foomatic-rip
(1)
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>
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> [...]]
Description
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User Commands FOOMATIC-RIP(1)
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>
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> [...]]
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CPS (newer versions) filter:
foomatic-
rip --cps -P <printer> [-J <jobtitle>] [-o <option>=<value>
DESCRIPTION
foomatic-rip is a universal print filter which works with
every known free software printer spooler. It has the
following features:
It translates PostScript and PDF (and also other file
formats) from standard input to the printer's native
language (usually put to standard output).
The translation is done with an external renderer, usually
Ghostscript (gs(1)). If no translation is needed (PostScript
printer) the renderer's command line reduces to cat(1). The
way how this translation is done is described in a PPD file.
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.
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.
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.
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
which affect 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
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information. This opens a security loophole and
should not be used in production.
-q quiet mode - minimal information output
-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.
foomatic-rip will print from standard input unless at least
one file to be printed is specified on the command line. If
your printer PPD file is stored as
/etc/gnu/direct/<printer>.ppd or
~/.foomatic/direct/<printer>.ppd you can use it by simply
specifying "-P <printer>".
Put a line
*FoomaticRIPPostPipe: "| <command>"
into the PPD file, right after *PPD-Adobe: "4.3", where
<command> is a command into which you want to re-direct the
output data. Due to the restrictions of PPD files <, >, and
" are not allowed in the <command>, replace them as follows:
Character Replacement
---------------------
< <
> >
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" " "
' '
& &
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/gnu/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 automatically
selects the needed command line options.
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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/gnu/cups/ppd/<printer>.ppd
/etc/gnu/lpd/<printer>.ppd
/etc/gnu/ppr/<printer>.ppd
/etc/gnu/pdq/<printer>.ppd
/etc/gnu/direct/<printer>.ppd
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The PPD files of the currently defined printers
/etc/gnu/foomatic/filter.conf
Configuration file for foomatic-rip
EXIT STATUS
foomatic-rip returns 0 unless something unexpected happens.
AUTHOR
Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com> with parts of
Manfred Wassmanns's <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
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+------------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------------------+
|Availability | print/lp/filter/foomatic-rip |
+---------------+------------------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
NOTES+---------------+------------------------------+
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://www.openprinting.org/download/foomatic/foomatic-
filters-4.0.15.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/database/foomatic/.
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