foo2qpdl(1)

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💖 foo2qpdl — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about foo2qpdl from the General Commands Manual section 1, and honestly? she's iconic. she takes Ghostscript's pbmraw / bitcmyk / pksmraw vibes and turns them into a QPDL printer stream. printer girlbossery, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

foo2qpdl — Convert Ghostscript pbmraw or bitcmyk format into a QPDL printer stream

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

foo2qpdl [options] <pbmraw-file >qpdl-file

foo2qpdl [options] <bitcmyk-file >qpdl-file

foo2qpdl [options] <pksmraw-file >qpdl-file

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea 🍓: foo2qpdl converts Ghostscript pbmraw, bitcmyk, or pksmraw output formats into monochrome or color QPDL streams. it's literally the thing that drives these printers:

  • Samsung CLP-300
  • CLX-2160
  • CLP-600
  • CLX-3160
  • CLP-610
  • CLP-620
  • CLP-360
  • CLP-365
  • and the Xerox Phaser 6110 QPDL printers

main character energy for your print queue, fr fr. 👑

🎀 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. the everyday slay.

  • -c — Force color mode if autodetect doesn't work.
  • -d duplex — Duplex code to send to printer [1].
    • 1 — off
    • 2 — long edge
    • 3 — short edge
  • -g xpixxypix — Set page dimensions in pixels [10200x6600].
  • -m media — Media code to send to printer [0].
    • 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 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
    • 21 — custom
  • -n copies — Number of copies [1].
  • -r xresxyres — Set device resolution in pixels/inch [1200x600].
  • -s source — Source (InputSlot) code to send to printer [255].
    • 1 — auto
    • 2 — manual
    • 3 — multi
    • 4 — tray1
  • -t — Draft mode. Every other pixel is white. lowkey a glow-down for your ink budget, and we respect it. 🙈
  • -J filename — Filename string to send to printer.
  • -U username — Username string to send to printer.

🧚 Printer Tweaking Options

these are the options used to customize the operation of foo2qpdl for a particular printer. fine-tuning era. ✨

  • -a b,c,s,cr,mg,yb — Color Adjust: brightness, contrast, saturation, cyan-red balance, magenta-green balance, and yellow-blue balance from 0 to 100. The default is 50,50,50,50,50,50. This only works when the -z3 (e.g. CLP-365) model is set! 💀 (yes, only that one, she's exclusive)
  • -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 QPDL stream [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.
  • -B — BlackClears: K=1 forces C,M,Y to 0. Works with bitcmyk input only.
  • -z model — Printer model. Model 0 is the default.
    • 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

🔍 Debugging Options

these options are used for debugging foo2qpdl. 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 QPDL stream:

gs -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE
    -sPAPERSIZE=letter -r1200x600 -sDEVICE=pbmraw
    -sOutputFile=- - < testpage.ps
| foo2qpdl -r1200x600 -g10200x6600 -p0 >testpage.zm

Create a color QPDL stream:

gs -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE
    -sPAPERSIZE=letter -g10200x6600 -r1200x600 -sDEVICE=bitcmyk
    -sOutputFile=- - < testpage.ps
| foo2qpdl -r1200x600 -g10200x6600 -p0 >testpage.zc

📁 FILES 📁

  • /usr/bin/foo2qpdl

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

💜 AUTHOR 💜

ok that's the whole page bestie, every flag, every code, every default, nothing skipped, periodt. 💅

and for the cute sign-off: this lil beauty lives in the General Commands Manual (section 1), same title on both ends like a lil matching set — foo2qpdl(1) at the top and foo2qpdl(1) at the bottom, with the General Commands Manual name riding along in the header and footer both. 🫶🌸 she's consistent, she's classic, she's iconic. mwah. 😭💖

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