Re: [Gimp-print-devel] roll feed mode - Epson Stylus Photo 870

[Steve K. <stevek@SteveK.COM>]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 09:40:46AM -0400, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    From: Paul Howes <pau...@le...>
>    Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:55:58 +0100
> 
>    I have recently compiled and installed gimp-print 4.1.10. I am
>    trying to print in roll feed mode from the GIMP. The problem is
>    that the printer always ejects the whole roll whatever the settings
>    for paper size and media source. (Actually, for testing purposes, I
>    am using a short "roll" made from a sheet of A4 cut legthways - a
>    good job I didn't waste a real roll!)
> 
> What is it supposed to do?  I have an 870, but I don't have the roll
> feed attachment.

It shouldn't eject at all -- at least in-between prints.  If you press
the form-feed button, I think what it does is print a fine, dashed line
across the paper, and then eject just far enough to get the dashed line
out the front of the printer.

Usually, when I print with this, I'm stingy with the paper, and I don't
press form-feed at all; I shut the printer off, pull the paper out, and
cut it at the edge of the print.  Saves a half-inch or so of paper each
time :)

Since you're using a4 paper as a test roll, it might just be that it's
so short that the printer starts ejectining it, and then detects the
"end-of-roll", and sends the whole thing out?

-SteveK


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