HP LaserJet 2100

Black & White laser printer, max. 1200x1200 dpi, works Perfectly

Recommended Driver: pxlmono (Home page, View PPD, directly download PPD)

Generic Instructions: CUPS, LPD, LPRng, PPR, PDQ, no spooler

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Miscellaneous

Printer supports PJL.
Printer supports direct text printing with the 'us-ascii' charset.
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Comments

For basic printing functionality use the Postscript PPD. For advanced functionality such as printer status and maintenance features, use the HPLIP driver (which includes HPIJS).

Ghostscript:

600 dpi with PCL5 driver (ljet4)
1200 dpi with PCL6 driver (pxlmono/lj5gray)

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Drivers

The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:

Recommended driver:

pxlmono (driver home page)
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:	PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

Other drivers:

gimp-print (driver home page)

This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: gutenprint

This driver is free software.

Type: CUPS Raster

gutenprint (driver home page)
Top Quality Printer Drivers for inkjets, dye sublimation printers, and PCL lasers Supplier: Gutenprint project License: GPL (free software)
User support:	Gutenprint mailing list at SourceForge (voluntary)
Color output Type: CUPS Raster
Text:	90	Graphics:	100	System Load:	Unknown
Line Art:	90	Photo:	100	Speed:	60
Download:	Driver packages: x86 32 bit:5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed), x86 64 bit:5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed) (How to install)

hplip (driver home page)
HP's driver suite for printers and multi-function devices Supplier: Hewlett-Packard (this printer's manufacturer) License: MIT/BSD/GPL (free software)
User support:	HPLIP support and bug tracking system (voluntary)
Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Only monochrome output Type: CUPS Raster
Text:	100	Graphics:	100	System Load:	Unknown
Line Art:	100	Photo:	100	Speed:	70

lj4dith (driver home page)
works to 600dpi This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:	PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

lj5gray (driver home page)
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:	PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

ljet4 (driver home page)
Built-in Ghostscript driver for PCL 5e laser printers works to 600dpi Supplier: GPL Ghostscript License: GPL (free software)
User support:	OpenPrinting forums (voluntary)
Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Only monochrome output Type: Ghostscript built-in
Text:	90	Graphics:	60	System Load:	Unknown
Line Art:	90	Photo:	30	Speed:	90
Download:	PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

omni (driver home page)

This driver is free software.

Type: Ghostscript built-in

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