INSTALLATION
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Compile:
$ make
Optional: Get extra files from the web, such as .ICM profiles (for
color correction) and firmware for HP 1000/1005 printers:
$ ./getweb 2300 # Get Minolta 2300 DL .ICM files
$ ./getweb 2200 # Get Minolta 2200 DL .ICM files
$ ./getweb cpwl # Get Minolta Color PageWorks/Pro L .ICM files
$ ./getweb 1005 # Get HP LJ1005 firmware file
$ ./getweb 1000 # Get HP LJ1000 firmware file
$ ./getweb update # Get latest version of this software.
Install driver, foomatic XML files, PPD files, and extra files:
$ su
# make install
If you use CUPS to manage your printers, you must restart cupsd:
# /etc/init.d/cups restart
Test operation of programs. Skip this if you don't have the exact same
version of Ghostscript that I have (ghostscript-7.05-24.7), because it
will not pass since different versions of Ghostscript generate different
raster images:
# make test
Create printers (Redhat 7.2/7.3/8.0/9.0, Fedora Core 1/2):
# printconf-gui
Create at least one queue for monochrome, and another queue
for color printing. Create the queues, then edit them and
set the "device options" as desired.
For a networked Minolta/QMS 2300 DL, I used a "Queue Type"
of "Unix Printer (LPD)", and set the "Server" to the IP address
of the printer, and the "Queue" to "lp".
Create printers (Mandrake)
# printerdrake
Create printers (Suse 9.0)
# yast
Create printers (Debian)
On Debian, I'm told that you should install CUPS from dselect,
then install the foo2zjs driver. Then, connect to:
http://localhost:631
And configure printer (HP example shown) to:
HP LaserJet 1000, Foomatic + foo2zjs (en)
MINOLTA-QMS 2200/2300 DL NOTES
------------------------------
Use the network interface if you can. These printers understand Unix
LPD printer server protocol. So when setting up the printer queue,
you can select "UNIX Printer (lpd queue)", set the lpd queue name to
"lp" (arbitrary), and set the "Server" to the IP address of the
printer.
These printers also understand several other printer server protocols,
such as JetDirect and IPP, but I have not tried them. In any case,
I'm not aware of any advantages of using them over LPD.
The USB interface on this printer will work if your printer is at
firmware revision 2.55 or later. Mine was not, but I was able to
get this firmware from the Konica Minolta Europe web site. The USA
site doesn't have it. Upgrading the firmware on your printer can
be dangerous and might turn your printer into a paperweight, so I do
not recommend it unless you need USB and are a computer expert. To
get the v2.55 firmware upgrade, try:
./getweb 2300dl_fw
HP LASERJET 1000/1005 NOTES
---------------------------
These printers need their firmware downloaded to them every time they
are powered up. You should have gotten the firmware from the web
during the installation process above using "getweb":
$ ./getweb 1005 # Get HP LJ1005 firmware file
$ ./getweb 1000 # Get HP LJ1000 firmware file
# make install
On Linux with USB connected printer:
If you are running Linux and the printer is connected via USB, you
can arrange for the firmware to be automatically downloaded to the
printer by performing one more installation step:
# make install-hotplug
On another OS or with a parallel port connected printer:
You must send a firmware file to the printer each time you power it
up. If you downloaded the extra files for the HP above, a typical
command line to load the firmware would be:
cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1000.dl > /dev/usb/lp0
or:
cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1005.dl > /dev/usb/lp0
NOTE: The original HP files are named '*.img'. Sometimes HP supplies
these files ready-to-download to the printer, sometimes they are raw
ARM executables and need to have a special header added to them before
they can be downloaded. The "make install" step will use the supplied
"arm2hpdl" program to automatically detect which kind of file they are
and convert them (if needed) to the downloadable '*.dl' format.
HP LASERJET 1500 NOTES
---------------------------
I have not tested the foo2oak driver on a real LaserJet 1500 printer.
I do not have this printer and HP outright rejected my request for a
donation of this printer. So this driver represents my best guess as
to what the printer will accept.
If you think this is an unacceptable situation, then I urge you to
let HP know your feelings and/or choose another manufacturer. The
linux-on-desktop tide is unstoppable at this point, and HP will
eventually have to recognize this.
User reports are that the driver works with letter and A4 paper and
in 1-bit monochrome and 1-bit color modes. No color correction is
applied, since there is no .ICM file available for this printer that
I know of.
MAC OS X NOTES
---------------
Please read the detailed installation instructions by Clint Morgan
in the file INSTALL.osx.
PSUTILS AND 2/4-UP CAPABILITY
-----------------------------
If you would like to use the 2-up/4-up capability, then you need to
get and install Angus Duggan's excellent psutils package. You can
find the source code for psutils here:
http://knackered.knackered.org/angus/psutils/index.html
Or an RPM here:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=psutils
UPDATE
------
Here are handy lines you can click on to get the latest version:
http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/
http://foo2oak.rkkda.com/
wget http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz
My advice: update early and often!!!!
BUG REPORTS
-----------
Send them to rickr@mn.rr.com (Rick Richardson)
I do not read or reply to HTML email or messages sent under an alias.
I failed out of french class, so don't even think about sending
me email in anything but English.
DEVELOPER AND DEBUGGING TIPS
----------------------------
If you want to work on this program, I recommend creating a "raw"
printer queue directed at the printer, with no protocol conversions.
Then, you can use the "foo2zjs-wrapper" program to convert Postscript
test programs to ZjS format, and inspect them with "zjsdecode" before
deciding whether to print them or not. For example:
foo2zjs-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
foo2zjs-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc
zjsdecode < testpage.zm
zjsdecode < testpage.zc
lpr -Praw testpage.zm
