---
name: "gipddecode"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "printer-driver-foo2zjs-common"
version: "20200505dfsg0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gipddecode"
---

# gipddecode(1)

gipddecode - Decode a GIPD stream into human readable form. **gipddecode** \[*options*\] \<*gipd-file* **gipddecode** decodes a Granite Image Printer Driver (GIPD) stream into human readable form. Granite Systems was acquired by Monotype Imaging.

A GIPD stream is the printer language used by the Lexmark X500 and the Dell 1125 MFP printers.

These are the options that can appear on the command line.

- **-d** *basename*

  Basename of .pbm file for saving decompressed planes.

- **-h**

  Print hex file offsets.

- **-o**

  Print file offsets.

- **-D** *level*

  Set Debug level \[0\].

  Decode an GIPD stream file.

  ```
  $ gipddecode -h x500-mono.prn
       0: OFST    0       len=128
      80: OFST    1       len=128
     100: OFST    2       len=128
     180: OFST    3       len=128
     200: OFST    4       len=128
          [SNIP]
   27d80: OFST    1275    len=128
   27e00: \033%-12345X@PJL SET DISPINFOWHILEPRINT=OFF
   27e2a: @PJL SET DISPATPAPERCHANG=OFF
   27e49: @PJL SET JAMRECOVERY=ON
   27e62: @PJL SET OUTPUTBLANKPAPER=OFF
   27e81: @PJL SET PRINTSLOWLY=OFF
   27e9b: @PJL SET REVERSEPRINT=OFF
   27eb6: \033%-12345X
   27ebf: GDIJ    len=108
          unk0=0, unk1=0, unk2=0, unk3=0, unk4=0
          unk5=16777221(0x1000005), unk6=0, unk7=0, unk8=0, paper=0
          0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
   27f37: GDIP    len=52
          nplane = 1, w254 = 4896, h254 = 6110
          132018de, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1000000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
   27f77: GDIB     0      len=60 (0x3c)
   27fcb: GDIB     1      len=252 (0xfc)
   280df: GDIB     2      len=124 (0x7c)
   28173: GDIB     3      len=956 (0x3bc)
   28547: GDIB     4      len=1692 (0x69c)
   28bfb: GDIB     5      len=572 (0x23c)
   28e4f: GDIB     6      len=17084 (0x42bc)
   2d123: GDIB     7      len=18108 (0x46bc)
   317f7: GDIB     8      len=8508 (0x213c)
   3394b: GDIB     9      len=1756 (0x6dc)
   3403f: GDIB    10      len=1596 (0x63c)
   34693: GDIB    11      len=892 (0x37c)
   34a27: GDIB    12      len=2332 (0x91c)
   3535b: GDIB    13      len=8380 (0x20bc)
   3742f: GDIB    14      len=3452 (0xd7c)
   381c3: GDIB    15      len=60 (0x3c)
   38217: GDIB    16      len=1468 (0x5bc)
   387eb: GDIB    17      len=2076 (0x81c)
   3901f: GDIB    18      len=284 (0x11c)
   39153: GDIB    19      len=1660 (0x67c)
   397e7: GDIB    20      len=2908 (0xb5c)
   3a35b: GDIB    21      len=156 (0x9c)
   3a40f: GDIB    22      len=188 (0xbc)
   3a4e3: GDIB    23      len=220 (0xdc)
   3a5d7: GDIB    24      len=60 (0x3c)
   3a62b: PIDG
   3a637: JIDG
  Total Size = 75843 (0x12843)
  ```

  **/usr/bin/gipddecode** Rick Richardson \<rick.richardson@comcast.net\>