foo2xqx:   a linux printer driver for XQX stream protocol
e.g. HP LaserJet P1005, P1006, P1007, P1008, P1505, P1505n, P2014, P2014n, M1005 MFP, M1120 MFP

Tarball last modified: Tue Aug 26 17:41:53 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.

foo2xqx is an open source printer driver for printers that use the HP/Software Imaging "XQX" stream wire protocol for their print data, such as the HP LaserJet P1005, HP LaserJet P1006, HP LaserJet P1505, and the HP LaserJet M1005 MFP, 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, "XQX" printers are raster printers which happen to use a very efficient wire protocol which was developed by HP/Software Imaging. "XQX" is just one of many wire protocols that are in use today, such as Postscript, PCL, Epson, ZjStream, etc.

This driver uses Ghostscript to perform all of the heavy lifting (image processing). There are five major components to the foo2xqx printer driver.

You can read the manual pages for more information.

With the foo2xqx driver, you can print to some HP and possibly other "XQX" stream printers:

Supported Printer B/W Color DriverNotes
HP LaserJet P1005 Yes No foo2xqx Tested by Ivan Rajevic
HP LaserJet P1006 Yes No foo2xqx Tested by Robert
HP LaserJet P1007 Yes No foo2xqx Alpha Quality
HP LaserJet P1008 Yes No foo2xqx Alpha Quality
HP LaserJet P1505/P1505n Yes No foo2xqx Tested by author
HP LaserJet P2014/P2014n Yes No foo2xqx Alpha Quality
HP LaserJet M1005 MFP Yes No foo2xqx PRINTER ONLY; Tested by Prateep Siamwal
HP LaserJet M1120 MFP Yes No foo2xqx PRINTER ONLY; Tested by Hans Voss

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
Minolta-QMS magicolor 2200/2300 DL Supported by my foo2zjs driver
Konica Minolta magicolor 2430 DL Supported by my foo2zjs driver
HP Color LaserJet CP1215 Supported by my foo2hp driver
HP Color LaserJet 1600/2600n Supported by my foo2hp 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-300/315/600/610 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 extra files from the web, such as .ICM profiles for color correction,
and firmware.  Select the model number for your printer:
    $ ./getweb P1005     # Get HP LaserJet P1005 firmware file
    $ ./getweb P1006     # Get HP LaserJet P1006 firmware file
    $ ./getweb P1007     # Get HP LaserJet P1007 firmware file
    $ ./getweb P1008     # Get HP LaserJet P1008 firmware file
    $ ./getweb P1505     # Get HP LaserJet P1505 firmware file

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

(Optional) Configure hotplug (USB; HP LJ P1005/P1006/P1505):
    # make install-hotplug      OR      $ sudo make install-hotplug

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

Now create printer entries for your spooler. Create the queues first, then edit them and set the device options as desired. 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/Manrivia users: 
    # printerdrake
For SUSE 10.x/11.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 low level testing, you can also create a "raw queue", which will accept "XQX" stream 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.

History

It uses Markus Kuhn's JBIG-KIT compression library (included), and Marti Maria's icc2ps program (included).

Resources

Last modified: Tue Aug 05 18:45:28 2008 CDT .