Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Advice Needed: Develop Driver Epson SureColor P-5000

[Solomon P. <pi...@sh...>]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 04:31:43PM -0500, Erik Beck wrote:
> I have an Epson SureColor P-5000 (commercial edition), a 10 ink 17"
> wide-format printer. I am currently printing to it either in Linux via
> an Epson PPD for device, or via Windows.  I would like to be able to
> support it properly with gutenprint. What's the best way to develop a
> driver based on the existing SureColor drivers (P-6000, P-7000, etc)?

Hmm.  I'm far from an expert when it comes to the Epson Inkjets.  But 
assuming it's just a size variant of the P6000/P7000 models and still 
supports ESC/P2 (as opposed to ESC/PR) then a good place to start is to 
generate a raw data dump (eg print-to-file under Windows) andpass that 
into parse-escp2 to see what's going on.

(To determine the PDLs it suppors, plug the printer into a Linux box and run 
 'lpinfo -lv' and look at the 'device-id' string.  Of particular interest 
 is the 'CMD:....' string)

Meanwhile, A good example of what's needed to add a new epson printer is 
commit 97efe256b, which added support for the SL-D700 (a bespoke 6-ink 
set and printer-specific roll-only paper types).

But it's more likely that you can largely cut-n-paste the definition of 
the P7000CE in srx/xml/printers/escp2.xml with a unique modelid, then 
copy src/xml/escp2/models/model_126.xml to the new modelid, and modify 
it to change the imageable area.

If the P5000CE uses a new inkset, you'll need to create a new one (again 
you can use the definition referenced in the model_126 file as an 
example).   

So that's a decent starting point.

 - Solomon
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