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Built-in Ghostscript driver for PCL 5e laser printers
Supplier: GPL Ghostscript License: GPL (free software) | ||||||||||||||||
User support: | OpenPrinting forums (voluntary) | |||||||||||||||
Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Only monochrome output Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||||||||||
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Generic Instructions:
CUPS,
no spooler,
PPD aware applications/clients,
Important for Windows clients: The CUPS PostScript driver for Windows has a bug which makes
it choking on PPD files which contain GUI texts longer than 39 characters. Therefore it is
recommended to use Adobe's PostScript driver. If you still want to use the CUPS driver,
please mark "GUI texts limited to 39 characters" to get an appropriate PPD file.
Comments
This driver is available in the Ghostscript Printer Application
Ghostscript's HP LaserJet 4 (PCL 5e) driver.
"ljet4" is the classical Ghostscript driver for PCL 5e printers. It is probably widely used, as it is part of Ghostscript and does not require any extra software, but before Ghostscript 8.x its output quality was lousy and one has searched for alternative drivers. From Ghostscript 8.x the well-tempered screening was introduced which gives much better quality for half-tone images. You can make use of it by downloading the PPD file for your printer here and using the "HalftoningAlgorithm" option.
The "lj4dith" Ghostscript driver which uses Floyd-Steinberg dithering to improve the image output quality. Unfortunately, this driver has problems with the margins. The document is not placed exactly at the same position as with the "ljet4" driver. The page seems to be shifted to the upper right, probably due to the upper and right unprintable borders not taken into account. Formerly, you could use the driver with the same PPD file as "ljet4", simply by switching an option, but we have removed this feature due to the paper size problem. Use Well-Tempered screening if you want to enhance the image printing quality.
Use the "ljet4d" Ghostscript driver for Duplex (double-sided printing) support.
A Ghostscript bug in the driver breaks paper input tray selection. This patch for GPL Ghostscript 8.63 fixes the problem and allows to set the input tray with the "-dMediaPosition=X" commmand line option for Ghostscript. "X" is an integer number which depends on the printer model and tray. For HP "0" is usually the printer default, "7" automatic selection, "2" manual feed, "1" the upper, and "4" the lower tray. Note that for PCL 6/XL these numbers are different. The patch is required for Ghostscript 8.63 and older so that tray selection with the PPDs of this site works. The bug is fixed in Ghostscript 8.64 or newer.
A good PCL 5e driver is HPIJS which is developed by HP to support their non-PostScript laser printers. Gutenprint supports even PCL 4, 5, and 5e so that it serves as an alternative driver even for older printers. Gutenprint has many dithering algorithms to choose, but most are optimized for inkjets.
Note that many printers listed as supported by this driver also understand PCL-XL and so they can be used with the "lj5gray" and "pxlmono"/"pxlcolor" drivers which give a much higher output quality and resolutions up to 1200 dpi,
Unfortunately, the PCL drivers are not always absolutely
compatible with every printer.
Printer list
- Brother DCP-7010
- Brother DCP-7020
- Brother DCP-8045D
- Brother HL-1050
- Brother HL-1060
- Brother HL-1070
- Brother HL-10h
- Brother HL-1250
- Brother HL-1260
- Brother HL-1270N
- Brother HL-1430
- Brother HL-1440
- Brother HL-1450
- Brother HL-1470N
- Brother HL-1650
- Brother HL-1660e
- Brother HL-1670N
- Brother HL-1850
- Brother HL-1870N
- Brother HL-2030
- Brother HL-2035
- Brother HL-2040
- Brother HL-2060
- Brother HL-2070N
- Brother HL-2130
- Brother HL-2135
- Brother HL-2140
- Brother HL-2142
- Brother HL-2170W
- Brother HL-5030
- Brother HL-5040
- Brother HL-5050
- Brother HL-5070N
- Brother HL-5140
- Brother HL-5150D
- Brother HL-5170DN
- Brother HL-660
- Brother HL-760
- Brother HL-960
- Canon GP 335
- Canon imageRunner 2200
- Canon imageRunner 2800
- Canon imageRunner 3300
- Canon imageRunner 330s
- Canon imageRunner 3570
- Canon imageRunner 4570
- Canon imageRunner 5000
- Canon imageRunner 5570
- Canon imageRunner 6000
- Canon imageRunner 6570
- Canon imageRunner 8500
- Canon imageRunner C5870U
- Canon imageRunner C6870U
- Canon LBP-1000
- Canon LBP-1260
- Canon LBP-1760
- Canon LBP-3360
- Canon LBP-430
- DEC LN17
- Epson AL-C1900
- Epson AL-C1900 PS3
- Epson AL-C2000
- Epson AL-C2000 PS3
- Epson AL-C4000
- Epson AL-C4000 PS3
- Epson AL-C4100
- Epson AL-C8500
- Epson AL-C8500PS
- Epson AL-C8600
- Epson AL-C8600 PS3
- Epson EPL-5700
- Epson EPL-5800
- Epson EPL-5800PS
- Epson EPL-5900
- Epson EPL-5900 PS3
- Epson EPL-6100
- Epson EPL-6100 PS3
- Epson EPL-N1600
- Epson EPL-N1600PS
- Epson EPL-N2050
- Epson EPL-N2050+
- Epson EPL-N2050PS
- Epson EPL-N2050PS+
- Epson EPL-N2120
- Epson EPL-N2500
- Epson EPL-N2500 PS3
- Epson EPL-N2750
- Epson EPL-N2750PS
- Fujitsu PrintPartner 10V
- Fujitsu PrintPartner 16DV
- Fujitsu PrintPartner 20W
- Generic PCL 5c Printer
- Generic PCL 5e Printer
- Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer
- HP Color LaserJet 4550
- HP Color LaserJet 4600
- HP Color LaserJet 5000
- HP LaserJet 1015
- HP LaserJet 1100
- HP LaserJet 1100A
- HP LaserJet 1150
- HP LaserJet 1200
- HP LaserJet 1220
- HP LaserJet 1300
- HP LaserJet 2100
- HP LaserJet 2100M
- HP LaserJet 2200
- HP LaserJet 2300
- HP LaserJet 3200
- HP LaserJet 3200m
- HP LaserJet 3200se
- HP LaserJet 3390
- HP LaserJet 3392
- HP LaserJet 3P w/ PCL5
- HP LaserJet 4
- HP LaserJet 4 Plus
- HP LaserJet 4050
- HP LaserJet 4100
- HP LaserJet 4L
- HP LaserJet 4M
- HP LaserJet 4ML
- HP LaserJet 4P
- HP LaserJet 4Si
- HP LaserJet 4V
- HP LaserJet 5
- HP LaserJet 5L
- HP LaserJet 5P
- HP LaserJet 5Si
- HP LaserJet 6
- HP LaserJet 6L
- HP LaserJet 6P
- HP LaserJet 8150
- HP LaserJet 9000
- IBM Infoprint 12
- IBM Page Printer 3112
- Infotec 4651 MF
- Kyocera CS-1815
- Kyocera FS-1000
- Kyocera FS-1000+
- Kyocera FS-1010
- Kyocera FS-1018MFP
- Kyocera FS-1020D
- Kyocera FS-1030D
- Kyocera FS-1050
- Kyocera FS-1118MFP
- Kyocera FS-1200
- Kyocera FS-1600
- Kyocera FS-1600+
- Kyocera FS-1700
- Kyocera FS-1700+
- Kyocera FS-1714M
- Kyocera FS-1750
- Kyocera FS-1800
- Kyocera FS-1800+
- Kyocera FS-1900
- Kyocera FS-1920
- Kyocera FS-2000D
- Kyocera FS-2100D
- Kyocera FS-2100DN
- Kyocera FS-3600
- Kyocera FS-3600+
- Kyocera FS-3700
- Kyocera FS-3700+
- Kyocera FS-3718M
- Kyocera FS-3750
- Kyocera FS-3800
- Kyocera FS-3820N
- Kyocera FS-3830N
- Kyocera FS-3900DN
- Kyocera FS-4000DN
- Kyocera FS-4100DN
- Kyocera FS-4200DN
- Kyocera FS-4300DN
- Kyocera FS-5800C
- Kyocera FS-5900C
- Kyocera FS-600
- Kyocera FS-600 (KPDL-2)
- Kyocera FS-6020
- Kyocera FS-6026
- Kyocera FS-6300
- Kyocera FS-6500
- Kyocera FS-6500+
- Kyocera FS-6700
- Kyocera FS-6750
- Kyocera FS-680
- Kyocera FS-6900
- Kyocera FS-6950DN
- Kyocera FS-7000
- Kyocera FS-7000+
- Kyocera FS-7028M
- Kyocera FS-800
- Kyocera FS-8000C
- Kyocera FS-9000
- Kyocera FS-9100DN
- Kyocera FS-9130DN
- Kyocera FS-920
- Kyocera FS-9500DN
- Kyocera FS-9530DN
- Kyocera KM-1510
- Kyocera KM-1530
- Kyocera KM-1810
- Kyocera KM-1815
- Kyocera KM-1820
- Kyocera KM-2030
- Kyocera KM-2530
- Kyocera KM-3050
- Kyocera KM-3530
- Kyocera KM-4050
- Kyocera KM-4230
- Kyocera KM-4230/5230
- Kyocera KM-4530
- Kyocera KM-5050
- Kyocera KM-5230
- Kyocera KM-5530
- Kyocera KM-6030
- Kyocera KM-6230
- Kyocera KM-8030
- Lexmark C9200
- Lexmark C9235
- Lexmark CS920
- Lexmark CS921de
- Lexmark CS923de
- Lexmark CS927de
- Lexmark CX920
- Lexmark CX920de
- Lexmark CX921de
- Lexmark CX922de
- Lexmark CX923dte
- Lexmark CX923dxe
- Lexmark CX924dte
- Lexmark CX924dxe
- Lexmark CX927de
- Lexmark E120
- Lexmark E120n
- Lexmark E230
- Lexmark E320
- Lexmark MS910
- Lexmark MS911de
- Lexmark MX910
- Lexmark MX910de
- Lexmark MX911
- Lexmark MX911dte
- Lexmark MX912
- Lexmark MX912dxe
- Lexmark Optra E
- Lexmark Optra E321
- Lexmark Optra E+
- Lexmark XC9200
- Lexmark XC9225
- Lexmark XC9235
- Lexmark XC9245
- Lexmark XC9255
- Lexmark XC9265
- Lexmark XM9100
- Lexmark XM9145
- Lexmark XM9155
- Lexmark XM9165
- Minolta PagePro 1100
- Minolta PagePro 6
- Minolta PagePro 6e
- Minolta PagePro 6ex
- Minolta PagePro 8
- NEC SuperScript 1400
- NEC SuperScript 1800
- NEC SuperScript 660i
- Oki B410
- Oki B4350
- Oki Okipage 10e
- Oki Okipage 10ex
- Oki Okipage 14ex
- Oki Okipage 6e
- Oki Okipage 6ex
- Oki Okipage 8p
- Oki OL410e
- Oki OL810ex
- Oki Super 6e
- Ricoh Aficio 220
- Ricoh Aficio 401
- Ricoh Aficio 700
- Samsung ML-1250
- Samsung ML-1450
- Samsung ML-1450PS
- Samsung ML-1650
- Samsung ML-1651N
- Samsung ML-1750
- Samsung ML-2150
- Samsung ML-2150PS
- Samsung ML-2151N
- Samsung ML-2151NPS
- Samsung ML-2152W
- Samsung ML-2152WPS
- Samsung ML-2250
- Samsung ML-2550
- Samsung ML-2551N
- Samsung ML-2552W
- Samsung ML-4600
- Samsung ML-5000a
- Samsung ML-6000
- Samsung ML-6100
- Samsung ML-7000
- Samsung ML-7000N
- Samsung ML-7000P
- Samsung ML-7050
- Samsung ML-7300
- Samsung ML-7300N
- Samsung ML-85
- Samsung QL-5100A
- Samsung QL-6050
- Sharp AR-161
- Sharp AR-168D
- Sharp AR-168S
- Sharp AR-5220
- Sharp AR-BC260
- Sharp AR-BC320
- Sharp AR-C170M
- Sharp AR-C172M
- Sharp AR-C260
- Sharp AR-C260F
- Sharp AR-C260M
- Sharp AR-C260P
- Sharp AR-C260S
- Sharp AR-C261F
- Sharp AR-C261M
- Sharp AR-C261S
- Sharp AR-C262M
- Sharp AR-C262S
- Sharp AR-M351N
- Sharp AR-M351U
- Sharp AR-M355N
- Sharp AR-M355U
- Sharp AR-M451N
- Sharp AR-M451U
- Sharp AR-M455N
- Sharp AR-M455U
- Sharp AR-M550N
- Sharp AR-M550U
- Sharp AR-M620N
- Sharp AR-M620U
- Sharp AR-M700N
- Sharp AR-M700U
- Sharp ARP350
- Sharp ARP450
- Tektronix Phaser 750DP
- Tektronix Phaser 750DX
- Tektronix Phaser 750N
- Tektronix Phaser 750P
- Xerox Able 1406
- Xerox Document Centre 400
- Xerox DocuPrint 4508
- Xerox DocuPrint N4512
- Xerox DocuPrint N4512PS
- Xerox DocuPrint P1202
- Xerox DocuPrint P8e
- Xerox Phaser 2135
- Xerox Phaser 4400B
- Xerox Phaser 4400DT
- Xerox Phaser 4400DX
- Xerox Phaser 4400N
- Xerox Phaser 4500B
- Xerox Phaser 4500DT
- Xerox Phaser 4500DX
- Xerox Phaser 4500N
- Xerox Phaser 4510B
- Xerox Phaser 4510DT
- Xerox Phaser 4510DX
- Xerox Phaser 4510N
- Xerox Phaser 5500B
- Xerox Phaser 5500DN
- Xerox Phaser 5500DT
- Xerox Phaser 5500DX
- Xerox Phaser 5500N
- Xerox Phaser 6130N
- Xerox Phaser 6180DN
- Xerox Phaser 6180MFP-D
- Xerox Phaser 6200B
- Xerox Phaser 6200DP
- Xerox Phaser 6200DX
- Xerox Phaser 6200N
- Xerox Phaser 6250B
- Xerox Phaser 6250DP
- Xerox Phaser 6250DT
- Xerox Phaser 6250DX
- Xerox Phaser 6250N
- Xerox Phaser 6300DN
- Xerox Phaser 6300N
- Xerox Phaser 6350DP
- Xerox Phaser 6350DT
- Xerox Phaser 6350DX
- Xerox Phaser 6360DN
- Xerox Phaser 6360DX
- Xerox Phaser 7300B
- Xerox Phaser 7300DN
- Xerox Phaser 7300DT
- Xerox Phaser 7300DX
- Xerox Phaser 7300N
- Xerox Phaser 7400DN
- Xerox Phaser 7400DT
- Xerox Phaser 7400DX
- Xerox Phaser 7400DXF
- Xerox Phaser 7400N
- Xerox Phaser 7700DN
- Xerox Phaser 7700DX
- Xerox Phaser 7700GX
- Xerox Phaser 7750B
- Xerox Phaser 7750DN
- Xerox Phaser 7750DXF
- Xerox Phaser 7750GX
- Xerox Phaser 7760DN
- Xerox Phaser 7760DX
- Xerox Phaser 7760GX
- Xerox Phaser 8400B
- Xerox Phaser 8400BD
- Xerox Phaser 8400DP
- Xerox Phaser 8400DX
- Xerox Phaser 8400N
- Xerox Phaser 8500DN
- Xerox Phaser 8500N
- Xerox Phaser 8550DP
- Xerox Phaser 8550DT
- Xerox Phaser 8550DX
- Xerox Phaser 8560DN
- Xerox WorkCentre 7345