How To Install foo2zjs on Fedora 34

foo2zjs is Linux printer driver for ZjStream protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2zjs on Fedora 34.

What is foo2zjs

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 P1102 or HP LaserJet Pro P1102w or HP LaserJet Pro CP1025nw. These printers are often erroneously referred to as winprinters or GDI printers. However, Microsoft GDI only mandates the API between an application and the printer driver, not the protocol on the wire between the printer driver and the printer. In fact, ZjStream printers are raster printers which happen to use a very efficient wire protocol which was developed by Zenographics and licensed by most major printer manufacturers for at least some of their product lines. ZjStream is just one of many wire protocols that are in use today, such as Postscript, PCL, Epson, etc. Users of this package are requested to visit the author’s web page at http

We can use yum or dnf to install foo2zjs on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install foo2zjs.

Install foo2zjs on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install foo2zjs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install foo2zjs

Install foo2zjs on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install foo2zjs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install foo2zjs

How To Uninstall foo2zjs on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the foo2zjs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove foo2zjs

foo2zjs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/foo2zjs
/usr/bin/foo2zjs-pstops
/usr/bin/foo2zjs-wrapper
/usr/bin/printer-profile
/usr/bin/zjsdecode
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/97fb60afa8025dc7dfc9b92f5cb92c8ab07cb9
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/271c88befe43ef392c5408d021ff8f2cfee874
/usr/share/cups/model/Generic-ZjStream_Printer.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/HP-LaserJet_1000.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/HP-LaserJet_1005.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/HP-LaserJet_1018.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/HP-LaserJet_1020.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/HP-LaserJet_1022.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/HP-LaserJet_1022n.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/HP-LaserJet_1022nw.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/KONICA_MINOLTA-magicolor_2430_DL.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Minolta-Color_PageWorks_Pro_L.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Minolta-magicolor_2200_DL.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Minolta-magicolor_2300_DL.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Minolta-magicolor_2430_DL.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Olivetti-d-Color_P160W.ppd.gz
/usr/share/doc/foo2zjs
/usr/share/doc/foo2zjs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/foo2zjs/README
/usr/share/foo2zjs
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/2300w-1200@150-l250-kx,ucr100,0-per.crd
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/2300w-1200@150-l250-kx,ucr100,50-per.crd
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/2300w-1200@150-l250-kx,ucr100,75-per.crd
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/2300w-1200@150-l250-kx,ucr125,75-per.crd
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/kh.crd
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/kx.crd
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/prolog.ps
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/screen1200.ps
/usr/share/foo2zjs/crd/screen2400.ps
/usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware
/usr/share/foo2zjs/gamma-lookup.ps
/usr/share/foo2zjs/gamma.ps
/usr/share/foo2zjs/icm
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/foo2zjs-z1.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/foo2zjs-z2.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/foo2zjs-z3.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/foo2zjs.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2xxx-Copies.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2xxx-Halftone.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2xxx-Nup.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2xxx-NupOrient.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2xxx-Quality.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-ColorMode.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-Duplex.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-ICM.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-InputSlot.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-Intent.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-MediaType.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-PageSize.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-PrinterType.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-Resolution.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-z1-MediaType.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-z1-PageSize.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-z12-Density.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-z2-MediaType.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-z2-PageSize.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-z3-MediaType.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2zjs-z3-PageSize.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Generic-ZjStream_Printer.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1000.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1005.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1018.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1020.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1022.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1022n.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_1022nw.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/KONICA_MINOLTA-magicolor_2430_DL.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Minolta-Color_PageWorks_Pro_L.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Minolta-magicolor_2200_DL.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Minolta-magicolor_2300_DL.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Minolta-magicolor_2430_DL.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Olivetti-d-Color_P160W.xml
/usr/share/licenses/foo2zjs
/usr/share/licenses/foo2zjs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2zjs-icc2ps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2zjs-pstops.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2zjs-wrapper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2zjs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/printer-profile.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zjsdecode.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2zjs on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.