Hewlett-Packard Co. Inkjet Driver Project

Table of contents

• 1 Overview
• 2 License
• 3 System Requirements
• 4 Driver Support
  • 4.1 Device Descriptions
  • 4.1 Paper Sizes
• 5 Updates
• 6 Installation
  • 6.1 HP Inkjet Driver
  • 6.2 Ghostscript
  • 6.3 PrintTool
• 7 Usage
  • 7.1 Spooler Example
  • 7.2 Ghostscript Example
• 8 Project Development

1 Overview

There are two parts to the IJS interface - IJS client that resides in GNU Ghostscript and the IJS server. The IJS server is built into the printer driver, in our case the HP Inkjet driver. In this document the term IJS server, HPIJS server, HPIJS, or HP Inkjet Driver are all synonymous. They all refer to the same software component. HPIJS runs as a server or co-process to GNU Ghostscript. The server is spawned automatically by GNU Ghostscript. The following figure is a high level overview of the IJS interface between GNU Ghostscript and HPIJS.

GNU Ghostscript is a software application that interprets PostScript and displays the results on the screen or converts the PostScript into a form you can print on a non-PostScript printer.

PostScript is a programming language optimized for printing graphics and text, it is sometimes called a page description language. Most Linux applications support PostScript. Postscript is the standard for printing in any Linux or Unix environment.

Ghostscript supports many output devices, including many different printers. This document addresses how to build, install and use HPIJS with Ghostscript. This document is intended for distributions and experienced users. Other users should refer to their appropriate Linux distribution for HPIJS support.

Although HPIJS runs as a separate process from Ghostscript, HPIJS still looks like just another Ghostscript printer driver. Adding printer drivers is a well documented interface that is described in the GNU Ghostscript documentation at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/gnu/index.htm. Together with Ghostscript and HPIJS, PostScript can be converted to a printer language that is compatible with many of the latest HP inkjet products. See Installation on how to download and install HPIJS.

This version of HPIJS supports both the new IJS interface and the old HPIJS interface. Support for the HPIJS interface is provided for backward compatibility only. Most new features will be supported on the IJS interface only. The HPIJS interface is defined in the HPIJS 0.97 release. Information on the IJS interface can be found at inkjet-list.

Ghostscript is not a gui application. Ghostscript is a command line application that runs from a Linux shell, similar to a Microsoft DOS command run from a DOS window.

Ghostscript can be used by itself to print to a non-Postscript printer, but generally a print spooler must be used. The print spooler must be configured to use Ghostscript when printing to a non-Postscript printer. Many Linux distributions all ready support HPIJS in their spooler system, see their web site for spooler support questions. Additional information is available at www.linuxprinting.org.

2 License

3 System Requirements

HPIJS is platform-independent and works on many different Unix and Linux systems. In order to install HPIJS the download includes an automake/autoconf makefile. This portable build procedure requires an ANSI C compiler, ANSI C++ compiler and a POSIX compliant environment.

This version of HPIJS supports both the new IJS interface and the old HPIJS interface. HPIJS requires Ghostscript to support one of these two interfaces.

Many platforms (Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Yellow Dog, FreeBSD, Debian, HPUX, AIX, etc) have been confirmed to work, please see those sites for more information.

4 Driver Support

HPIJS supports all the current HP printer models with different Ghostscript command line parameters. Different printer models can be selected with the IEEE 1284 Manufacturer and Model strings. This information can come from the query of a printer over the parallel or usb port.

The following Ghostscript commands are required when using HPIJS.

  -sDEVICE=ijs
  -sIjsServer=hpijs
  -dIjsUseOutputFD
  -sDeviceManufacturer=x   (x equals: "HEWLETT-PACKARD", "APOLLO")
  -sDeviceModel=x          (x equals: "DESKJET 990", "DESKJET 670", etc...)

  -dDuplex=false -dTumble=false (none)
  -dDuplex=true  -dTumble=false (book)
  -dDuplex=true  -dTumble=true  (tablet)

  -sIjsParams="Quality:Quality=n,Quality:ColorMode=n,Quality:MediaType=n,Quality:PenSet=n,Quality:FullBleed=n"

      Quality equals: 0=normal (default), 1=draft, 2=best, 3=hires
      ColorMode equals: 0=grey_k, 1=grey_cmy, 2=color (default)
      MediaType equals: 0=plain (default), 1=premium, 2=photo
      PenSet equals: 0=black_pen, 1=color_pen, 2=both_pens, 3=mdl_pen, 4=mdl_both
      FullBleed equals: 0=no (default), 1=yes

  black_pen: only black pen in the printer
  color_pen: only color pen in the printer
  both_pens: black & color pens in printer
  mdl_pen: photo pen in the printer
  mdl_both: color pin and photo pen in printer

The Quality, MediaType, ColorMode, PenSet and FullBleed are used to set the print mode. Not all combinations of Quality, MediaType, ColorMode, PenSet and FullBleed are valid print modes. If an invalid print mode is set, the job will still print, because HPIJS will default to a print mode that makes sense given the input. HPIJS will send any error message to stderr and syslog. Print modes are device class specific, see the following device descriptions for more details.

4.1 Device Descriptions

The following devices classes are currently supported by HPIJS. Each device class lists the DeviceModel parameter associated with that class. Each device class support 300x300dpi unless specified otherwise.

• DeskJet 350 series (DJ350) - This device class supports the DESKJET 350. The 350 series only supports one pen at a time. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=0
     Draft Color 
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1
     Normal Grayscale
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=0
     Normal Color (default)
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1
  

• DeskJet 630C series (DJ630) - This device class supports the DESKJET 630, DESKJET 632. The 630 series printers will support single pen printing. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=0
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Grayscale
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=0
     Normal Color
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1 (default)	    
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Photo 
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=1 PenSet=4	    
  

• DeskJet 600C series (DJ6xx) - This device class supports the DESKJET 600, DESKJET 660, DESKJET 670, DESKJET 672, DESKJET 670, DESKJET 680, DESKJET 682, e-printer e20. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Normal Grayscale
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Color (default)
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
  

• DeskJet 600C series photo (DJ6xxPhoto | DJ6xxP) - This device class supports the DESKJET 610, DESKJET 612, DESKJET 640, DESKJET 648, DESKJET 690, DESKJET 692, DESKJET 693, DESKJET 694, DESKJET 695, DESKJET 697. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Normal Grayscale
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Color (default)
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Photo 
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=1 PenSet=4	    
  

• DeskJet 800C series (DJ8xx) - This device class supports the DESKJET 810, DESKJET 812, DESKJET 815, DESKJET 816, DESKJET 830, DESKJET 832, DESKJET 840, DESKJET 842, DESKJET 880, DESKJET 882C, DESKJET 895, DESKJET 1125. Resolution setting 600x600 is available for Normal Grayscale and Photo modes. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale 
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Normal Grayscale 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Color (default)
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Photo 
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=2 PenSet=2	    
  

• Deskjet 825 series (DJ8x5) - This device class supports the DESKJET 825, DESKJET 845. The 825 series printers will support single pen printing. Resolution setting 600x600 is available for Normal Grayscale and Photo modes. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale 
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=1
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1	    
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Normal Grayscale 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=1
     Normal Color
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1 (default)	    
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Photo 
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=2 PenSet=1	    
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=2 PenSet=2	    
  

• DeskJet 900C series (DJ9xx) - This device class supports the DESKJET 920, DESKJET 930, DESKJET 932, DESKJET 940, DESKJET 948, DESKJET 950, DESKJET 952, DESKJET 970, DESKJET 1220, PHOTOSMART P1000, PHOTOSMART P1100. Duplex printing is supported. Duplex is not available in Photo mode. Resolution setting 600x600 is available for Normal Grayscale and Photo modes. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale 
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Normal Grayscale 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Color (default)
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Photo 
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=2 PenSet=2	    
  

• DeskJet 990C series (DJ9xxVIP) - This device class supports the, DESKJET 960, DESKJET 980, DESKJET 990, DESKJET 995, cp1160, cp1700, PHOTOSMART 1115, PHOTOSMART 1215, PHOTOSMART 1218, PHOTOSMART 1315, HP BUSINESS INKJET 2200, HP BUSINESS INKJET 2230, HP BUSINESS INKJET 2250 HP BUSINESS INKJET 2280. In Draft and Normal modes the 990 series printers will detect photo paper and automatically print in Photo mode. HiRes is another photo mode which supports the maximum resolution of the printer. HiRes mode does not do auto media detection. Duplex printing is supported. Duplex is not available in HiRes mode. Resolution setting 600x600 is available for Normal modes. Resolution setting 1200x1200 is available for HiRes mode. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale 
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Draft Color 
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	
     Normal Grayscale 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Color (default)
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	 
     HiRes
       Quality=3 ColorMode=2 MediaType=2 PenSet=2	    
  

• Apollo 2000 series (AP2xxx) - This device class supports the APOLLO P-22, DESKJET 656. Note, Apollo 2200/2250 use the same Model string. The 2000 series printers will support single color pen printing. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Grayscale 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Color 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1	(default)    
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Photo
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=1 PenSet=4	    
  

• Apollo 2100 series (AP21xx) - This device class supports the P-2000U. Note, Apollo 2100/2150 use the same Model string. The 2100 series printers will support single color pen printing. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Grayscale 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Color 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1	(default)    
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Photo
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=1 PenSet=4	    
  

• Apollo 2560 series (AP2560) - This device class supports the APOLLO P2500/2600. Note, Apollo 2500/2600 use the same Model string. The 2560 series printers will support single color pen printing. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Draft Grayscale
       Quality=1 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Draft Color
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1
       Quality=1 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Grayscale 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=0 MediaType=0 PenSet=2
     Normal Color 
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=1	(default)    
       Quality=0 ColorMode=2 MediaType=0 PenSet=2	    
     Photo
       Quality=2 ColorMode=2 MediaType=1 PenSet=4	    
  

• Photosmart 100 series (PS100) - This device class supports the PHOTOSMART 100. The 100 series supports full bleed (borderless) photo printing and only uses the color pen. In Normal mode the 100 series printers will detect photo paper and automatically print in Photo mode. HiRes is another photo mode which supports the maximum resolution of the printer. HiRes mode does not do auto media detection like Normal mode. Resolution setting 600x600 is available for Normal mode. Resolution setting 1200x1200 is available for HiRes mode. The following options can be selected with Ghostscript commands.

     Normal (default)
       Quality=0,ColorMode=2,MediaType=0,PenSet=1,FullBleed=1	    
     HiRes 
       Quality=3,ColorMode=2,MediaType=2,PenSet=1,FullBleed=1	    
  

For example, a Device ID query on a Deskjet 990Cxi will return "DESKJET 990C". If DeviceModel="DESKJET 990C", HPIJS will match to "DESKJET 99", ignore the "0C" and select the DJ9xxVIP device class. See models.cpp for a list of all model strings and how they are wild-carded.

4.1 Paper Sizes

                           inches:      postscript units:
  1. Letter               8.5 x 11        612 x 792
  2. Legal                8.5 x 14        612 x 1008
  3. Ledger                11 x 17        792 x 1224
  4. Executive           7.25 x 10.5      522 x 756
  5. A3                 11.69 x 16.53     842 x 1190
  6. A4                  8.27 x 11.69     595 x 842
  7. A5                  5.83 x 8.27      420 x 595
  8. A6                  4.13 x 5.83      297 x 420 
  9. Photo                  4 x 6         288 x 432 
 10. B4                10.126 x 14.342    729 x 1033 
 11. B5                  7.17 x 10.126    516 x 729
 12. Oufuku-Hagaki       5.83 x 7.87      420 x 567
 13. Hagaki              3.94 x 5.83      284 x 420
 14. Super B               13 x 19        936 x 1368
 15. Flsa                 8.5 x 13        612 x 936

5 Updates

• HPIJS 1.1 - This release has the following changes.

     1. Added new printer support for Business Inkjet 2200/2230/2250/2280.
     2. Added HiRes mode to the PS100 device class.
     3. Added Draft modes to most device classes.
     4. Bumped DJ8xx and DJ8x5 Normal Grayscale support to 600 dpi.
     5. Added support for paper sizes Ledger, Executive, Super B and Flsa.
  

  This release fixes a DJ9xxVIP duplex problem with GNU Ghostscript 7.05 and HPIJS 1.0.4. The problem caused the second page to print incorrectly when duplex was enabled. The problem occurred with 300 dpi input not 600 dpi input.

• HPIJS 1.0.4 - This update has the following changes.

     1. Added a new HiRes mode to DJ9xxVIP device class.
     2. Added support for paper sizes A3 and A5.
     3. Removed Photo Full Bleed paper size and added a FullBleed parameter.
     4. Fixed a duplex top margin problem with paper sizes other than Letter.
     5. Fixed a duplex top margin problem with grey_k and grey_cmy.
     6. Fixed a problem detecting B4 and B5 paper sizes.
     7. Fixed a artifact (black vertical line) that could occur in the right margin.
  

  The new HiRes mode supports the maximum resolution for DJ9xxVIP device class. For these devices the box specification for resolution is 2400x1200. In the past no scaling was done to 2400 in the printer.

  Full bleed support is no longer a separate paper size. Full bleed is enabled with a new Ghostscript command called FullBleed. Now you just select your 4x6 paper size and set FullBleed=1.

• HPIJS 1.0.3 - Added support for AFPL Ghostscript 7.04 and GNU Ghostscript 6.53. HPIJS is now compatible with the IJS client that comes with Ghostscript. This means the IJS client (gdevijs.c) included with HPIJS 1.0.2 is no longer needed.

  This release is compatible with IJS 0.33. In order to be compliant with IJS 0.33, some Ghostscript commands have changed from HPIJS 1.0.2.

  The Duplex command has changed from -dDuplex=n (n equals: 0=none, 1=tablet, 2=book) to following.

     -dDuplex=false -dTumble=false (none)
     -dDuplex=true  -dTumble=false (book)
     -dDuplex=true  -dTumble=true  (tablet)
  

  HPIJS print mode parameters must use the "Quality:" prefix. The prefix will allow better management of parameter namespace. See the following Ghostscript command example.

     -sIjsParams="Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2" 
  

  The following Ghostscript command without the "Quality:" prefex is no longer supported.

     -sIjsParams="Quality=0,ColorMode=2,MediaType=0,PenSet=2" 
  

  The new Ghostscript command -dIjsUseOutputFD is required when using HPIJS.

• HPIJS 1.0.2 - This update has the following changes.

     1. Fixed a problem printing Photo Full Bleed on the Photosmart 100.
     2. Cleaned up BSD documentation in source files.
  

• HPIJS 1.0.1 - This release now meets Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) and addresses the following problems.

     1. Fixed a setpagedevice problem with the IJS client. PageSize can now be set from postscript. 
     2. Fixed a off-by-one error in IJS server, gcc -O2 optimization now seems to work. 
     3. Updated the documentation, see the hpijs_readme.html file.
  

• HPIJS 1.0 - Updated HPIJS to APDK 3.01 which adds support for the following printers.

     Deskjet 656           Photosmart 100        Apollo P-22
     Deskjet 825/845       Photosmart 1115       Apollo P2500
     Deskjet 920           Photosmart 1215       Apollo P2600
     Deskjet 940/948       Photosmart 1315       
     Deskjet 995           CP 1160
     Deskjet 1125          CP 1700
     Deskjet 1220
     Deskjet 2250
  

  Added support for the IJS interface. This release is backward compatible with HPIJS 0.97 interface.

  Added support for Duplex. Duplex is only available with the IJS interface. When Duplex mode is set, top and bottom margins are set to 1/2 inch.

  Added support for the following paper sizes. The new paper sizes are only available with the IJS interface.

     Photo, Photo Full Bleed, A6, B4, B5, Oufuku-Hagaki, Hagaki
  

  The PrintMode command has been replaced with separate commands - Quality, ColorMode, MediaType and PenSet. These commands are only available with the IJS interface.

  Changed top margin from 1/3 to 1/8 inch. Also, changed the bottom margin to 1/2 inch. Note, on the 6xx series the maximum bottom margin is .46 inch for black and .587 for color. This means for the 6xx series, color printing to within 1/2 inch bottom margin is not guaranteed.

  Added a platform-independent automake/autoconf makefile.

• HPIJS 0.97 - Made some bug fixes to the APDK 2.4 code and changed the top margin settings in gdevhpij.c back to a value that is compatible with existing printer drivers.

  This update fixes some of the following problems.

     1. A line of text near the top of the page would not print.
     2. Top and bottom margins on multiple page jobs was not consistent.
  

• HPIJS 0.96 - Updated HPIJS to APDK 2.4 which adds support for the following printers.

     DeskJet980
     DeskJet960
     DeskJet350             
     Photosmart 1000/1100
     Photosmart 1215/1218
  

  Made a small change to the top and right margins in gdevhpij.c. This corrects a problem where both Ghostscript and HPIJS were trying to set the margins.

  Added some query commands to the GS/HPIJS communication interface. These commands can be used to return current printer parameters.

  This release is backward compatible with HPIJS 0.95.

• HPIJS 0.95 - Fixed a scaling problem with device-dependent postscript using CUPS. This was a problem with DJ630, DJ6xxP and DJ8xx photo mode only. This was not a problem printing device-independent postscript.

  Changed Ghostscript command interface to HPIJS driver. The HPIJS driver is now called with the following Ghostscript commands.

     -sDEVICE=hpijs
     -sDeviceName=x
        where x equals: DJ630, DJ6xx, DJ6xxPhoto, DJ8xx, DJ9xx or DJ9xxVIP
  

  This removes the hard coded device parameters from gdevhpij.c so new printer drivers can be added to HPIJS with out re-compiling Ghostscript.

  The old interface used the following Ghostscript commands.

     -sDEVICE=x
        where x equals: DJ630, DJ6xx, DJ6xxP, DJ8xx, DJ9xx or DJ9xxVIP
  

  The old interface is degraded and will eventually be dropped. New printer drivers will not use the old interface.

• HPIJS 0.94 - Minor changes where made to the add-on files for Ghostscript. No functional changes or bug fixes. Changed gdevhpijs.c to gdevhpij.c (8.3 Ghostscript convention). Moved defines from models.h and hpijs.h to new gdevhpij.h. The gdevhpij.h file is LGPL.

• HPIJS 0.93 - Initial release.

6 Installation

This section includes instructions for compiling Ghostscript from source code, but this is not an easy task. Before attempting to update Ghostscript, check with your distribution, they may have a Ghostscript update with the latest HPIJS support.

This section does not address how to update your spooler or how to use HPIJS with your spooler. See your distribution about spooler questions. Additional information is available at www.linuxprinting.org.

6.1 HP Inkjet Driver

# tar xzvf hpijs-1.0.tar.gz
# cd hpijs-1.0
# ./configure
# make
# make install

# hpijs -h

Hewlett-Packard Co. Inkjet Server 1.0
Copyright (c) 2001, Hewlett-Packard Co.

6.2 Ghostscript

Your current Ghostscript may already support HPIJS. You can verify this with the gs -h command. You should see output similar to this.

GNU Ghostscript 6.53 (2002-02-13)
Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
 -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer messages
 -gx  page size in pixels   | -r  pixels/inch resolution
 -sDEVICE=  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last file
 -sOutputFile= select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
                                         embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
   x11 bbox x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11gray4 x11mono bmpmono bmpgray
   bmpsep1 bmpsep8 bmp16 bmp256 bmp16m bmp32b deskjet djet500 laserjet
   ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljet4d lj5mono lj5gray cdeskjet
   cdjcolor cdjmono cdj550 pj pjxl pjxl300 uniprint ijs hpijs DJ630
   DJ6xx DJ6xxP DJ8xx DJ9xx DJ9xxVIP AP21xx bj10e bj200 bjc600
   bjc800 faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk
   pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pkm pkmraw pksm
   pksmraw tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc
   tiff24nc psmono psgray psrgb bit bitrgb bitcmyk png16m pnggray pngmono
   png256 png16 jpeg jpeggray pdfwrite pswrite epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor
   cljet5 cljet5c nullpage
Search path:
   . : /usr/share/ghostscript/6.53/lib : /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
For more information, see /usr/share/ghostscript/6.53/doc/Use.htm.
Report bugs to bug-gs@ghostscript.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm.

The ijs device supports the IJS interface. All other devices (hpijs DJ630 DJ6xx DJ6xxP DJ8xx DJ9xx DJ9xxVIP AP21xx) are supported through the old HPIJS interface. Both interfaces are supported by HPIJS, but the IJS interface replaces the old HPIJS interface.

If Ghostscipt does not support HPIJS, check with your distribution and see if they have a Ghostsript update.

If necessary, the following instructions show you how to build GNU Ghostscipt 6.53. GNU Ghostscript 6.53 or higher will have built-in support for the IJS interface.

1. Download the source code for gs, jpeg, png and zlib into the following directories respectfully. See the GNU Ghostscript documentation for more information. You can create this directory structure in your user directory. Be sure to use the following directory names for jpeg, libpng and zlib.

   ../gs6.53/
   ../gs6.53/jpeg/
   ../gs6.53/libpng/
   ../gs6.53/zlib/
   

2. Ghostscript looks for fonts in hardcoded directories, see GS_LIB_DEFAULT in the makefile. For RH6.2 and RH7 the following symbolic link will allow Ghostscript to find fonts with out modifying the makefile. Other distributions may have different font directories.

   # ln -s /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
   

3. Now build and install Ghostscript by running the following commands in the Ghostscript directory.

   # ./configure prefix=/usr
   # make
   # make install
   

4. Now run the gs -h command, you should see the ijs device name.

6.3 PrintTool

StartEntry: IJS
  GSDriver: ijs
  Description: {IJS Client}
  About: { \
           This is a generalized IJS client interface for ghostscript printer \
           drivers. Different drivers and options are specified in the \
           "Extra GS options" box. The following ghostscript commands are used by the \
           HP Inkjet Driver (HPIJS): -sIjsServer=hpijs, \
           -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD", \
           -dIjsUseOutputFD, -sDeviceModel=model, -dDuplex, -dTumble, -sIjsParams=options. \
           Where DeviceModel equals one of the following: "DESKJET 990", "DESKJET 970", etc... \
           -dDuplex equals book, -dDuplex -dTumble equals tablet. \
           IjsParams can be any of the following: Quality=n, MediaType=n, ColorMode=n, PenSet=n. \
           Where Quality equals one of the following: 0=normal (default), 1=draft, 2=best. \
           MediaType equals one of the following: 0=plain (default), 1=premium, 2=photo. \
           ColorMode equals one of the following: 0=grey_k, 1=grey_cmy, 2=color (default). \
           PenSet equals one of the following:  0=black_pen, 1=color_pen, 2=both_pens, \
           3=mdl_pen, 4=mdl_both. \
           Not all combinations of Quality, MediaType and ColorMode are valid print modes. \
           Resolution setting 600x600 is available for some print modes only. \
           In printtool special characters must be preceded by a double backslash see the \ 
           following example for HP 990C: -sIjsServer=hpijs -sDeviceManufacturer=\\"HEWLETT-PACKARD\\" \
           -dIjsUseOutputFD -sDeviceModel=\\"DESKJET 990C\\". \ 
         }
  Resolution: {300} {300} {}
  Resolution: {600} {600} {}
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7 Usage

7.1 Spooler Example

$ lpr -Plp0 tiger.ps

Most applications use the lpr command to print documents.

7.2 Ghostscript Example

$ gs -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -dIjsUseOutputFD -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="DESKJET 990" -r300 -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile="/dev/lp0" file.ps -c quit

$ convert -rotate 90 p8160010.jpg p8160010.png
$ convert -page 324x432-18+0 p8160010.png photo.ps
$ gs -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -dIjsUseOutputFD -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="DESKJET 990" -r300 -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile="/dev/lp0" -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=288 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=432 photo.ps -c quit

Similar to the above example, here is a 4x6 full bleed (borderless) photo printing example using the Photosmart 100.

$ convert -rotate 90 p8160010.jpg p8160010.png
$ convert -page 324x432-18+0 p8160010.png photo.ps
$ gs -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -dIjsUseOutputFD -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="PHOTOSMART 100" -r600 -sIjsParams="Quality:FullBleed=1" -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile="/dev/usb/lp0" -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=288 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=432 photo.ps -c quit