Manual: foo2slx-wrapper

foo2slx-wrapper(1)			   General Commands Manual			  foo2slx-wrapper(1)

NAME
       foo2slx-wrapper - Convert Postscript into a SLX printer stream

SYNOPSIS
       foo2slx-wrapper [options] [ps-file]

DESCRIPTION
       foo2slx-wrapper is a Foomatic compatible printer wrapper for the foo2slx printer driver.	 This script
       reads  a	 Postscript  ps-file  or standard input and converts it to Software Imaging K.K. SLX printer
       format for driving the Lexmark C500 network color laser printer and other SLX-based printers.

       This script can be used in a standalone fashion, but is intended to be called from a printer  spooler
       system which uses the Foomatic printer database.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
   Normal Options
       These  are  the options used to select the parameters of a print job that are usually controlled on a
       per job basis.

       -c     Print in color (else monochrome).

       -m media
	      Media code to send to printer [0].
	      ───────────────────────
	      Media	     SLX
	      ───────────────────────
	      plain	      0
	      transparency    1
	      labels	      2
	      thick1	      3
	      envelope1	      4
	      thin	      5
	      thick2	      6
	      envelope2	      7
	      middle	      8
	      special	      9

       -p paper
	      Paper size code to send to printer [6].
	      ┌────────────────┬─────────────┐
	      │	 6   letter    │  2   A4     │
	      │	 9   legal     │  4   B5     │
	      │	 8   executive │  5   B5iso  │
	      │ 10   env #10   │ 11   env DL │
	      └────────────────┴─────────────┘

       -n copies
	      Number of copies [1].

       -r xresxyres
	      Set device resolution in pixels/inch [1200x600].

       -s source
	      Source (Input Slot) code to send to printer [0].
	      ┌──────────┬───────────────┐
	      │ 0   auto │ 1   cassette1 │
	      └──────────┴───────────────┘

       -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -8 -9 -10 -12 -14 -15 -16 -18
	      Print in N-up.  Requires the psutils package.

       -o orient
	      Orientation used for N-up.
	      Portrait	  -op	(normal)
	      Landscape	  -ol	(rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise)
	      Seascape	  -os	(rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

   Printer Tweaking Options
       These are the options used to customize the operation of foo2slx for a particular printer.

       -u xoffxyoff
	      Set the offset of the start of the printable region from the  upper  left	 corner,  in  pixels
	      [varies  with  paper  size].   The defaults should work on the 2200DL and 2300DL, and have not
	      been tested on any other printers.

       -l xoffxyoff
	      Set the offset of the end of the printable region from  the  lower  right	 corner,  in  pixels
	      [varies  with  paper  size].   The defaults should work on the 2200DL and 2300DL, and have not
	      been tested on any other printers.

       -L mask
	      Send the logical clipping values from -u/-l in  the  ZjStream.   foo2slx-wrapper	always	runs
	      Ghostscript with the ideal page dimensions, so that the scale of the image is correct, regard‐
	      less  whether or not the printer has unprintable regions.	 This option is used to move the po‐
	      sition of the clipped image back to where it belongs on the page.	 The default is to send	 the
	      amount which was clipped by -u and -l, and should be good in most cases.
	      0	  don't send any logical clipping amounts
	      1	  only send Y clipping amount
	      2	  only send X clipping amount
	      3	  send both X and Y clipping amounts

   Color Tweaking Options
       These  are  the options used to control the quality of color output.  Color correction is currently a
       WORK IN PROGRESS.

       -g gsopts
	      Additional options to pass to Ghostscript, such as -g“-dDITHERPPI=nnn”, etc.  This option	 may
	      appear more than once.

       -G profile.icm
	      Convert  profile.icm to a Postscript color rendering dictionary (CRD) using foo2zjs-icc2ps and
	      adjust the printer colors by  using  the	Postscript  setcolorrendering  operator.   (WORK  IN
	      PROGRESS).

       -G gamma-file.ps
	      Prepend  gamma-file.ps to the Postscript input to perform color correction using the setcolor‐
	      transfer Postscript operator.  For example, the file might contain:
	      {0.333 exp} {0.333 exp} {0.333 exp} {0.333 exp} setcolortransfer

       -I intent
	      Select profile intent from the ICM file.	0=Perceptual,  1=Colorimetric,	2=Saturation,  3=Ab‐
	      solute.  Default is 0 (perceptual).

   Debugging Options
       These options are used for debugging foo2slx and its wrapper.

       -S plane
	      Output  just a single color plane from a color print and print it on the black plane.  The de‐
	      fault is to output all color planes.
	      1	  Cyan
	      2	  Magenta
	      3	  Yellow
	      4	  Black

       -D level
	      Set Debug level [0].

EXAMPLES
       Create a monochrome ZjStream from a Postscript document, examine it, and then print it  using  a	 RAW
       print queue:

	      foo2slx-wrapper testpage.ps > testpage.zm
	      slxdecode < testpage.zm
	      lpr -P raw testpage.zm

       Create a color ZjStream stream from a Postscript document:

	      foo2slx-wrapper -c testpage.ps > testpage.zc

FILES
       /usr/bin/foo2slx-wrapper

SEE ALSO
       foo2slx(1), slxdecode(1)

AUTHOR
       Rick Richardson 
       http://foo2slx.rkkda.com/