Refined Printing Command Stream, also known as RPCS, is a
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copiers. Drivers provided by Ricoh install the chosen copier to behave as a printer device.
The size-efficiency of the protocol is comparable to PCL6.
Drivers
Ricoh offers RPCS based drivers for Windows, Mac OS and to some extent for Linux.
Linux
Drivers for Linux are provided only on the Japanese website. Instead of Aficio they are called IPSiO.[https://forum.manjaro.org/t/ricoh-original-geljet-rpcs-printer-drivers-aficio-ipsio-and-similar-sg-brands/19404 ]
See also
Ricoh Hong Kong
* PCL - Printer Command Language, a printer control protocol family designed by Hewlett-Packard
References
Further reading
A tutorial about installing the Ricoh RPCS driver on Linux
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