From: Frank Tegtmeyer Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [comp.os.linux.announce] Free LaserJet 4 Utility V1.0 Date: 9 Mar 1994 14:58:16 +0100 Organization: None Lines: 122 Sender: x920031@rubb.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Approved: Jost.Krieger@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Message-ID: <2lkklo$1rc@rubb.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> References: <1994Feb27.170500.10155@cs.cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rubb.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Keywords: laser printer laserjet hp control economode X-Batch-Name: archsave.22-28.a X-Original-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 1994 17:05:00 GMT Archive-Name: auto/comp.os.linux.announce/Free-LaserJet-4-Utility-V1-0 The Free LaserJet 4 Utility is a program to control the capabilities of a HP LaserJet 4. I have uploaded the Free LaserJet 4 Utility to ftp.germany.eu.net /pub/comp/i386/Linux/Incoming.EUnet ftp.funet.fi /pub/OS/Linux/incoming ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de /incoming ftp.uni-erlangen.de /incoming Here is the name and size: -rw-r--r-- 1 other other 13858 Feb 27 14:10 free-lj4-1.0.tar.gz It is also available in the following german BBS: Maus Rostock +49 381 696350 (V.32bis) under the name flj4utl.tgz in the main program area. Here is the readme-file: ---------------------------------- THE FREE LJ4 UTILITY Version 1.0 ---------------------------------- Copyright (c) 1994 under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) written by Frank Tegtmeyer Rostock, Germany (fte@gecko.de) This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ( see also GPL). If you make modifications /and or bugfixes to the source, or just discover repeatable bugs/problems, please feel obligated to send them to me. I will maintain and support versions I distribute as time and money allows. Please do not distribute modified versions, except you document that this version is modified. Don't distribute versions without the copyright file. Please enjoy and find it useful; that's the overall goal. 1) Contents ------------ In this distribution you should have received the following files: copyrigh.txt the GNU General Public license (GPL) readme.txt the file you are reading readme.ger the readme file in german lj4.c the source of the Free LaserJet 4 Utility 2) Purpose of the program -------------------------- You can use this program to control the most printing capabilities of your HP LaserJet printer. This program was implemented because I wanted to print in ECONOMODE and lower density for evaluation purposes on my HP LaserJet 4L connected to a PC running Linux ( and only Linux!). I tried to get some information about the codes needed to get the ECONOMODE but got no response from anywhere. Then I found an MS-DOS program called LJ4 that does this job and more. It was developed by Tim Tschirner and Christoph Sundergeld (TASSoft) in germany. Many thanks to them at this place. (a source for this program is the garbo mirror on ftp.germany.eu.net under /pub/msdos) The Free LaserJet 4 Utility ist in general a reimplementation of the original MS-DOS utility with some minor changes. It was done by collecting the codes for every command from a listing on a printer with hexdump capability. 3) usage and documentation The program isn't documented in a separate file. All you need is the manual of your printer and the program itself. If you use a command that takes no effekt please check first your printer manual rather than sending bug reports. To get a short description, how the program works simply type lj4 To get a short list of all possible commands type lj4 -h or lj4 -help To get a list of all commands with their possible parameters type lj4 -d or lj4 -detailed All output (including error messages) are made to standard output. If you want to affect the printer you must redirect the standard output to the right printer or printer queue. Examples: lj4 economode off > /dev/lp sets the printer to normal mode (ECONOMODE off) lj4 RES | lpr -h resets the printer to factory defaults (assuming that the spool system does not affect the printer modes) 4) bugfixes / questions Please send all your bugfixes/questions/... via electronic mail to the following Internet address: fte@gecko.de Frank Tegtmeyer Rostock (Germany), 1994 -- Frank Tegtmeyer GECKO mbH Rostock; Wismarsche Str. 3; 18057 Rostock Tel. 0381-45488-0 FAX: 0381-45488-50