Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Print plugin 3.0.6 bug report

[Stefan K. B. <sf...@co...>]

Robert L Krawitz wrote:
> 
>    Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 17:34:45 +0100
>    From: "Stefan K. Berg" <sf...@co...>
>    CC: gim...@li...
> 
>    Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    >
>    >    Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:43:20 +0100
>    >    From: "Stefan K. Berg" <sf...@co...>
>    >
>    >    When printing a picture in microweave mode, I get a completely black square.
>    >    If I print the same picture in highest quality, the printer makes a few
>    >    horisontal movements and then just starts feeding paper.
>    >
>    > I reproduced your problem with highest quality mode, and I've fixed in
>    > the 3.0 branch (it was already fixed on the mainline).  However, I
>    > can't reproduce your problem with microweave.  This will be fixed in
>    > 3.0.7 along with any other accumulated bugs (there's at least one, and
>    > someone's trying to persuade me to do something else).
> 
>    Uhm, unless I'm doing something wrong here then I beg to differ -
>    just got a fresh copy of the mainline and I still get the same
>    results. Same thing for the print-3.0-branch, but maybe your
>    correction hasn't been checked in yet.
> 
> So you're not getting any printout in softweave mode (720 highest
> quality)?
> 
> In print-escp2.c, look for this:
> 
>   /* 4: Stylus Color 800 */
>   (MODEL_PAPER_SMALL | MODEL_IMAGEABLE_600 | MODEL_INIT_600
>    | MODEL_HASBLACK_YES | MODEL_6COLOR_NO | MODEL_720DPI_DEFAULT
>    | MODEL_VARIABLE_NORMAL | MODEL_MAKE_XRES(720)
>    | MODEL_1440DPI_YES | MODEL_MAKE_NOZZLES(64) | MODEL_MAKE_SEPARATION(8)),
> 
> It's around line 584 on the current mainline.  Try change
> 
> MODEL_MAKE_NOZZLES(64)
> 
> to
> 
> MODEL_MAKE_NOZZLES(48)
> 
> or if that doesn't work
> 
> MODEL_MAKE_NOZZLES(32)
> 
> If that helps, then my information about how many nozzles the 800 has
> is incorrect (which is possible).

I checked the specifications on Epson's site, and according to them the
configuration is 128 black nozzles (32 x 4, staggered) and 64 color nozzles x
3
(C/M/Y). Your initial assumption seems right, if they're telling the truth.
:)