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

# qpdldecode(1)

qpdldecode - Decode a QPDL stream into human readable form. **qpdldecode** \[*options*\] \<*qpdl-file* **qpdldecode** decodes a QPDL stream into human readable form. Only the JBIG compression format (0x13) is handled.

An QPDL stream is the printer language used by the Samsung CLP-300, CLP-600, CLX-3160 and the Xerox Phaser 6110 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 QPDL stream file created by foo2qpdl.

  ```
       0:    \033%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT SERVICEDATE=20070212
      2c:    @PJL SET USERNAME="Unknown"
      49:    @PJL SET JOBNAME="testpage.pdf"
      6a:    @PJL SET COLORMODE=COLOR
      84:    @PJL SET PAPERTYPE = NORMAL
      a1:    @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = QPDL
      bd:    RECTYPE 0x0  len=17
                  res=600, copies=1, papersize=letter(0), w=2550, h=3300
                  papersource=auto, unk=0, duplex=0:0, unk=0,2,  unk=268(0x10c)
      ce:    RECTYPE 0xc  len=68(0x44)
                  stripe=0, WB=1248(0x4e0), H=128(0x80), plane=4, comp=0x13,
                  len=56(0x38)
                  magic=0x39abcdef, len=20(0x14), unk=0,0,0,0,0,0,
                  checksum=0x356
                  DL = 0, D = 0, P = 1, - = 0, XY = 9984 x 6400
                  L0 = 6400, MX = 0, MY = 0
                  Order   = 0
                  Options = 72  LRLTWO TPBON
                  1 stripes, 0 layers, 1 planes
     112:    RECTYPE 0xc  len=68(0x44)
                  stripe=0, WB=1248(0x4e0), H=128(0x80), plane=1, comp=0x13,
                  len=56(0x38)
                  magic=0x39abcdef, len=20(0x14), unk=0,0,0,0,0,0,
                  checksum=0x356
                  DL = 0, D = 0, P = 1, - = 0, XY = 9984 x 6400
                  L0 = 6400, MX = 0, MY = 0
                  Order   = 0
                  Options = 72  LRLTWO TPBON
                  1 stripes, 0 layers, 1 planes
     156:    RECTYPE 0xc  len=68(0x44)
                  stripe=0, WB=1248(0x4e0), H=128(0x80), plane=2, comp=0x13,
                  len=56(0x38)
                  magic=0x39abcdef, len=20(0x14), unk=0,0,0,0,0,0,
                  checksum=0x356
                  DL = 0, D = 0, P = 1, - = 0, XY = 9984 x 6400
                  L0 = 6400, MX = 0, MY = 0
                  Order   = 0
                  Options = 72  LRLTWO TPBON
                  1 stripes, 0 layers, 1 planes
     19a:    RECTYPE 0xc  len=68(0x44)
                  stripe=0, WB=1248(0x4e0), H=128(0x80), plane=3, comp=0x13,
                  len=56(0x38)
                  magic=0x39abcdef, len=20(0x14), unk=0,0,0,0,0,0,
                  checksum=0x356
                  DL = 0, D = 0, P = 1, - = 0, XY = 9984 x 6400
                  L0 = 6400, MX = 0, MY = 0
                  Order   = 0
                  Options = 72  LRLTWO TPBON
                  1 stripes, 0 layers, 1 planes
     1de:    RECTYPE 0xc  len=77488(0x12eb0)
                  stripe=1, WB=1248(0x4e0), H=128(0x80), plane=1, comp=0x13,
                  len=77476(0x12ea4)
                  magic=0x39abcdef, len=77440(0x12e80), unk=2000000,0,0,0,0,0,
                  checksum=0x9326d7
   1308e:    RECTYPE 0xc  len=77680(0x12f70)
                  stripe=1, WB=1248(0x4e0), H=128(0x80), plane=2, comp=0x13,
                  len=77668(0x12f64)
                  magic=0x39abcdef, len=77632(0x12f40), unk=2000000,0,0,0,0,0,
                  checksum=0x9367e5
   25ffe:    RECTYPE 0xc  len=69232(0x10e70)
                  stripe=1, WB=1248(0x4e0), H=128(0x80), plane=3, comp=0x13,
                  len=69220(0x10e64)
                  magic=0x39abcdef, len=69184(0x10e40), unk=2000000,0,0,0,0,0,
                  checksum=0x83938a
   36e6e:    RECTYPE 0xc  len=45616(0xb230)
                  stripe=1, WB=1248(0x4e0), H=128(0x80), plane=4, comp=0x13,
                  len=45604(0xb224)
                  magic=0x39abcdef, len=45568(0xb200), unk=2000000,0,0,0,0,0,
                  checksum=0x58015d
   4209e:    RECTYPE 0x1  len=3
                  copies=1
   420a1:    RECTYPE 0x9  len=0
   420a2:    \033%-12345X
  ```

  **/usr/bin/qpdldecode** [**foo2qpdl-wrapper**(1)](/foo2qpdl-wrapper/1.md), [**foo2qpdl**(1)](/foo2qpdl/1.md) Rick Richardson \<rick.richardson@comcast.net\>\
   http://foo2qpdl.rkkda.com/