Which DeskJet driver should I use?

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Versions up to (including) 7.3

Symptom:

Quite difficult in view of the multitude of available Ghostscript drivers for the different DeskJet printers.

Solution:

Please take a look at the sources of information mentioned in the following article: Installing a printer and see if a special driver is recommended for your model.
If no driver is recommended, then the following instructions should help:
See: Purchase of printers and compatibility

Using YaST2 you can select these drivers under "Ghostscript devices" and you can adjust the driver specific parametes - see: Installing a printer with SuSE Linux 6.4

If you use SETUP (respectively lprsetup) to configure your printer according to the article Installing a printer you have to enter the driver specific parametes in an appropriate /etc/apsfilterrc... file - see: Installing a printer with SuSE Linux 6.4

Example regarding the driver hpdj :
For the difference between mono and color you may set the following driver specific parametes e.g. in the file /etc/apsfilterrc.hpdj

if [ "$COLOR" = "mono" ]; then
  GS_FEATURES="-sModel=unspec -sColorMode=mono -sPrintQuality=draft"
else
  GS_FEATURES="-sModel=unspec -sColorMode=CMYK -sPrintQuality=normal"
fi

See also:
o Installing a Printer
o Installing a printer since SuSE Linux 6.4 and up to 7.3

Keywords: DESKJET, PRINTING, PRINTER, GHOSTSCRIPT, HPDJ

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