HP 932C Install on RedHat 6.1
printtool for RedHat 6.1 has no entry for the HP 932C.
printtool is just a script, so I found its little database, and after
some research into the drivers on the web at:
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=HP&format=full
..found that it was probably a simple matter of just stealing the
HP 550 driver entry, and tweaking it's resolution values to 600x600.
It works. The result is a new entry that I added to the printtool dbase
file in /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/printerdb, entry is:
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StartEntry: DeskJet932c
GSDriver: cdj550
Description: {HP DeskJet 932c HACK}
About: { \
This is a modified version of the DeskJet 550 driver entry.. \
Tested with xv(1) printing a 1280x960 photograph as a full page \
in full color.. so 'it works'! \
\
Note: the '2400x1200' "PhotoREt" mode of the printer \
is not currently supported by the driver. Until it is, \
the resolution is restricted to native capability of the \
printer hardware, which is 600x600 according to the printer docs. \
What follows are the full notes from the original 550 \
driver which may or may not be applicable to the HP 932c. \
[-erco@3dsite.com 04/19/00 Los Angeles Ca.] \
...................ORIGINAL-HP-550-DRIVER-NOTES................. \
This driver supports the HP inkjet printers which have \
color capability using both black and color cartridges \
simultaneously. Known to work with the 682C and the 694C. \
Other 600 and 800 series printers may work \
if they have this feature. \
If your printer seems to be saturating the paper with ink, \
try added an extra GS option of '-dDepletion=2'. \
Ghostscript supports several optional parameters for \
this driver: see the document 'devices.doc' \
in the ghostscript directory under /usr/doc. \
}
Resolution: {600} {600} {}
BitsPerPixel: {3} {Normal color printing with color cartridge}
BitsPerPixel: {8} {Floyd-Steinberg B&W printing for better greys}
BitsPerPixel: {24} {Floyd-Steinberg Color printing (best, but slow)}
BitsPerPixel: {32} {Sometimes provides better output than 24}
EndEntry
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Reinvoking printtool to use this driver allowed xv(1) to print
an image to the printer!