foo2hp:   a linux printer driver for ZjStream protocol
e.g. HP Color LaserJet 1600/2600n

Tarball last modified: Sat May 03 09:35:57 2008 CDT - ChangeLog

*** DON'T USE the foo2zjs package from:
     Ubuntu, SUSE, Mandrake/Manrivia, Debian, RedHat, Fedora, Gentoo, Xandros, EEE PC, MacOSX, or BSD!
*** Download it here and follow the directions below.

foo2hp is an open source printer driver for printers that use the Zenographics ZjStream wire protocol for their print data, such as the HP Color LaserJet 2600n. These printers are often erroneously referred to as winprinters or GDI printers. However, Microsoft GDI only mandates the API between an application and the printer driver, not the protocol on the wire between the printer driver and the printer. In fact, ZjStream printers are raster printers which happen to use a very efficient wire protocol which was developed by Zenographics and licensed by most major printer manufacturers for at least some of their product lines. ZjStream is just one of many wire protocols that are in use today, such as Postscript, PCL, Epson, etc.

This driver uses Ghostscript to perform all of the heavy lifting (image processing). There are five major components to the foo2hp printer driver.

You can read the manual pages for more information.

With the foo2hp driver, you can print to some HP and possibly other ZJS protocol printers:

Printer B/W
1-bit		 B/W
2-bit		 Color
1-bit		 Color
2-bit		 DriverNotes
HP Color LaserJet 2600n Yes Yes Yes Yes foo2hp Tested by Rick Richardson
HP Color LaserJet 1600 Yes Yes Yes Yes foo2hp Tested by simong

These printers are not supported by this driver:

Unsupported Printer Notes
HP LaserJet 1018/1020/1022 Supported by my foo2zjs driver
HP LaserJet 1000/1005 Supported by my foo2zjs driver
HP LaserJet P1005/P1006/P1505/P2014 Supported by my foo2xqx driver
HP LaserJet M1005/M1120 MFP Supported by my foo2xqx driver
Minolta-QMS magicolor 2200/2300 DL Supported by my foo2zjs driver
Konica Minolta magicolor 2430 DL Supported by my foo2zjs driver
HP Color LaserJet 2605dn Unsupported. Use Postscript
Konica Minolta magicolor 2480/2490 MF Supported by my foo2lava driver
Konica Minolta magicolor 2530 DL Supported by my foo2lava driver
Samsung CLP-300/600/610 Supported by my foo2qpdl driver
Xerox Phaser 6110 Supported by my foo2qpdl driver
Lexmark C500n Supported by my foo2slx driver
Oki C3200n/C3300/C3400n Supported by my foo2hiperc driver
Oki C5100n/C5200n Supported by my foo2hiperc driver
Oki C5500n/C5600n/C5800n Supported by my foo2hiperc driver
HP Color LaserJet 1500 Supported by my foo2oak driver
Kyocera KM-1635/KM-2035 Supported by my foo2oak driver
Minolta/QMS magicolor 2300W/2400W/2500W Try the m2300w driver
Minolta/QMS PagePro 12xxW Try Beetman's 1200W driver or Schiller's 1[234]xxW driver
Minolta/QMS PagePro 13xxW Try Beetman's 1200W driver or Schiller's 1[234]xxW driver
Konica Minolta PagePro 14xxW Try Schiller's 1[234]xxW driver

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foo2zjs is open source software that is downloaded over the internet. No media (CD) will be shipped in exchange for your donation.

I keep a record of everyone who has contributed to this driver, in terms of 1) money or equipment, 2) usable bug reports, 3) code and advice.

There are over 30,000 unique IP addresses that have downloaded this driver. There are only a handful of people who have ever contributed to this project (and my thanks go out to them).

Download and Install

Click the link, or cut and paste the whole command line below to download the driver. 

    $ wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz

Now unpack it: 

Unpack:
    $ tar zxf foo2zjs.tar.gz
    $ cd foo2zjs

Now compile and install it. The INSTALL file contains more detailed instructions; please read it now. 

Compile:
    $ make

Get .ICM profiles for color correction.
Select the model number for your printer:
    $ ./getweb 2600n     # Get HP LaserJet 2600n .ICM files
    $ ./getweb 1600      # Get HP LaserJet 1600 .ICM files

Install driver, foomatic XML files, and extra files:
    $ su		OR	$ sudo make install
    # make install

(Optional) If you use CUPS, restart the spooler:
    # make cups		OR	$ sudo make cups

Now create printer entries for your spooler. Create at least one queue for monochrome, and another queue for color printing. Create the queues first, then edit them and set the device options as desired. Set bits per pixel to a "1" (default). See your operating system documentation for further details on creating a printer queue. Click any hyperlinks below for sample screenshots.

For Redhat 7.2/7.3/8.0/9.0 and Fedora Core 1-5 users: 
    # printconf-gui
For Fedora Core 6, Fedora 7/8/9, and Ubuntu 7.10/8.04 users: 
    # system-config-printer
For Mandrake/Mandriva users: 
    # printerdrake
For SUSE 10.x users: 
    # yast2 printer
For Ubuntu 5.10/6.06/6.10/7.04 users: 
    $ sudo gnome-cups-manager
    $ sudo make cups             # IMPORTANT: gnome-cups-manager has a BUG in it
For Debian 3.x, 4.x, and other systems that use CUPS http://localhost:631 
    $ firefox http://localhost:631

For low level testing, you could also create a "raw queue", which will accept ZJS files as-is and send them directly to the printer.

Questions and Support

If you installed as per the above instructions, then click on our forums for questions and support.

If you installed a THIRD PARTY (e.g. Ubuntu, Gentoo, etc.) foo2zjs package, then read the INSTALL file and follow the directions. No third party support is given. You MUST install using the above procedure.

Bugs And Deficiencies

Resources

Last modified: Fri May 09 05:22:26 2008 CDT .