[Gimp-print-devel] Canon 8200 activated for testing

[Andy T. <th...@ph...>]

Stephan Buchert wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a Canon BJC8200 printer, featuring 6 colors, 1200x1200 DpI^2,
> microfine droplet technology (=variable drop sizes?), and support for
> a new type of paper, Photo Paper Pro.
>
> I would be happy to test the gimp-print plugin with my printer.
>
> So far I can produce acceptable prints using ghostscript with it's
> uniprint device driver. For this purpose I made new uniprint control
> files (*.upp) for the BJC8200. They are available at
>
> http://www.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~scb/uniprint
>
> and are also included in (Aladin) ghostscript >=6.21.
>
> The gimp prints well with my printer when using ghostscript and the
> right *.upp files. When looking at the source code of the gimp print
> plugin (version 3.1.4), I noticed that support for printing directly
> (not via ghostscript) to Canon printers is being prepared, but the
> BJC8200 model doesn't seem to be working yet. As said above, I could
> assist in the development as tester.

So welcome to the list :-)

I've just activated the 8200 for testing, so go and give it a try - I haven't
yet looked into your .upp files so it might be possible it doesn't work at
all. So keep a finger at the printers power switch...

Best wishes,
Andy.


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