Postscript http://www.adobe.com/products/printerdrivers/winppd.html level=%D; printf "%%!\n%%%% %%%%\n%C"; if (( $level > 0 )); then if (( $level < 99 )); then level=" -dLanguageLevel=$level"; else level=""; fi; gs -q -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pswrite$level%A%Z -sOutputFile=- -; else cat; fi Generic Postscript "driver". Generally, for Postscript printers, you will not need a driver, as all applications produce PostScript. For the printing system getting access to the printer-specific features the manufacturer supplies a PPD file for every PostScript printer. Use this PPD file instead of a Foomatic-generated one to get all functionality of your PostScript printer working. The files provided by Foomatic are generic files which contain only some standard options, use them only if you do not find an appropriate PPD for your printer.<p> In addition, this driver allows to convert the PostScript data from the application to a lower PostScript level, so that applications which only produce level 2 or 3 can print on old printers using only level 1. If the GhostScript on your machine has fonts installed which are not standard PostScript fonts, the fonts will get embedded in the data sent to the printer, so that the printer is able to print these fonts. This needs extra memory in the printer, if your printer does not print the job, the memory is unsufficient, try to lower the resolution or to use a PCL driver ("hpijs", "ljet4", "lj5gray"/"lj5mono", "pxlmono"/"pxlcolor").<p> One can make use of all functionality which the PostScript printers have under Windows/MacOS when one uses the PPD file coming with the printer, downloaded from <a href="/download/PPD/">here on linuxprinting.org</a>, from the manufacturer's home page (<a href="http://hp.sourceforge.net/">http://hp.sourceforge.net/</a> for all HP PostScript printers), or from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/printerdrivers/winppd.html">Adobe's</a> web site (do "<tt>unzip -L [filename].EXE</tt>" to get the PPD files). If there are several different PPD files for your printer model and none dedicated for Linux or Unix, the PPD for Windows NT works best in most cases.<p> CUPS and PPR support PPD files directly, LPD/GNUlpr/LPRng, PDQ, CPS, and spooler-less users can set up their printers with <tt>foomatic-rip</tt> as they would set up a printer with a Foomatic PPD file. <tt>foomatic-rip</tt> works as well with manufacturer-supplied PostScript PPD files. This way all PostScript printers work perfectly under GNU/Linux or other free operating systems. GhostScript is not needed for them. See also our <a href="ppd-doc.html">PPD documentation page</a> for instructions.<p> See the tutorial chapter "<a href="http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/III.PostScript-and-PPDs/III.PostScript-and-PPDs.html">Some Theoretical Background: CUPS, PPDs, PostScript, and GhostScript</a>" (<a href="http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/III.PostScript-and-PPDs/III.PostScript-and-PPDs.pdf">PDF</a>) for detailed information about PostScript and PPD files.<p> printer/Generic-PostScript_Printer printer/Apple-12_640ps printer/Apple-LaserWriter_4_600 printer/Apple-LaserWriter_16_600 printer/Apple-LaserWriter_IINTX printer/Apple-LaserWriter_IIg printer/Apple-LaserWriter_NT printer/Apple-LaserWriter_Pro_630 You need to set the "mode switch" on the printer to a Postscript (as opposed to an HP-PCL) mode. Mode 0 works fine. printer/Apple-LaserWriter_Select_360 Configured for 600x600 Postscript with printtool. Printing with printer set to "Postscript/Normal" on the parallel port. Note that printer can also handle PCL. printer/Brother-HL-1070 printer/Brother-HL-1260 printer/Brother-HL-1270N printer/Brother-HL-1450 printer/Brother-HL-1470N printer/Brother-HL-1650 printer/Brother-HL-1660e printer/Brother-HL-1670N printer/Brother-HL-1850 printer/Brother-HL-1870N printer/Brother-HL-2060 printer/Brother-HL-2460 printer/Brother-HL-2460N printer/Brother-HL-3260N printer/Brother-HL-2400CeN printer/Brother-HL-2600CN printer/Brother-HL-3400CN printer/Brother-HL-3450CN printer/Brother-HL-4000CN printer/Brother-HL-5050 printer/Brother-HL-5070N printer/Brother-HL-7050 printer/Brother-HL-7050N printer/Canon-GP_335 Native PS3 interpreter. printer/Canon-GP_405 Native Postscript device printer/DEC-LN07 printer/Dell-S2500 printer/Dell-M5200 printer/Epson-EPL-5800PS printer/Epson-EPL-5900PS printer/Epson-EPL-6100PS printer/Epson-EPL-N1600PS printer/Epson-EPL-N2050PS printer/Epson-EPL-N2050PSplus printer/Epson-EPL-N2750PS printer/Epson-AcuLaser_C1900PS printer/Epson-AcuLaser_C2000PS printer/Epson-AcuLaser_C4000PS printer/Epson-AcuLaser_C8500PS printer/Epson-AcuLaser_C8600PS printer/HP-2500CM printer/HP-Business_Inkjet_2250 printer/HP-Business_Inkjet_2250TN printer/HP-Business_Inkjet_2280 printer/HP-Business_Inkjet_2600 printer/HP-Business_Inkjet_3000 printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_4500 printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_8550GN printer/HP-DesignJet_3500CP printer/HP-DesignJet_5500ps printer/HP-DeskJet_1600CM printer/HP-LaserJet_2_w_PS printer/HP-LaserJet_3P_w_PS printer/HP-LaserJet_4ML printer/HP-LaserJet_4M printer/HP-LaserJet_5M printer/HP-LaserJet_5MP printer/HP-LaserJet_6MP printer/HP-LaserJet_2100M printer/HP-LaserJet_4000 Using CUPS and the PS PPD from HP's printer driver site gives excellent results with this printer. This also gives you a lot more configuration options such as duplexing. 1200x1200dpi also seems to function with this PPD printer/HP-LaserJet_4050 to 1200dpi printer/HP-LaserJet_5000 printer/HP-LaserJet_8000 printer/HP-LaserJet_8100 [also uses PostScript Level 2 (same as model 8000). With PS you only get 600dpi. Info supplied by Kurt Pfeifle] printer/HP-Mopier_240 printer/HP-Mopier_320 printer/HP-LaserJet_1200 printer/HP-LaserJet_1220 printer/HP-LaserJet_1300 printer/HP-LaserJet_2200 printer/HP-LaserJet_2300 printer/HP-LaserJet_3200m printer/HP-LaserJet_3300_MFP printer/HP-LaserJet_3310_MFP printer/HP-LaserJet_3320_MFP printer/HP-LaserJet_3320N_MFP printer/HP-LaserJet_3330_MFP printer/HP-LaserJet_4100 printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_2500 printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_4550 printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_4600 printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_5500 printer/HP-LaserJet_4200 printer/HP-LaserJet_4300 printer/HP-LaserJet_5100 printer/HP-LaserJet_8150 printer/HP-LaserJet_9000 printer/Heidelberg-Digimaster_9110 printer/Hitachi-DDP_70_with_MicroPress printer/IBM-4029_10P printer/IBM-4303_Network_Color_Printer printer/IBM-Page_Printer_3112 printer/Kodak-DigiSource_9110 printer/Kodak-IS_70_CPII printer/Kyocera-P-2000 printer/Kyocera-P-2002 printer/Kyocera-FS-1500 printer/Kyocera-FS-1550 printer/Kyocera-FS-1550plus printer/Kyocera-FS-3400 printer/Kyocera-FS-3400plus printer/Kyocera-FS-3500 printer/Kyocera-FS-400 printer/Kyocera-FS-5500 printer/Kyocera-FS-850 printer/Kyocera-FS-6500 printer/Kyocera-FS-6500plus printer/Kyocera-FS-600 printer/Kyocera-FS-600_KPDL-2 printer/Kyocera-FS-680 printer/Kyocera-FS-800 printer/Kyocera-FS-1600 printer/Kyocera-FS-1600plus printer/Kyocera-FS-1700 printer/Kyocera-FS-3600 printer/Kyocera-FS-3600plus printer/Kyocera-FS-3700 printer/Kyocera-FS-1000 printer/Kyocera-FS-1000plus printer/Kyocera-FS-7000 printer/Kyocera-FS-5800C printer/Kyocera-FS-5900C printer/Kyocera-FS-8000C printer/Kyocera-FS-1200 printer/Kyocera-FS-1700plus printer/Kyocera-FS-3700plus printer/Kyocera-FS-6700 printer/Kyocera-FS-7000plus printer/Kyocera-FS-9000 printer/Kyocera-FS-1750 printer/Kyocera-FS-3750 printer/Kyocera-FS-3800 printer/Kyocera-FS-1010 printer/Kyocera-FS-1050 printer/Kyocera-FS-1800 printer/Kyocera-FS-1800plus printer/Kyocera-FS-1900 printer/Kyocera-FS-9100DN printer/Kyocera-FS-9500DN printer/Kyocera-KM-1530 printer/Kyocera-KM-1810 printer/Kyocera-KM-2030 printer/Kyocera-KM-2530 printer/Kyocera-KM-3530 printer/Kyocera-KM-4230 printer/Kyocera-KM-4530 printer/Kyocera-KM-5230 printer/Kyocera-KM-5530 printer/Kyocera-KM-6230 printer/Lexmark-4039_10plus printer/Lexmark-Optra_Color_40 printer/Lexmark-Optra_Color_45 printer/Lexmark-Optra_Color_1200 printer/Lexmark-Optra_Color_1275 printer/Lexmark-Optra_E310 printer/Lexmark-Optra_E312 printer/Lexmark-Optra_Ep printer/Lexmark-Optra_K_1220 printer/Lexmark-Optra_M410 printer/Lexmark-Optra_M412 printer/Lexmark-Optra_Rplus printer/Lexmark-Optra_S_1250 printer/Lexmark-Optra_S_1855 printer/Lexmark-Optra_Se_3455 printer/Lexmark-Optra_T610 printer/Lexmark-Optra_T612 printer/Lexmark-Optra_T614 printer/Lexmark-Optra_T616 printer/Lexmark-Optra_W810 printer/Lexmark-Optra_C710 printer/Minolta-magicolor_3100 printer/NEC-SilentWriter_LC_890 printer/NEC-Silentwriter_95f printer/NEC-Silentwriter2_S60P printer/NEC-Silentwriter2_model_290 printer/NEC-SuperScript_4600N printer/Oce-3165 printer/Okidata-OL610e_PS printer/Okidata-OL810e_PS printer/Okidata-OL830Plus printer/Okidata-Okipage_8c printer/Okidata-Okipage_12i printer/Okidata-Okipage_20DXn printer/Panasonic-KX-P5400 printer/Panasonic-KX-P8420 printer/Panasonic-KX-P8475 printer/QMS-2425_Turbo_EX printer/QMS-magicolor_2plus printer/QMS-ps-810 printer/Ricoh-Aficio_AP2000 printer/Ricoh-Aficio_Color_2206 printer/Samsung-ML-1651N printer/Samsung-ML-1450PS printer/Samsung-ML-2150PS printer/Samsung-ML-2151NPS printer/Samsung-ML-2152WPS printer/Samsung-ML-2550 printer/Samsung-ML-2551N printer/Samsung-ML-2552W printer/Samsung-ML-7300 printer/Samsung-ML-7300N printer/Tektronix-Phaser_350 Use PPD from Windows or MacOS. printer/Tektronix-Phaser_780 printer/Tektronix-Phaser_850 printer/Tektronix-Phaser_IISX printer/Tektronix-Phaser_PX printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_C20 Lexmark Postscript printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_C55 printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_N17 printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_N32 printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_N4512PS