#71201 Deskjet print order

Package:
magicfilter
Source:
magicfilter
Description:
automatic printer filter
Submitter:
Martijn van de Streek
Date:
2005-07-18 03:07:28 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#71201#5
Date:
2000-09-09 12:32:07 UTC
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Package: magicfilter
Severity: wishlist

I've created a set of filters (draft, normal and best) for my HP Deskjet
610C. It uses pdftops (from the xpdf package) to convert pdf to postscript,
and pstops (package psutils) to put pages in reverse order (all HP Deskjets
seem to have this "feature" in their designs which makes pages come out
with the wrong side up).

Attached:
shell script "deskjet-filter" which pipes it's stdin through pstops and
gs to create PCL3 output. It accepts a command-line parameter specifying
quality:

deskjet-filter draft
deskjet-filter normal
deskjet-filter best

($1 is passed to gs' -sPrintQuality flag (see man gs-hpdj))

Pages will always be reversed by pstops.

Martijn