Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Can Stylus print closer than 23mm to top of page?

[Nick U. <ni...@vt...>]

Robert L Krawitz wrote:

>    Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 16:28:42 +0800
>    From: Nick Urbanik <ni...@vt...>
>
>    Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>
>    > Any suggestions on how to persuade my printer
>    >    to start printing closer to the top of the page?
>    >
>    > Are you using one of the softweave modes?  There's a known problem
>    > with that; the page edges aren't being calculated correctly.
>
>    I'm using the 720 dpi Microweave mode.  Is that a softweave mode?
>    What do you suggest I do?  Where do I start?  I'm using version
>    3.05.
>
> No the (very slow) microweave mode is not a softweave mode.  Do you
> mean that the printer feeds 23 mm before starting to print?

Yes.

As you say, it's really slow, so I downloaded and compiled 3.1, excited by
the prospect of support for our Epson 440, and by begin able to print an
A4 photo in less than 2.5 hours!!!

However, I've been singularly unsuccessful.
System: Red Hat 6.1 with all updates, now gimp 1.0 removed, gimp 1.1.17
working, PIII.

When compiling it together with gimp 1.1.17, the make stopped at print.
Note that print is a link to print-3.1.0 (is that okay?)

mkdir .libs
gcc -g -O2 -Wall -o .libs/pagecurl pagecurl.o
../../libgimp/.libs/libgimpui.so -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk -lgdk
-lgmodule -lglib -ldl -lXext -lX11 -lm ../../libgimp/.libs/libgimp.so
-lglib -lm -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk -lgdk -rdynamic -lgmodule
-lglib -ldl -lXext -lX11 -lm -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib
creating pagecurl
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gimp-1.1.17/plug-ins/pagecurl'
Making all in print
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/gimp-1.1.17/plug-ins/print-3.1.0'
cd . && aclocal
aclocal: configure.in: 12: macro `AM_PATH_GIMP' not found in library
make[3]: *** [../../aclocal.m4] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gimp-1.1.17/plug-ins/print-3.1.0'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gimp-1.1.17/plug-ins'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gimp-1.1.17'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

I ran ./configure in print, then make, and it compiled.  I tried printing
with 440 driver: no printer recognised, only File (the LPC_DEF and
LPR_DEF names were undefined, as you see below)
So I tried printing to file.  Never stopped.  Hmm, this has been such a
long saga, I'm getting a bit misty on the order of my misfortune.  A more
recent try resulted in feeding many pages through the printer, with one
page getting a line or two of coloured text.  I was using the 440 printer
with high quality setting.

Next, I edited my makefile, added the stuff for the printer that was
missing:

1449 # diff -u Makefile~ Makefile
--- Makefile~   Sun Feb 27 21:35:14 2000
+++ Makefile    Sun Feb 27 21:46:55 2000
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
 GIMP_LIBS = -L/usr/local/lib -lgimpui -lgimp -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib
-lgtk -lgdk -rdynamic -lgmodule -lglib -ldl -lXext -lX11 -lm
 GIMP_LIBS_NOUI = -L/usr/local/lib -lgimp -L/usr/lib -lglib
 LN_S = ln -s
-LPC_DEF =
-LPR_DEF =
+LPC_DEF = -DLPC_COMMAND=\"/usr/sbin/lpc\"
+LPR_DEF = -DLPR_COMMAND=\"/usr/bin/lpr\"
 LPSTAT_DEF =
 LP_DEF =
 MAKEINFO = makeinfo
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 INCLUDES =     -I$(top_srcdir)
$(GIMP_CFLAGS)         -I$(includedir)


-AM_CPPFLAGS =          -DLOCALEDIR=\""$(localedir)"\"          -Wall
+AM_CPPFLAGS =          -DLOCALEDIR=\""$(localedir)"\"
-Wall          -DLPR_COMMAND=\"/usr/bin/lpr\"
-DLPC_COMMAND=\"/usr/sbin/lpc\"


 print_LDADD = $(GIMP_LIBS)
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@
 print-ps.o print-util.o print.o
 print_DEPENDENCIES =
 print_LDFLAGS =
-CXXFLAGS = -g -O2
+CXXFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall
 CXXCOMPILE = $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
$(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 CXXLD = $(CXX)
 CXXLINK = $(CXXLD) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
-CFLAGS = -g -O2
+CFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall
 COMPILE = $(CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
$(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 CCLD = $(CC)
 LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@

It compiled.  I tried the 600 driver with 720 dpi highest quality.  The
printer just fed many pages through with out any printing.

I have 6000 photos of our lovely baby, and I'd love to be able to print
them in less than 2.5 hours.  I've compiled 3.09, and am printing with the
600 driver on 720 dpi Microweave.  It works, but vvvvvvveeeerrrrrrryyyyyy
sssssssssllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Sorry to be stuck, but I'd really appreciate any pointers on how to get
3.1 or stuff from CVS working, will try any suggestions.  I will feed back
whatever works.

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Nick Urbanik, Dept. of Electrical & Communications Engineering
Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)
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