Foo2zjs is an open source printer driver for printers that use the Zenographics ZjStream wire protocol for their print data, such as the Minolta/QMS magicolor 2300 DL or Konica Minolta magicolor 2430 DL or HP LaserJet 1020 or HP LaserJet Pro M12a/M12w or HP LaserJet Pro P1102 or HP LaserJet Pro P1102w or HP LaserJet Pro CP1025nw. Foo2zjs is an open source printer driver for printers that use the Zenographics ZjStream wire protocol for their print data, such as the Minolta magicolor 2200/2300/2430 DL, Minolta Color PageWorks/Pro L and HP LaserJet 1000/1005/1018/1020/1022. These printers are often erroneously referred to as 'winprinters' or 'GDI printers'. Aug 22, 2014 If the 32bit driver is installed on the server AND the printer is attached over USB on the server, uncheck Enable bidirectional on the ports tab of the printer in order to get around this security issue with the Zenographics language monitor software. This driver will also work for the HP LaserJet 1018, 1020, 1022, P2035, and other Zenographics-based printers. PPD files (and the Foomatic XML files to generate them) come with the driver, therefore we do not supply PPDs here on the OpenPrinting site.
How to Manually Download and Update:
This built-in Zenographics Printer driver should be included with your Windows® Operating System or is available through Windows® update. The built-in driver supports the basic functions of your Zenographics Printer hardware. Click here to see how to install the built-in drivers.
| Manufacturer: | Zenographics |
| Hardware Type: | Printer |
| Operating Systems: | Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
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How to Automatically Download and Update:
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Zenographics Update FAQ
What do Zenographics Printer Device Drivers do?
Device drivers allow the hardware device (Printer) to communicate clearly with your operating system. Zenographics has written these unique, 'mini' software programs for the Zenographics to operate properly.
What Operating Systems are Compatible with Zenographics Drivers?
Currently, Zenographics has device drivers for Windows.
How do I Update Zenographics Drivers?
Zenographics drivers can be updated manually using Windows Device Manager, or automatically using a driver update tool.
What are Benefits and Risks Associated with Updating Zenographics Drivers?
Better hardware comptibility, increased features, and increased performance can be experienced from Zenographics driver updates. Conversely, installing the wrong Printer drivers can lead to software crashes, slower performance, and general computer instability.
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| Color printer, this is a Paperweight |
| See drivers at the bottom of this page. |
| Generic Instructions: CUPS, LPD, LPRng, PPR, PDQ, no spooler |
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There are many so-called 'GDI' printers, especially designed for Microsoft Windows. To save expenses for printer electronics the manufacturers move over all the rendering to the Windows driver running on the PC. The printer gets a simple bitmap of the page. It does not know anything about how text characters look like or how dithering or color adjustment works. Therefore these printers are also called 'host-based' printers.
'GDI' means 'Graphical Device Interface' and is a software API created by Microsoft through which applications communicate with the drivers of graphical output devices, as printers or graphics cards. 'GDI' is not a hardware protocol, the hardware protocols of GDI printers can be completely different, even between models of the same manufacturer. For Windows users this is no problem, as every printer comes with a driver CD containing a driver exactly for the particular printer.
For users of operating systems not supported by the printer's manufacturer, as GNU/Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, ..., these printers are a big problem. The manufacturers usually keep the protocols as their trade secrets and so it is not easy to write drivers to use these printers under additional operating systems. See especially Rildo Pragana's article about the development of a driver for the Samsung ML-85G. You should also read this article when you want to write a driver (we need especially drivers for the Canon LBP winprinters and the Epson EPL-....L series).
If you have a GDI laser printer and this database does not point you to any drivers for it, try especially the 'foo2zjs' driver for Zenographics' ZJ-stream format which probably also works with some Minolta, QMS, and other printers or also Samsung's 'gdi' driver which is known to work on several Samsung and one Lexmark laser printer. Brothers GDI models most probably work with the 'hl7x0' driver which is already part of Ghostscript for a longer time.
Compaq inkjets are usually relabled Lexmarks, so try the drivers for Lexmark models with the same maximum resolution, also the drivers issued by Lexmark could work. There are also Xerox printers which are relabled Lexmark inkjets, but other Xerox models are identical to Sharp's inkjets and understand PCL 3 (so they work with the 'pcl3' driver and are not GDI printers).
All what is written here is not proven knowledge and so do not buy a GDI printer because we have written here that it 'probably' or 'perhaps' works. This entry you should more understand as a guide for people already having a winprinter and searching for a driver.
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