific printer. tailoring, babes. bespoke.

  • -u xoffxyoff — Set the offset of the start of the printable region from the upper left corner, in pixels [0x0].
  • -l xoffxyoff — Set the offset of the end of the printable region from the lower right corner, in pixels [0x0].
  • -L mask — Send logical clipping amounts implied by -u/-l in the ZjStream [3].
    • 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
  • -A — AllIsBlack: convert C=1,M=1,Y=1 to just K=1. Works with bitcmyk input only. (yes, only. respect the boundaries.)
  • -B — BlackClears: K=1 forces C,M,Y to 0. Works with bitcmyk input only. same energy, opposite direction 💀

🔥 Debugging Options 🔥

these are the options used for debugging foo2ddst. detective mode: activated 🕵️

  • -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 black and white DDST stream:

gs -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE
    -sPAPERSIZE=letter -r1200x600 -sDEVICE=pbmraw
    -sOutputFile=- - < testpage.ps
| foo2ddst -r1200x600 -g10200x6600 -p1 >testpage.zm

look at her go. pipeline queen. ate and left no crumbs 🍓

🧚 FILES 🧚

  • /usr/bin/foo2ddst

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

and that's the whole page bestie 💖 this little legend comes to you straight out of the General Commands Manual, authored with love by Rick Richardson <rick.richardson@comcast.net> at http://foo2ddst.rkkda.com/ — and ngl, the footer didn't hand me a version or a date to shout out, so just know she's timeless. periodt. 💅✨

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