NAME
foomatic-rip - Universal print filter/RIP wrapper
SYNOPSIS
General Options:
foomatic-rip [-v] [-q] <spooler-specific options>
Spooler-less printing/CPS (older versions) filter:
foomatic-rip [-P <printer> | --ppd <ppdfile> ] [-J <jobtitle> ]
[-o <option>=<value> [...]] [<files>]
CUPS filter:
foomatic-rip <jobid> <user> <jobtitle> <numcopies> <options> [<file>]
LPRng filter:
foomatic-rip --lprng [-J<jobtitle>][-Z<option>=<value>[,<option>=<value>[, ...]] <ppdfile>
foomatic-rip [-J<jobtitle>][-Z<option>=<value>[,<option>=<value>[, ...]] (printcap :pdd=<ppdfile>)
foomatic-rip --ppd <ppdfile>[-J<jobtitle>] [-Z<option>=<value>[,<option>=<value>[, ...]]
LPD/GNUlpr filter:
foomatic-rip [-w <number>] [-l <number>] [-x <number>] [-y <number>] [-i <number>] [-c] [-n <string>] [-h <string>] [-j|-J <jobtitle>|<options>] <ppdfile>
PPR RIP:
foomatic-rip [<option>=<value> [...]]
PPR interface:
foomatic-rip <queue> <destaddress> <options> <jobbreak> <feedback> <codes> <jobname> <routing> <for> <filetype> [<file>]
PDQ driver file generation:
foomatic-rip [--ppd <ppdfile>] [-o <option>=<value> [...]] --genpdq|--appendpdq|--genrawpdq|--appendrawpdq
PDQ filter:
foomatic-rip --pdq --ppd <ppdfile>] [-o <option>=<value> [...]] <file>
CPS (newer versions) filter:
foomatic-rip --cps -P <printer> [-J <jobtitle>] [-o <option>=<value> [...]] [<files>]
DESCRIPTION
foomatic-rip is a universal print filter which works with every known free software printer spooler. It has the following features:
.Topic
It translates PostScript and PDF (and also other file formats) from standard
input to the printers native language (usually put to standard
output).
.Topic
The translation is done with an external renderer, usually Ghostscript
(gs(1)). If no translation is needed (PostScript printer) the
renderers command line reduces to cat(1). The way how this
translation is done is described in a PPD file.
.Topic
Printer capabilities, how to handle user options, and how to build the
renderer command line is always described by PPD files, these
PPD files usually come from Foomatic or can be the ones supplied by
the manufacturers of PostScript printers. The PPD files are the same
for all spoolers.
.Topic
foomatic-rip works with every known spooler (CUPS, LPRng,
LPD, GNUlpr, PPR, PDQ, CPS, and
without spooler). It auto-detects the spooler from which it was
called by the command line options and environment variables which
were supplied by the spooler.
.Topic
Non-PostScript/PDF files are translated to PostScript before they are
passed to the renderer. This is usually done by a2ps(1),
enscript(1), or mpage(1). foomatic-rip auto-detects which
program is installed, but manual configuration is also possible.
.Topic
foomatic-rip does not only apply option settings supplied by the user
through the command line of the printing command, but also searches
the entire job for embedded option settings (only PostScript
jobs). Here not only settings affectimg the whole job are taken into
account, but also settings in the page headers, which are only valid
for the page where they were found, so applications which produce
PostScript code with page-specific printer option settings are fully
supported.
SPOOLER-LESS PRINTING
Options
-v | verbose mode for debugging.
WARNING: This will create a file in /tmp that contains the debugging information.
This opens a security loophole and should not be used in production.
|
-q | quiet mode - minimal information output
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-P <printer> | <printer> is the configured printer which should be used for this job.
|
--ppd <ppdfile> | |
The PPD file <ppdfile> should be applied for processing this job. | |
-J <jobtitle> | The <jobtitle> will be printed in the head line of every page of a plain text job. |
-o <option>=<value> | |
Option settings for this job, do
foomatic-rip -P <printer> -o docs <file> (<file> can be an arbitrary existing file, as .bashrc, will not be printed) to print a list of available options for the specified <printer>. | |
<files> | The file(s) to be printed.
|
Put a line
*FoomaticRIPPostPipe: "| <command>"
into the PPD file, right after *PPD-Adobe: "4.3", where <command> is a command into which you wnat to re-direct the output data. Due to the restrictions of PPD files <, >, and " are not allowed in the <command>, replace them as follows:
.CodeSkip
Character Replacement
---------------------
< <
> >
"
'
& &
This way you can print directly to your printer, use
*FoomaticRIPPostPipe: "| cat > /dev/lp0"
or
*FoomaticRIPPostPipe: "| cat > /dev/usb/lp0"
for local parallel or USB printers. To make normal users able to print this way add them to the group lp and make sure that the appropriate printer device file /dev/... is group-writable for the lp group.
for a TCP/Socket/JetDirect printer with the host name printer listening on port 9100 you need this:
*FoomaticRIPPostPipe: "| /usr/bin/nc -w 1 printer 9100"
Note the "-w 1" in the "nc" command line, it makes "nc" exiting immediately after the data is transferred to the printer.
*FoomaticRIPPostPipe: "| rlpr -Plp@printserver"
directs your jobs to the LPD printer queue lp on the machine named printserver.
See also http://www.openprinting.org/direct-doc.html
PRINTING WITH SPOOLER
See the documentation on the OpenPrinting Web site:
http://www.openprinting.org/
CONFIGURATION FILE
The file /etc/foomatic/filter.conf is read whenever foomatic-rip is executed. It allows to configure the behavior of foomatic-rip as follows (lines beginning with # are comments and therefore get ignored):
textfilter: <command> | |
Selects the filter for input files which are not PostScript or PDF.
<command> is one of a2ps, enscript, or mpage.
foomatic-rip auitomatically selects the needed command line options.
| |
debug: 0|1 | Turns on (1) or off (0) the debug mode. This is equivalent to
supplying the --debug command line option. Default setting is 0.
|
ps_accounting: 0|1 | |
Turns on (1) or off (0) inserting PostScript code for page
accounting into PostScript jobs. The inserted PostScript code makes
Ghostscript generating accounting output on stderr and CUPS can this way
log each page which got printed. The code will only be inserted if CUPS
is the spooler. Default setting is 1.
| |
echo: [<path>/]<executable> | |
Sets the path to an echo(1) executable which supports -n.
| |
gspath: [<path>/]<executable> | |
Sets the path to the Ghostscript (gs(1)) executable. To be used if
Ghostscript is at a non-standard location or if an alternative Ghostscript
should be used.
| |
execpath: <path>[:<path>]... | |
Sets the $PATH variable to be used by foomatic-rip.
| |
cupsfilterpath: <path>[:<path>]... | |
Sets the directories (colon-separated) in which foomatic-rip searches for
CUPS filters.
| |
preferred_shell: [<path>/]<executable> | |
Sets the preferred shell to use when executing FoomaticRIPCommandLine and
friends. Several PPD files use shell constructs that require a more
modern shell like bash, zsh, or ksh.
| |
FILES
/etc/cups/ppd/<printer>.ppd
/etc/lpd/<printer>.ppd /etc/ppr/<printer>.ppd /etc/pdq/<printer>.ppd /etc/direct/<printer>.ppd | |
The PPD files of the currently defined printers
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/etc/foomatic/filter.conf | |
Configuration file for foomatic-rip
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EXIT STATUS
foomatic-rip returns 0 unless something unexpected happens.
AUTHOR
Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com> with parts of Manfred Wassmannss <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> man pages for the Foomatic 2.0.x filters.
BUGS
None so far.
Please send bug reports to the Foomatic mailing list:
http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic