Ghostscript Devices Ghostscript DevicesBelow is a list of output devices available in Ghostscript. Many of the devices listed are not available in the standard configurations. To find out what devices are supported by your copy of Ghostscript, type gs -h from the command line or from within Ghostscript:
GS> devicenames ==If the device you need is not listed, but does appear in the list below, you will need to recompile Ghostscript. If you want a printer device that is not listed, look carefully for an alternate device that may work with your printer. If all else fails, you may have to modify an existing device to suit your printer.
It is possible to build Ghostscript with an arbitrary collection of device drivers, although some drivers are supported only on a subset of the target platforms.
The catalog in Aladdin section lists all the drivers that were written by Aladdin, or by people working closely with Aladdin, and for which Aladdin is willing to take problem reports (although since Ghostscript is provided with NO WARRANTY and NO SUPPORT, we can't promise that we'll solve your problem). The User Contributed section below lists all the drivers contributed by other people that are distributed by Aladdin with Ghostscript. Note in particular that all drivers for color inkjets and other non-PostScript-capable color printers are in this section.
User-contributed drivers marked with * require hardware or software that is not available to Aladdin Enterprises. Please contact the original contributors, not Aladdin Enterprises, if you have questions. Contact information appears in the driver entry below.
Drivers marked with a + are maintained by Aladdin Enterprises with the assistance of users, since Aladdin Enterprises doesn't have access to the hardware for these either.
MS-DOS displays (note: not usable with Desqview/X): MS-DOS EGA and VGA: ega EGA (640x350, 16-color) vga VGA (640x480, 16-color) MS-DOS SuperVGA: * ali SuperVGA using Avance Logic Inc. chipset, 256-color modes * atiw ATI Wonder SuperVGA, 256-color modes * cirr SuperVGA using Cirrus Logic CL-GD54XX chips, 256-color modes * s3vga SuperVGA using S3 86C911 chip (e.g., Diamond Stealth board) svga16 Generic SuperVGA in 800x600, 16-color mode * tseng SuperVGA using Tseng Labs ET3000/4000 chips, 256-color modes * tvga SuperVGA using Trident chipset, 256-color modes ****** NOTE: The vesa device does not work with the Watcom (32-bit MS-DOS) ****** compiler or executable. vesa SuperVGA with VESA standard API driver
MS Windows: mswindll Microsoft Windows 3.1 DLL [MS Windows only] mswinprn Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1 DDB printer [MS Windows only] mswinpr2 Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1 DIB printer [MS Windows only] OS/2: * os2pm OS/2 Presentation Manager [OS/2 only] * os2dll OS/2 DLL bitmap [OS/2 only] * os2prn OS/2 printer [OS/2 only] Unix and VMS: ****** NOTE: For direct frame buffer addressing under SCO Unix or Xenix, ****** edit the definition of EGAVGA below. * lvga256 Linux vgalib, 256-color VGA modes [Linux only] + vgalib Linux PC with VGALIB [Linux only] x11 X Windows version 11, release >=4 [Unix and VMS only] x11alpha X Windows masquerading as a device with alpha capability x11cmyk X Windows masquerading as a 1-bit-per-plane CMYK device x11cmyk2 X Windows as a 2-bit-per-plane CMYK device x11cmyk4 X Windows as a 4-bit-per-plane CMYK device x11cmyk8 X Windows as an 8-bit-per-plane CMYK device x11gray2 X Windows as a 2-bit gray-scale device x11gray4 X Windows as a 4-bit gray-scale device x11mono X Windows masquerading as a black-and-white device
* cljet5 H-P Color LaserJet 5/5M + deskjet H-P DeskJet and DeskJet Plus djet500 H-P DeskJet 500; use -r600 for DJ 600 series + laserjet H-P LaserJet + ljet2p H-P LaserJet IId/IIp/III* with TIFF compression + ljet3 H-P LaserJet III* with Delta Row compression + ljet3d H-P LaserJet IIID with duplex capability + ljet4 H-P LaserJet 4 (defaults to 600 dpi) + ljetplus H-P LaserJet Plus lj5mono H-P LaserJet 5 & 6 family (PCL XL), bitmap: see below for restrictions & advice lj5gray H-P LaserJet 5 & 6 family, gray-scale bitmap; see below for restrictions & advice * lp2563 H-P 2563B line printer * oce9050 OCE 9050 printer (pxlmono) H-P black-and-white PCL XL printers (LaserJet 5 and 6 family) (pxlcolor) H-P color PCL XL printers (none available yet)
* dfaxhigh DigiBoard, Inc.'s DigiFAX software format (high resolution) * dfaxlow DigiFAX low (normal) resolution
****** NOTE: all of these drivers adjust the page size to match ****** one of the three CCITT standard sizes (U.S. letter with A4 width, ****** A4, or B4). faxg3 Group 3 fax, with EOLs but no header or EOD faxg32d Group 3 2-D fax, with EOLs but no header or EOD faxg4 Group 4 fax, with EOLs but no header or EOD tiffcrle TIFF "CCITT RLE 1-dim" (= Group 3 fax with no EOLs) tiffg3 TIFF Group 3 fax (with EOLs) tiffg32d TIFF Group 3 2-D fax tiffg4 TIFF Group 4 fax
epswrite EPS output (like PostScript Distillery) pdfwrite PDF output (like Adobe Acrobat Distiller) pswrite PostScript output (like PostScript Distillery) pxlmono Black-and-white PCL XL pxlcolor Color PCL XL
bit Plain bits, monochrome bitrgb Plain bits, RGB bitcmyk Plain bits, CMYK bmpmono Monochrome MS Windows .BMP file format bmp16 4-bit (EGA/VGA) .BMP file format bmp256 8-bit (256-color) .BMP file format bmp16m 24-bit .BMP file format cgmmono Monochrome (black-and-white) CGM -- LOW LEVEL OUTPUT ONLY cgm8 8-bit (256-color) CGM -- DITTO cgm24 24-bit color CGM -- DITTO jpeg JPEG format, RGB output jpeggray JPEG format, gray output miff24 ImageMagick MIFF format, 24-bit direct color, RLE compressed pcxmono PCX file format, monochrome (1-bit black and white) pcxgray PCX file format, 8-bit gray scale pcx16 PCX file format, 4-bit planar (EGA/VGA) color pcx256 PCX file format, 8-bit chunky color pcx24b PCX file format, 24-bit color (3 8-bit planes) pcxcmyk PCX file format, 4-bit chunky CMYK color pbm Portable Bitmap (plain format) pbmraw Portable Bitmap (raw format) pgm Portable Graymap (plain format) pgmraw Portable Graymap (raw format) pgnm Portable Graymap (plain format), optimizing to PBM if possible pgnmraw Portable Graymap (raw format), optimizing to PBM if possible pnm Portable Pixmap (plain format) (RGB), optimizing to PGM or PBM if possible pnmraw Portable Pixmap (raw format) (RGB), optimizing to PGM or PBM if possible ppm Portable Pixmap (plain format) (RGB) ppmraw Portable Pixmap (raw format) (RGB) pkm Portable inKmap (plain format) (4-bit CMYK => RGB) pkmraw Portable inKmap (raw format) (4-bit CMYK => RGB) * plan9bm Plan 9 bitmap format pngmono Monochrome Portable Network Graphics (PNG) pnggray 8-bit gray Portable Network Graphics (PNG) png16 4-bit color Portable Network Graphics (PNG) png256 8-bit color Portable Network Graphics (PNG) png16m 24-bit color Portable Network Graphics (PNG) psmono PostScript (Level 1) monochrome image psgray PostScript (Level 1) 8-bit gray image psrgb PostScript (Level 2) 24-bit color image tiff12nc TIFF 12-bit RGB, no compression tiff24nc TIFF 24-bit RGB, no compression (NeXT standard format) tifflzw TIFF LZW (tag = 5) (monochrome) tiffpack TIFF PackBits (tag = 32773) (monochrome)
* herc Hercules Graphics display [MS-DOS only] * pe Private Eye display Unix and VMS: * att3b1 AT&T 3b1/Unixpc monochrome display [3b1 only] * sonyfb Sony Microsystems monochrome display [Sony only] * sunview SunView window system [SunOS only] Platform-independent: * sxlcrt CRT sixels, e.g. for VT240-like terminals
* ap3250 Epson AP3250 printer
* appledmp Apple Dot Matrix Printer (should also work with Imagewriter)
* bj10e Canon BubbleJet BJ10e
* bj200 Canon BubbleJet BJ200
* bjc600 Canon Color BubbleJet BJC-600, BJC-4000 and BJC-70
also good for Apple printers like the StyleWriter 2x00
* bjc800 Canon Color BubbleJet BJC-800
* ccr CalComp Raster format
* cdeskjet H-P DeskJet 500C with 1 bit/pixel color
* cdjcolor H-P DeskJet 500C with 24 bit/pixel color and
high-quality color (Floyd-Steinberg) dithering;
also good for DeskJet 540C and Citizen Projet IIc (-r200x300)
* cdjmono H-P DeskJet 500C printing black only;
also good for DeskJet 510, 520, and 540C (black only)
* cdj500 H-P DeskJet 500C (same as cdjcolor)
* cdj550 H-P DeskJet 550C/560C/660C/660Cse
* cp50 Mitsubishi CP50 color printer
* declj250 alternate DEC LJ250 driver
* djet500c H-P DeskJet 500C alternate driver
(does not work on 550C or 560C)
* dnj650c H-P DesignJet 650C
epson Epson-compatible dot matrix printers (9- or 24-pin)
* eps9mid Epson-compatible 9-pin, interleaved lines
(intermediate resolution)
* eps9high Epson-compatible 9-pin, interleaved lines
(triple resolution)
* epsonc Epson LQ-2550 and Fujitsu 3400/2400/1200 color printers
* hl7x0 Brother HL 720 and HL 730 (HL 760 is PCL compliant)
* ibmpro IBM 9-pin Proprinter
* imagen Imagen ImPress printers
* iwhi Apple Imagewriter in high-resolution mode
* iwlo Apple Imagewriter in low-resolution mode
* iwlq Apple Imagewriter LQ in 320 x 216 dpi mode
* jetp3852 IBM Jetprinter ink-jet color printer (Model #3852)
* la50 DEC LA50 printer
* la70 DEC LA70 printer
* la70t DEC LA70 printer with low-resolution text enhancement
* la75 DEC LA75 printer
* la75plus DEC LA75plus printer
* lbp8 Canon LBP-8II laser printer
* lips3 Canon LIPS III laser printer in English (CaPSL) mode
* ln03 DEC LN03 printer
* lj250 DEC LJ250 Companion color printer
+ lj4dith H-P LaserJet 4 with Floyd-Steinberg dithering
* lp8000 Epson LP-8000 laser printer
* lq850 Epson LQ850 printer at 360 x 360 DPI resolution;
also good for Canon BJ300 with LQ850 emulation
* m8510 C.Itoh M8510 printer
* necp6 NEC P6/P6+/P60 printers at 360 x 360 DPI resolution
* nwp533 Sony Microsystems NWP533 laser printer [Sony only]
* oki182 Okidata MicroLine 182
* okiibm Okidata MicroLine IBM-compatible printers
* paintjet alternate H-P PaintJet color printer
* pj H-P PaintJet XL driver
* pjetxl alternate H-P PaintJet XL driver
* pjxl H-P PaintJet XL color printer
* pjxl300 H-P PaintJet XL300 color printer;
also good for PaintJet 1200C and CopyJet
* r4081 Ricoh 4081 laser printer
* sj48 StarJet 48 inkjet printer
* sparc SPARCprinter
* st800 Epson Stylus 800 printer
* stcolor Epson Stylus Color
* t4693d2 Tektronix 4693d color printer, 2 bits per R/G/B component
* t4693d4 Tektronix 4693d color printer, 4 bits per R/G/B component
* t4693d8 Tektronix 4693d color printer, 8 bits per R/G/B component
* tek4696 Tektronix 4695/4696 inkjet plotter
* uniprint Unified printer driver -- Configurable Color ESC/P-,
ESC/P2-, HP-RTL/PCL mono/color driver
* xes Xerox XES printers (2700, 3700, 4045, etc.)
* dfaxhigh DigiBoard, Inc.'s DigiFAX software format (high resolution) * dfaxlow DigiFAX low (normal) resolution
* cif CIF file format for VLSI * inferno Inferno bitmaps * mgrmono 1-bit monochrome MGR devices * mgrgray2 2-bit gray scale MGR devices * mgrgray4 4-bit gray scale MGR devices * mgrgray8 8-bit gray scale MGR devices * mgr4 4-bit (VGA) color MGR devices * mgr8 8-bit color MGR devices * sgirgb SGI RGB pixmap format