SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Printing

For most printers, also see Ghostscript.

Misc:

• Printing HOWTO HOWTO on printing software for Linux.
• Printing Usage HOWTO How to use the printing system for a variety of file types and options.
• Printing FAQ  Great page by C.Browne
• How to Print to a Printer on a Netware Server  Nov'98 LG
• PWG - Printer Working Group Commitees trying to improve all things having to do with printing.
• A Laser Printer Book: Table of Contents
• OpenLinux (Caldera) Printer Support Page
• PDFprint  Prints PDF, HTML, and postscript files.
• Ask Slashdot: Laser Printer Recommendations?
• Sharing a printer between Linux and NT  LinuxWorld Feb'99
• Splash Technology  "color servers designed to transform color copiers into high-quality printers, scanners, and prepress proofing systems""
• SW Development:
  • libprint  Printing library project.

Specific Printers:

• Canon:
  • bjc-tool  $ free trial; "manipulate the device features in most Canon bubble jet printers"
  • Russ Write's Canon Support Pages  M$-oriented.
  • Ask Slashdot: Postscript Printing with CanonBJC620s
• Ask Slashdot: Castelle Print Server Woes
• Epson:
  • EPSON homepage
  • Epson (consumer products home)
  • EPSON/GS setup: (page missing; search web including "Williams")
  • Epson Color Stylus 500, Ghostscript, and Linux
  • The Epson Color Stylus and Linux (by Michael Holve)
  • Epson notes at eunuchs.org (tbd: investigate; same as above?)
  • Stylus Color notes at Caldera  [precise link broke]
  • Epson notes of "typhoon"
  • Off Usenet: "I have gotten my new epson 640 to work. I use the uniprint driver with Aladdin Ghostscript 5.50 and the stc600pl.upp option suggested for the epson 600."
  • Epson Stylus Color 800(N) and RH Printtool  Probably some info for 600 & 1520 (& other) models.
• Hewlett Packard (HP):
  • PCL (HP's printer language):
    • From Usenet: From the man-page, _groff_ seems to be able to output in pcl (as well as postscript and various screen oriented modes). Some programs (man) use groff. I think there's a dvilj which converts TeX .dvi files to pcl for direct printing. So some utilities do exist.
  • PPA for the masses (HP printer command language)
  • pbm2ppa: Converts PBM files to PPA printer language.
  • A usenet article claims that the OfficeJet 590 can't be used on a Linux-only system.
  • Ask Slashdot: Linux Support for Newer HP Deskjet Models
• Lexmark:
  • LEXMARK 7000 printer driver  Alpha-quality Feb'99.
  • Lexmark  MarkVision printer management SW.
• Printronix  Sells high-speed line printers said to work with Linux.

Printing Programs:

• Freshmeat: Printing

• The lpr/lpd printing system:
  • lpd: The print spooling daemon.
  • lpr: Adds a job to the print queue.
  • lprm: Removes a job from the print queue.
  • lpq: Queries the print queue.
  • lpc: Checks the print queue status.
  • Print Filters:
    • a2ps home page  A print filter; "anything to postscript".
    • apsfilter 
    • Others: magicfilter, lprMagic.
• tunelp: Configures the "lp" (/dev/lp*) parallel printer ports.
• klp "GUI based replacement/wrapper for lpr/lpq/lprm" (KDE)

• Read one of the HOWTOs or FAQs above to learn how to set up a local queue for sending print jobs to a remote system.
• Install the "rlpr" program (eg from Sunsite). Print using "rlpr -Hrrr -Pqqq file-to-be-printed", where rrr is the remote host and qqq is a print queue on that host.

End of page.