Re: [Gimp-print-devel] stc740 now understands ESC(U, but ...

[Robert L K. <rl...@al...>]

   Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:11:50 -0500
   From: Karl Heinz Kremer <kh...@kh...>

   > MODEL_COMMAND_SET0 is the "traditional" old-style commands that all of
   > the Stylus printers support.

   > MODEL_COMMAND_SET1 is the extended commands supported by the older
   > 1440 dpi printers (the original commands will only support 720 dpi),
   > up to and including the Stylus Photo EX and 700.

   So far so good. There are however printers between SET1 and SET2:
   The 440 and 640 support most of the commands that the 740 and 900
   understand, but unfortunately not all.

   =2E.. just one moment I'm looking at my spec:

   ESC i "Transfer Raster Image" applies to 740 and 900 only
   ESC (/ "Set relative horizontal print position" is 740/900 only
   ESC ($ "Set absolute horizontal print position" is 740/900 only
   ESC (C "Set page length in defined units (extended)" is 740/900 only

   I think these are all that are different.

Yeah, then there's ESC(S, which I guess applies to the 440 and 640.  Yum.

   There are probably more issues like the ones with the 440/640. So this
   probably is not nearly as complicated as we could make it :-(

   What about the other printers not yet covered (760, 850 and 860 come
   to mind)? Do we have any idea about what command level they use?

I have no idea what these things support.  I suggest that we treat
them as MODEL_COMMAND_SET1 if they support 1440 and MODEL_COMMAND_SET0
if they don't.  Anyone have any better suggestions?

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