xqxdecode(1)

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version 20200505dfsg0 · 11 versions
, in ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, first things first: this is xqxdecode(1), a General Commands Manual page, and it does exactly one thing and does it flawlessly.

xqxdecode — Decode a XQX stream into human readable form. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

xqxdecode [options] <xqx-file

like, that's it. that's the whole invocation. she's low maintenance. 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so xqxdecode decodes a XQX stream into human readable form. periodt. no cap.

and what even is an XQX stream? bestie it's the printer language used by some HP LaserJet printers, such as the HP LaserJet M1005 (MFP). iconic of them honestly. 🖨️✨

🎀 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS 🎀

these are the options that can appear on the command line, and yes you can mix and match, she's flexible.

  • -d basename — basename of .pbm file for saving decompressed planes. like, she'll hand you the planes as .pbm files and this is what you wanna call them. 🖼️
  • -h — print hex file offsets. so every line gets a cute little hex address in front, iykyk. 🔢
  • -o — print file offsets. same energy as -h but without the hex, so it's giving... offsets. 😌
  • -D level — set Debug level [0]. default is 0, and honestly if you need this you already know. 🐛

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

decode an XQX stream file created by foo2xqx. look at her go:

$ xqxdecode -h < testpage.xm
     0: \033%-12345X@PJL JOB
    12: @PJL SET JAMRECOVERY=OFF
    2b: @PJL SET DENSITY=3
    3e: @PJL SET ECONOMODE=OFF
    55: @PJL SET RET=MEDIUM
    69: @PJL INFO STATUS
    7a: @PJL USTATUS DEVICE = ON
    93: @PJL USTATUS JOB = ON
    a9: @PJL USTATUS PAGE = ON
    c0: @PJL USTATUS TIMED = 30
   10c: @PJL SET JOBATTR="JobAttr4=20061118160242"
   10c: XQX_MAGIC, 0x5851582c (,XQX)
   110: XQX_START_DOC(1), 7 items
   118:         XQXI_0x80000000, 84 (0x54)
   124:         XQXI_0x10000005, 1 (0x1)
   130:         XQXI_0x10000001, 0 (0x0)
   13c:         XQXI_DMDUPLEX, 0 (0x0)
   148:         XQXI_0x10000000, 0 (0x0)
   154:         XQXI_0x10000003, 1 (0x1)
   160:         XQXI_END, 3735928559 (0xdeadbeef)
   16c: XQX_START_PAGE(3), 15 items [Page 1]
   174:         XQXI_0x80000000, 180 (0xb4)
   180:         XQXI_0x20000005, 1 (0x1)
   18c:         XQXI_DMDEFAULTSOURCE, 7 (0x7)
   198:         XQXI_DMMEDIATYPE, 1 (0x1)
   1a4:         XQXI_0x20000007, 1 (0x1)
   1b0:         XQXI_RESOLUTION_X, 600 (0x258)
   1bc:         XQXI_RESOLUTION_Y, 600 (0x258)
   1c8:         XQXI_RASTER_X, 9856 (0x2680)
   1d4:         XQXI_RASTER_Y, 6432 (0x1920)
   1e0:         XQXI_VIDEO_BPP, 2 (0x2)
   1ec:         XQXI_VIDEO_X, 4923 (0x133b)
   1f8:         XQXI_VIDEO_Y, 6432 (0x1920)
   204:         XQXI_ECONOMODE, 0 (0x0)
   210:         XQXI_DMPAPER, 1 (0x1)
   21c:         XQXI_END, 3735928559 (0xdeadbeef)
   228: XQX_START_PLANE(5), 4 items
   230:         XQXI_0x80000000, 64 (0x40)
   23c:         XQXI_0x40000000, 0 (0x0)
   248:         XQXI_BIH(0x40000002)
                       DL = 0, D = 0, P = 1, - = 0, XY = 9856 x 6432
                       L0 = 128, MX = 16, MY = 0
                       Order   = 3  ILEAVE SMID
                       Options = 92  LRLTWO TPDON TPBON DPON
                       51 stripes, 0 layers, 1 planes

   264:         XQXI_END, 3735928559 (0xdeadbeef)
   270: XQX_JBIG(7), 110 items
   2e6: XQX_END_PLANE(6), 0 items
   2ee: XQX_END_PAGE(4), 0 items
   2f6: XQX_END_DOC(2), 0 items
Total size: 110 bytes
     0: \033%-12345X@PJL EOJ
    12: \033%-12345X

look at all those offsets and magic numbers. she ate. 💀✨

🌸 FILES 🌸

  • /usr/bin/xqxdecode

that's where she lives. go say hi. 🏠

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole little family. go read them too, bestie, they're all connected. 🫶

💖 AUTHOR 💖

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

and that's the page!! 💅 it's from the General Commands Manual section, and there's genuinely no version number or date stamped on this one, so we're just gonna vibe with what we've got. you're gonna do great things with your hex offsets 🦋⭐🎀
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