foo2xqx(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, meet foo2xqx — she takes Ghostscript pbmraw and turns it into a XQX printer stream. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

this page lives in the General Commands Manual, section 1, iykyk.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

foo2xqx [options] <pbmraw-file >xqx-file

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

foo2xqx converts Ghostscript pbmraw into monochrome XQX streams, and those streams are what you feed to a whole little squad of printers:

• the HP LaserJet P1005/P1006/P1007/P1008
• the HP LaserJet P1505
• the HP LaserJet P2014
• the HP LaserJet M1005 MFP
• the HP LaserJet M1120 MFP
• the HP LaserJet Pro M1132s MFP
• the HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf MFP
• and other XQX-based printers 🫶

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👑 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS 👑

💖 Normal Options 💖

these are the options you use to pick the parameters of a print job — the stuff that's usually decided per job. main character settings, fr fr.

• -d duplex — the duplex code you send to the printer. default is [1].
  • 1 — off
  • 2 — long edge
  • 3 — short edge
• -g xpixxypix — set page dimensions in pixels. default is [10200x6600]. 📐
• -m media — the media code you send to the printer. default is [1]. (this one's the M1005 table, bestie)
  • standard — 1
  • transparency — 2
  • envelope — 257
  • letterhead — 259
  • thick — 261
  • postcard — 262
  • labels — 263
• -p paper — the paper code you send to the printer. default is [1]. 🗒️
  • 1 — letter
  • 9 — A4
  • 5 — legal
  • 11 — A5
  • 7 — executive
  • 13 — B5
  • 20 — env #10
  • 27 — env DL
  • 28 — env C5
  • 34 — env B5
  • 37 — env Monarch
  • 257 — 16k 197x273
  • 263 — 16k 184x260
  • 264 — 16k 195x270
• -n copies — number of copies. default is [1]. yes you can just ask for more, iconic.
• -r xresxyres — set device resolution in pixels/inch. default is [1200x600]. ✨
• -s source — source (InputSlot) code to send to the printer. default is [7].
  • 1 — upper
  • 4 — manual
  • 2 — lower
  • 7 — auto
• -t — Draft mode. every other pixel is white. lowkey feral but it saves ink 🖨️
• -T density — print density, 1-5. the default is 3 (medium).
• -J filename — filename string to send to the printer.
• -U username — username string to send to the printer.

🎀 Printer Tweaking Options 🎀

these are the options used to customize how foo2xqx operates for a particular printer. your printer, your rules.

• -u xoffxyoff — set the offset of the start of the printable region from the upper left corner, in pixels. default is [0x0].
• -l xoffxyoff — set the offset of the end of the printable region from the lower right corner, in pixels. default is [0x0].
• -L mask — send logical clipping amounts implied by -u/-l in the ZjStream. default is [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.

🔥 Debugging Options 🔥

these ones are for debugging foo2xqx. 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. default is [0].

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

create a black and white XQX stream:

gs -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE
    -sPAPERSIZE=letter -r1200x600 -sDEVICE=pbmraw
    -sOutputFile=- - < testpage.ps
| foo2xqx -r1200x600 -g10200x6600 -p1 >testpage.zm

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🍓 FILES 🍓

• /usr/bin/foo2xqx

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• foo2xqx-wrapper(1)
• xqxdecode(1)

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

• Rick Richardson <rick.richardson@comcast.net>
• http://foo2xqx.rkkda.com/

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 shoutout to the General Commands Manual for hosting foo2xqx(1) — same title top and bottom, no notes. go print something cute 🎀🦋✨