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- Notes about the Debian hpijs package
- ------------------------------------
-
- This package includes the rss patch from
-
- http://www.openprinting.org/download/printing/hpijs/
-
- This patch tries to make sure that black is printed with just
- the black pen, if the printer supports it. Almost all new
- HP printers (those using the DJGenericVIP model) do colormap
- conversion in firmware, and will completely ignore the rss
- patch. Also, nobody has maintained that patch for a long time,
- so it is unlikely that rss support will be ever added to newer
- printer drivers even if they could support it.
-
- Should Ghostscript have the latest version of the IJS server
- code, hpijs will be able to use the KRGB protocol to talk to
- Ghostscript, which often will produce better printings wherever
- black is used.
-
- It is a very good idea to install the hplip package if you
- use CUPS as your printing spooler. For spoolers other than
- CUPS, you should use hpoj instead.
-
- A lot of enhanced functionality is only available in bi-dir
- mode, which is supported only by HPLIP.
-
- If you are going to use PPDs, it is recommended that the ones
- from the hpijs-ppds PPD package be used, as they are guaranteed
- to work well with this version of hpijs.
-
- -- Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org>
- -- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
-