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 -- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh