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Good Morning, I am trying to write a printer driver for the HP610C to print
out raster graphics, but I am having a few problems with the ESC codes. The
rest of the software I have written has been tested and works but the ESC
codes. Is there any one you could put me in touch with that knows a bit
about these as the information I have got from your home page has not helped
me that much.

The codes that I am currently sending are :-

Reset (ESC E)\x1B\x45, 
Resolution (300Dpi)(Esc*t300R)\x1B\x2A\x74\x33\x30\x30\x52 set at 150(\x96),
Set top margin to 0 lines (Esc&l0E)\x1B\x26\x6C\x30\x45, 
3 Planes CMY palette (Esc*r-3U)\x1B\x2A\x72\x2D\x33\x55, 
No raster graphic compression (Esc*b0M)\x1B\x2A\x62\x30\x4D, 
Number of dots horiz Pos (Esc*p0X), Number of dots vert pos(Esc*p0Y), Number
of pixels(Esc*r2400S), 
Start raster graphics at current cursor position
(Esc*r1A)\x1B\x2A\x72\x31\x41.

Then at the start of each line of graphics :-
Send Graphics (Esc*b(Num of Bytes)V) Replace V with W after each line. where
the number of bytes is 64.

Are these correct or should I be doing something else?

Many Thanks

Simon Hatcher.

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On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Simon Hatcher wrote:

> Good Morning, I am trying to write a printer driver for the HP610C to print
> out raster graphics, but I am having a few problems with the ESC codes. The
> rest of the software I have written has been tested and works but the ESC
> codes. Is there any one you could put me in touch with that knows a bit
> about these as the information I have got from your home page has not helped
> me that much.
> 
> The codes that I am currently sending are :-
> 
> Reset (ESC E)\x1B\x45, 
> Resolution (300Dpi)(Esc*t300R)\x1B\x2A\x74\x33\x30\x30\x52 set at 150(\x96),
> Set top margin to 0 lines (Esc&l0E)\x1B\x26\x6C\x30\x45, 
> 3 Planes CMY palette (Esc*r-3U)\x1B\x2A\x72\x2D\x33\x55, 
> No raster graphic compression (Esc*b0M)\x1B\x2A\x62\x30\x4D, 
> Number of dots horiz Pos (Esc*p0X), Number of dots vert pos(Esc*p0Y), Number
> of pixels(Esc*r2400S), 
> Start raster graphics at current cursor position
> (Esc*r1A)\x1B\x2A\x72\x31\x41.
> 
> Then at the start of each line of graphics :-
> Send Graphics (Esc*b(Num of Bytes)V) Replace V with W after each line. where
> the number of bytes is 64.
> 
> Are these correct or should I be doing something else?
> 
Hi Simon,

Sorry for the delay in replying...

It all looks OK until you get to the Raster Graphics stuff, although you
may want to disable the margin skip (ESC & l 0 L) before you reset the top
margin. Also, what do you mean by "set at 150"?

If the raster width is 2400, then the number of bytes in each line should
be 2400/8 = 300, as each byte contains 8 bits (pixels) of information.

You should output the planes in the order CYAN, MAGENTA then YELLOW; the
CYAN and MAGENTA rows use the "V" specifier, the YELLOW uses the
"W" specifier as it is the last row of the plane.

You can get documentation from the HP web site. Look for the "PCL
Developer's Guide". Unfortunately, it isn't up to date, but it is good
enough for the simple output you are trying to do.

Depending on what the software is you are trying to develop, and the
license under which it is to be released, you could look at the source of
the gimp-print's pcl driver (see print-pcl.c). You may even be able to use
it to do what you want, but remember it is released under the GPL (Gnu
Public License).

Also, there is a program called "pcl-unprint" as part of the source code,
this takes a pcl output file and converts it to a PNM image, outputting
"useful" commentary along the way (like your example above). It will also
catch mistakes in the encoding (and usually crash 8-)).

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Dave Hill

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                                davehill at users.sourceforge.net
Sicth munce ago, I cutn't evun spel enjuneer, and now I are one!

I purchased a Lexmark Z52 printer for photo quality printing.  I thought it was well supported by linux drivers.
I found that I could not get the Lexmark driver to work and the cups-gimp driver is very very slow at 1200 and the 2400
mode is not supported.(over 30 minutes for a full page)
I am considering an Epson printer possibly the 880 or 990 but these are not fully supported yet.
Any time frame for full support?  Any better ideas for a photo printer for linux?

			Scott Grant

   From: Scott Grant <vi...@de...>
   Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:35:30 -0500

   I purchased a Lexmark Z52 printer for photo quality printing.  I
   thought it was well supported by linux drivers.  I found that I
   could not get the Lexmark driver to work and the cups-gimp driver
   is very very slow at 1200 and the 2400 mode is not supported.(over
   30 minutes for a full page) I am considering an Epson printer
   possibly the 880 or 990 but these are not fully supported yet.  Any
   time frame for full support?  Any better ideas for a photo printer
   for linux?

To the best of my knowledge, the Epson printers you mention (880 and
980 -- there is no 990) are reasonably fully supported, at least in
4.1.  If you want a no holds barred photo printer, try any of the
Epson Stylus Photo printers (780/790, 890, 1290, or the earlier
generation ones).

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Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lp...@uu...
Project lead for Gimp Print/stp --  http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net

"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
--Eric Crampton

> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:10:04 +0200
> From: Till Kamppeter <til...@gm...>
> To: Dave Hill <da...@mi...>,
>      GIMP-Print Developer List <gim...@li...>
> Subject: [Gimp-print-devel] New printers for GIMP-Print
>
> Oi,
>
> The following printers are new or changed on www.linuxprinting.org and
> should be added/changed in GIMP-Print:
>
>    HP DeskJet 845C comp. to 842C, cheap USB-only version
>    HP DeskJet 940C -> DeskJet 900 series
>    HP LaserJet 5P and 6L -> pcl-4 (NOT pcl-5/6)
>    HP PhotoSmart P100 -> as other new PhotoSmarts or DeskJet 990C, but
>        CMY only and max. paper sizes are: Postcard/A6/4x6in
> Photo/10x15cm Photo
>        (David Paschal (pa...@rc...) from HPOJ has one for testing.
>    HP PhotoSmart 1115, 1215/1218, and 1315 -> as other new PhotoSmarts
> or DeskJet 990C
>        (Probably David Paschal has also some of them)
>
> Most of them should be compatible to others, for the PhotoSmarts you
> should contact David Paschal for testing.
>
>    Till
>

I have added the 845C to printers.xml. The 940 is already covered by the
"900 series" printers.

I looked quickly on the HP web site and the 5L, 5P and 6L are noted as
being 600x600 DPI so they should work. Do you know what the problems are?

Dave

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                                davehill at users.sourceforge.net
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> 
> I have added the 845C to printers.xml. The 940 is already covered by the
> "900 series" printers.
> 

So the 940 only needs to be added to src/foomatic/foomatic-printermap.

> I looked quickly on the HP web site and the 5L, 5P and 6L are noted as
> being 600x600 DPI so they should work. Do you know what the problems are?
> 

These laser printers have 600 dpi, but their protocol is not compatible 
to the LJ 5 and LJ 6 printers. It is compatible to the LaserJet 4. So in 
the src/foomatic/foomatic-printermap they must be associated with "pcl-4".

    Till

Hello, I'm using gimp-print 4.2.5-pre2, and I'd like to know if there is
a good support for the Canon S520 printer. I've tried BJC8200 driver,
which works quite well (image quality printing still remains dirty) and
S450 driver, which works very well for the image quality printing (nice
black and colors, nice rendering in 720dpi) but not for the printing
size, which seems to be very contracted in width. Is it possible to get
the better of the two, the quality of S450 driver and the correct print
size of the BJC8200 driver =3F Which driver do I have to use =3F Do I hav=
e 
to wait for a future release of gimp-print =3F I'm ready to do tests.
Thank you.
dJu`

Hello.  I have an Epson colorpage 8000 (EPL-C8000) and when using gimp print, only 
garbage is printing out.  I have no idea where to start with this problem.  Could you offer 
any help?
Thanks.

   From: k....@at...
   Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 04:53:42 +0000

   Hello.  I have an Epson colorpage 8000 (EPL-C8000) and when using
   gimp print, only garbage is printing out.  I have no idea where to
   start with this problem.  Could you offer any help?  Thanks.

Which Gimp-print driver are you using?  The C8000 isn't on the
supported printer list (it probably isn't the same thing as the
MJ-8000C).  Do you have specs on this printer?

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Tall Clubs International  --  http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2
Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lp...@uu...
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"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
--Eric Crampton

Dear Sirs,

I=92m not sure if you can help me with this, its just that both Apple =
and=20
Epson have been unable to solve my problem and I am now desperate in=20
trying to resolve this situation.

If I can state my question first than give you all the relevant details=20=

below that.

My question is, is the System Profiler in Mac OS 9.2 and OS 10.2 a=20
reliable guide as to whether a printer is connected or not?

I=92ve tried numerous methods to try and connect my Epson Color 1520 to=20=

my Apple Mac G4 Dual 867 running OS 9.2 and OS 10.2 and each time I can=20=

detect the cable but not the printer in the System Profiler.

The reason I=92m so perplexed about this is that numerous contributors =
to=20
your notice board page say it is possible and the manufactures of the=20
cables say it is possible, I=92ve had the Parallel Port checked on the=20=

printer, I=92ve checked the USB ports on the computer and I know the=20
printer works via a serial cable and my old Power Mac 7500. What=20
possible reason could there be for System Profiler/computer not being=20
able to detect the printer

I=92ve tried two different Epson USB to Parallel Smart Cables, ref. No.=20=

2075257 both with the accompanying software under OS 9 and then with=20
Gimp-Print under OS 10. What really confused the situation at this=20
point was as I was playing around (as you do) to set up Gimp-Print for=20=

the first time, I actually managed to print off two pages, however I=20
think I accidentally deleted the printer entry in the Print Centre and=20=

have been unable to replicate this state again. I then tried the Belkin=20=

F5U002 with Gimp-Print but the printer is still not recognised by the=20
System Profiler. I=92ve tried all the suggestions on your Web site and=20=

with the document that came with Gimp-Print but still no joy.

What is annoying me most is that it seems such a simple problem, surely=20=

the problem is somewhere in the connection between the USB port and the=20=

Parallel interface, which seem such simple devices and ones I=92ve=20
checked and replaced numerous times.

I have a perfectly good printer here and am unable to afford a new one=20=

(although it seems now like it would have been the cheaper option with=20=

hindsight). What seems like such a simple thing I am loathed to give up=20=

on it now.

I am most grateful not only what you seem to have done with Gimp-Print=20=

(why don=92t you charge for it?) but for any help you might be able to=20=

give me regarding this problem.

Kind regards,

Philip Thorne=

Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    From: Wayne Smith <tux...@co...>
>    Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:41:09 -0500
> 
>    I have got most of the colors where I want them, but I seem to be
>    having problems with some of my backgrounds.  Specifically, a
>    couple of shots in my living room.  Some of the background objects,
>    the curtains specifically, have not come out correctly, and I can't
>    seem to get them to no matter what I try.  They seem mostly to have
>    too much green, Some of the foreground colors seem a little "washed
>    out", but I recently turned down my gamma and set color correction
>    to "off", and that seemed to remedy that problem.
> 
> What printer?
> 
Sorry--Epson Stylus CX6600

Hi Mark,=20

In reply to:=94 The problem I've been having is that I need to make =
gradients
approximately half an inch square.=94 I have two suggestions. First , =
you
could take a standard greyscale image and scale (shrink) it using gimp
and/or gutenprint  to the size you want. Printing this image should give =
you
the gradient you want. I=92d suggest trying this method, since it=92s =
simplest.

The second suggestion is to produce your own greyscale image in gimp. =
Define
a =BD inch square area. Apply an overlay grid at the resolution at which =
you
want to print (1440 dpi Vert. and Horiz. will give you 720by 720 =
squares).
Apply a further overlay grid to define =93halftoning=94 regions (a grid =
9
squares by 9 squares will give you 80 such regions). Starting at an =
edge,
fill all the squares in each region on that edge with black. Move one =
region
over and fill all squares except one in each region in this strip with
black. Move another region over and fill all but two squares in each =
region
in this strip with black, etc. You have 81 squares in each region and 80
regions across your =BD inch, so the last strip you fill should only =
have one
filled square in each region. Printing this image with dithering should =
keep
you from seeing visual artifacts and give you a visual greyscale. =
However,
I=92m not entirely sure that this is the type of gradient that you =
desire.
Every drop you deposit will have the same solute concentration. The =
visual
gradient only appears because of the eye=92s limit of resolution. The =
gradient
is not in fact continuous. You may want to start experimenting with your
protein solutions at this point. Most inks have a viscosity of about =
50cp.
Most proteins are pretty large molecules with strong interactions. =
Depending
on your protein you may well exceed the viscosity at which your printer =
can
print at only a few wt% of protein concentration. Slightly varying the =
pH of
your solutions may help increase the concentration at which you can =
print
(more will dissolve without gelling at lower pH). Good Luck.

Wayne

hi,

i wanted to install gutenprint on os x 10.4.7, but it failed.

that was the errorcode:

Vigor10:~ root# /gutenprint-5.0.0/configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.7.0
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.7.0
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.
Vigor10:~ root# /gutenprint-5.0.0/configure make
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `make': machine  
`make' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/sh /gutenprint-5.0.0/scripts/config.sub make  
failed
Vigor10:~ root# /gutenprint-5.0.0/configure make install
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `make': machine  
`make' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/sh /gutenprint-5.0.0/scripts/config.sub make  
failed

with kindly regards
bernhard

   From: bernhard brus <ber...@gm...>
   Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:37:03 +0200

   i wanted to install gutenprint on os x 10.4.7, but it failed.

   that was the errorcode:

You can install the binary .dmg package that we also offer for
download.

   Vigor10:~ root# /gutenprint-5.0.0/configure
   checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
   checking whether build environment is sane... yes
   checking for gawk... no
   checking for mawk... no
   checking for nawk... no
   checking for awk... awk
   checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
   checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
   checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.7.0
   checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.7.0
   checking for gcc... no
   checking for cc... no
   checking for cc... no
   checking for cl... no
   configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
   See `config.log' for more details.
   Vigor10:~ root# /gutenprint-5.0.0/configure make
   configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
   checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
   checking whether build environment is sane... yes
   checking for gawk... no
   checking for mawk... no
   checking for nawk... no
   checking for awk... awk
   checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
   checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
   checking build system type... Invalid configuration `make': machine  
   `make' not recognized
   configure: error: /bin/sh /gutenprint-5.0.0/scripts/config.sub make  
   failed
   Vigor10:~ root# /gutenprint-5.0.0/configure make install
   configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
   configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
   checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
   checking whether build environment is sane... yes
   checking for gawk... no
   checking for mawk... no
   checking for nawk... no
   checking for awk... awk
   checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
   checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
   checking build system type... Invalid configuration `make': machine  
   `make' not recognized
   configure: error: /bin/sh /gutenprint-5.0.0/scripts/config.sub make  
   failed

   with kindly regards
   bernhard

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I am a professional photographer who prints for my business. I was referred by Apple to download a print driver for Epson Stylus Pro R2880 after downloading the new OS 10.68 for my apple IMac. I know am unable to use the printer advanced settings- please advice which version I must download and any/all help or directions that apply. Thanks, Debra Kamp

deb...@il...

On Jan 7, 2012, at 3:05 PM, Deb Kamp wrote:

> I am a professional photographer who prints for my business. I was referred by Apple to download a print driver for Epson Stylus Pro R2880 after downloading the new OS 10.68 for my apple IMac. I know am unable to use the printer advanced settings- please advice which version I must download and any/all help or directions that apply. Thanks, Debra Kamp

It is always recommended that you download the latest version available.  The most current version is 5.2.8-pre1.  You can find a download link on the Mac OS X home page at <http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php>

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Hi
First I want to say, I appreciate the work that you guys do.
I use your print driver for my Lanier LD040 copier/printer with MAC OSX
LION.  However I cant seem to find the option to add on a finisher, that is
the attachement part that does staples or hole punching.
Please advise

Thank you.

On Apr 19, 2012, at 1:27 PM, EC <eri...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi
> First I want to say, I appreciate the work that you guys do.
> I use your print driver for my Lanier LD040 copier/printer with MAC OSX LION.  However I cant seem to find the option to add on a finisher, that is the attachement part that does staples or hole punching. 
> Please advise

The Gutenprint drivers for the Lanier are pretty generic.  For a full featured driver for your printer, use the pxlmono drivers.  Mac OS X packages can be found at <http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/pxlmono>.  Be sure to install Foomatic-RIP and Ghostscript along with the pxlmono package.

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Hi,
		I have a legacy HP Deskjet F300 combination scanner copier and  
printer. I have never been able to connect my iBook (OSX 10.4.11) to  
it over the network. Do you have a driver that is compatible? I note  
that my printer model is not listed so I am not expecting miracles.

Regards,

John Groat

15 Tavistock Road
FRANKSTON
VIC, 3199
Australia

On Jun 13, 2012, at 6:35 AM, john.groat <joh...@op...> wrote:

> Hi,
> 		I have a legacy HP Deskjet F300 combination scanner copier and printer. I have never been able to connect my iBook (OSX 10.4.11) to it over the network. Do you have a driver that is compatible? I note that my printer model is not listed so I am not expecting miracles.
> 

The Gutenprint drivers do not support this printer.  There is another open source project called HPIJS that does support the printer.  You can find Mac OS X packages at <http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/hpijs>.

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Hello,

I have Mac OS X Lion on my 17 inch Macbook from 2007.

It used to print successfully on my Olivetti Simple_Way printer.

Olivetti got out of the low-end printer business quite some time ago, no longer provide updated drivers for the Simple_Way printers, and now I can only use it to scan documents and it will no longer print anything.

Will your program work with this printer? If not do you know of one which will?

Thank you,

Clive Minchom

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On Aug 30, 2012, at 8:59 AM, Clive Minchom <cmi...@ma...> wrote:

> I have Mac OS X Lion on my 17 inch Macbook from 2007.
> 
> It used to print successfully on my Olivetti Simple_Way printer.
> 
> Olivetti got out of the low-end printer business quite some time ago, no longer provide updated drivers for the Simple_Way printers, and now I can only use it to scan documents and it will no longer print anything.
> 
> Will your program work with this printer? If not do you know of one which will?

I can find no information as to what printer language this device uses.  Without at least knowing that information, I do not know what to recommend.  It does appear that they did provide a Mac OS X driver that should work through about OS X 10.5.x.  That is all I was able to discover.

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