HP DeskJet 850C

Color inkjet printer, max. 600x600 dpi, works Perfectly

Recommended Driver: hplip (Home page)

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

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

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

To get its maximum quality, use the HPLIP driver, since HPIJS 1.2 there is explicit support for this printer. 600 dpi in colour is not supported by the hardware.

David Suffield, developer of HPIJS at HP, said about the HPIJS 1.1 driver:

HPLIP (set up as for the DeskJet 600 series) works for the Deskjet 850 series, much better than Gimp-Print, but color was not as good as with 'cdj850'. Some people may prefer 'cdj850' for color, others may prefer HPLIP for the speed.

The 'cdj850' driver is included with Ghostscript as of Ghostscript version 6.0.

Printhead alignment is not supported.

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Drivers

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

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Recommended driver:

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 Color output Type: CUPS Raster
Text:	100	Graphics:	100	System Load:	Unknown
Line Art:	100	Photo:	100	Speed:	70

Other drivers:

cdj850 (driver home page)
This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: hplip
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:	PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

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This driver is obsolete.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)

hpdj (driver home page)
This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: pcl3
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:	PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

pcl3 (driver home page)
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:	PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

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