ljet4 http://www.ghostscript.com/ GPL Ghostscript GPL OpenPrinting forums Built-in Ghostscript driver for PCL 5e laser printers 600 600 90 90 60 30 90 gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dNOMEDIAATTRS -dNOINTERPOLATE -sDEVICE=ljet4%B%A%Z -sOutputFile=-%C -f - Ghostscript's HP LaserJet 4 (PCL 5e) driver. "ljet4" is the classical Ghostscript driver for PCL 5e printers. It is probably widely used, as it is part of Ghostscript and does not require any extra software, but before Ghostscript 8.x its output quality was lousy and one has searched for alternative drivers. From Ghostscript 8.x the well-tempered screening was introduced which gives much better quality for half-tone images. You can make use of it by downloading the PPD file for your printer here and using the "HalftoningAlgorithm" option. The <a href="show_driver.cgi?driver=lj4dith">"lj4dith"</a> Ghostscript driver which uses Floyd-Steinberg dithering to improve the image output quality. Unfortunately, this driver has problems with the margins. The document is not placed exactly at the same position as with the "ljet4" driver. The page seems to be shifted to the upper right, probably due to the upper and right unprintable borders not taken into account. Formerly, you could use the driver with the same PPD file as "ljet4", simply by switching an option, but we have removed this feature due to the paper size problem. Use Well-Tempered screening if you want to enhance the image printing quality. Use the <a href="show_driver.cgi?driver=ljet4d">"ljet4d"</a> Ghostscript driver for Duplex (double-sided printing) support. A Ghostscript bug in the driver breaks paper input tray selection. This <a href="http://www.openprinting.org/download/printing/ghostscript-pcl-patches/inputslot.patch">patch</a> for GPL Ghostscript 8.63 fixes the problem and allows to set the input tray with the "-dMediaPosition=X" commmand line option for Ghostscript. "X" is an integer number which depends on the printer model and tray. For HP "0" is usually the printer default, "7" automatic selection, "2" manual feed, "1" the upper, and "4" the lower tray. Note that for PCL 6/XL these numbers are different. The patch is required for Ghostscript 8.63 and older so that tray selection with the PPDs of this site works. The bug is fixed in Ghostscript 8.64 or newer. A good PCL 5e driver is <a href="show_driver.cgi?driver=hpijs-pcl5e">HPIJS</a> which is developed by HP to support their non-PostScript laser printers. <a href="show_driver.cgi?driver=gutenprint">Gutenprint</a> supports even PCL 4, 5, and 5e so that it serves as an alternative driver even for older printers. Gutenprint has many dithering algorithms to choose, but most are optimized for inkjets. Note that many printers listed as supported by this driver also understand PCL-XL and so they can be used with the "lj5gray" and "pxlmono"/"pxlcolor" drivers which give a much higher output quality and resolutions up to 1200 dpi, Unfortunately, the PCL drivers are not always absolutely compatible with every printer. printer/Brother-DCP-8045D printer/Brother-HL-1050 printer/Brother-HL-1060 printer/Brother-HL-1070 Printer also speaks PCL 6. printer/Brother-HL-10h printer/Brother-HL-1250 printer/Brother-HL-1260 Possibly more memory-efficient for small-memory printers. printer/Brother-HL-1270N 300 or 600 dpi PCL driver. Probably more memory-efficient for small-memory printers. printer/Brother-HL-1430 printer/Brother-HL-1440 printer/Brother-HL-1450 printer/Brother-HL-1470N printer/Brother-HL-1650 printer/Brother-HL-1660e 300 or 600dpi PCL driver. printer/Brother-HL-1670N printer/Brother-HL-1850 printer/Brother-HL-1870N printer/Brother-HL-2060 300 or 600dpi PCL driver. printer/Brother-HL-2070N printer/Brother-HL-2140 printer/Brother-HL-2170W printer/Brother-HL-5030 300 or 600dpi PCL driver. printer/Brother-HL-5040 300 or 600dpi PCL driver. printer/Brother-HL-5050 300 or 600dpi PCL driver. printer/Brother-HL-5070N 300 or 600dpi PCL driver. printer/Brother-HL-5140 printer/Brother-HL-5150D printer/Brother-HL-5170DN printer/Brother-HL-660 printer/Brother-HL-760 printer/Brother-HL-960 The Brother HL-960 seems to work perfectly with the HP LaserJet 4 driver. printer/Canon-GP_335 PCL printing also supported. printer/Canon-imageRunner_330s printer/Canon-LBP-1000 Does also 1200 dpi without needing PJL commands. printer/Canon-LBP-1260 printer/Canon-LBP-1760 printer/Canon-LBP-430 printer/DEC-LN17 printer/Epson-AL-C1900 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C1900_PS3 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C2000 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C2000_PS3 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C4000 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C4000_PS3 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C4100 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C8500 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C8500PS Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C8600 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-AL-C8600_PS3 Grayscale only. printer/Epson-EPL-5700 printer/Epson-EPL-5800 This driver seems to work only in 300dpi mode. printer/Epson-EPL-5800PS printer/Epson-EPL-5900 printer/Epson-EPL-5900_PS3 printer/Epson-EPL-6100 printer/Epson-EPL-6100_PS3 printer/Epson-EPL-N1600 printer/Epson-EPL-N1600PS printer/Epson-EPL-N2050 printer/Epson-EPL-N2050plus printer/Epson-EPL-N2050PS printer/Epson-EPL-N2050PSplus printer/Epson-EPL-N2120 printer/Epson-EPL-N2500 printer/Epson-EPL-N2500_PS3 printer/Epson-EPL-N2750 printer/Epson-EPL-N2750PS printer/Fujitsu-PrintPartner_10V printer/Fujitsu-PrintPartner_16DV printer/Fujitsu-PrintPartner_20W printer/Generic-PCL_5c_Printer Grayscale only. printer/Generic-PCL_5e_Printer printer/Generic-PCL_6_PCL_XL_Printer Only up to 600 dpi, grayscale only. printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_4550 printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_4600 printer/HP-Color_LaserJet_5000 printer/HP-LaserJet_1015 printer/HP-LaserJet_1100 printer/HP-LaserJet_1100A printer/HP-LaserJet_1150 printer/HP-LaserJet_1200 printer/HP-LaserJet_1220 printer/HP-LaserJet_1300 printer/HP-LaserJet_2100 works to 600dpi printer/HP-LaserJet_2100M works to 600dpi printer/HP-LaserJet_2200 printer/HP-LaserJet_2300 printer/HP-LaserJet_3200 printer/HP-LaserJet_3200m printer/HP-LaserJet_3200se printer/HP-LaserJet_3390 printer/HP-LaserJet_3392 printer/HP-LaserJet_3P_w_PCL5 printer/HP-LaserJet_4 printer/HP-LaserJet_4050 to 600dpi printer/HP-LaserJet_4100 printer/HP-LaserJet_4L printer/HP-LaserJet_4M For PCL printer/HP-LaserJet_4ML printer/HP-LaserJet_4P printer/HP-LaserJet_4Si printer/HP-LaserJet_4V printer/HP-LaserJet_4_Plus printer/HP-LaserJet_5 printer/HP-LaserJet_5L printer/HP-LaserJet_5P printer/HP-LaserJet_5Si printer/HP-LaserJet_6 printer/HP-LaserJet_6L printer/HP-LaserJet_6P printer/HP-LaserJet_8150 printer/HP-LaserJet_9000 printer/IBM-Infoprint_12 Prints fine at 600x600 using ljet4. printer/IBM-Page_Printer_3112 Printer emulates PCL 5 printer/Infotec-4651_MF printer/Kyocera-FS-1000 printer/Kyocera-FS-1000plus printer/Kyocera-FS-1010 printer/Kyocera-FS-1050 printer/Kyocera-FS-1200 printer/Kyocera-FS-1600 printer/Kyocera-FS-1600plus printer/Kyocera-FS-1700 printer/Kyocera-FS-1700plus printer/Kyocera-FS-1750 printer/Kyocera-FS-1800 printer/Kyocera-FS-1800plus printer/Kyocera-FS-1900 printer/Kyocera-FS-3600 printer/Kyocera-FS-3600plus printer/Kyocera-FS-3700 printer/Kyocera-FS-3700plus printer/Kyocera-FS-3750 printer/Kyocera-FS-3800 printer/Kyocera-FS-5800C printer/Kyocera-FS-5900C printer/Kyocera-FS-600 printer/Kyocera-FS-600_KPDL-2 printer/Kyocera-FS-6500 printer/Kyocera-FS-6500plus printer/Kyocera-FS-6700 printer/Kyocera-FS-680 printer/Kyocera-FS-7000 printer/Kyocera-FS-7000plus printer/Kyocera-FS-800 printer/Kyocera-FS-8000C printer/Kyocera-FS-9000 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-E230 printer/Lexmark-Optra_E printer/Lexmark-Optra_E321 printer/Lexmark-Optra_Eplus printer/Minolta-PagePro_1100 printer/Minolta-PagePro_6 printer/Minolta-PagePro_6e printer/Minolta-PagePro_6ex printer/Minolta-PagePro_8 printer/NEC-SuperScript_1400 printer/NEC-SuperScript_1800 printer/NEC-SuperScript_660i printer/Oki-B4350 printer/Oki-Okipage_10e printer/Oki-Okipage_10ex printer/Oki-Okipage_14ex printer/Oki-Okipage_6e printer/Oki-Okipage_6ex printer/Oki-Okipage_8p printer/Oki-OL410e printer/Oki-OL810ex printer/Oki-Super_6e printer/Ricoh-Aficio_220 printer/Ricoh-Aficio_401 printer/Ricoh-Aficio_700 printer/Samsung-ML-1250 Up to 600dpi printer/Samsung-ML-1450 printer/Samsung-ML-1450PS printer/Samsung-ML-1650 printer/Samsung-ML-1651N printer/Samsung-ML-1750 printer/Samsung-ML-2150 printer/Samsung-ML-2150PS printer/Samsung-ML-2151N printer/Samsung-ML-2151NPS printer/Samsung-ML-2152W printer/Samsung-ML-2152WPS printer/Samsung-ML-2250 The Foomatic/ljet4 driver works with this printer. One can use the PPD File for the ML-2552W. Only 600 dpi is supported and the lighter printing tones are not visible. printer/Samsung-ML-2550 printer/Samsung-ML-2551N printer/Samsung-ML-2552W printer/Samsung-ML-4600 printer/Samsung-ML-5000a printer/Samsung-ML-6000 printer/Samsung-ML-6100 printer/Samsung-ML-7000 printer/Samsung-ML-7000N printer/Samsung-ML-7000P printer/Samsung-ML-7050 printer/Samsung-ML-7300 printer/Samsung-ML-7300N printer/Samsung-ML-85 printer/Samsung-QL-5100A printer/Samsung-QL-6050 printer/Sharp-AR-161 printer/Xerox-Able_1406 printer/Xerox-Document_Centre_400 printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_4508 printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_N4512 printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_N4512PS printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_P1202 printer/Xerox-DocuPrint_P8e