Epson Stylus C65

Alejandro Pulver alejandro at varnet.biz
Thu Oct 20 17:36:23 PDT 2005


On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:14:59 -0400
Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com> wrote:

> I had a good bit of trouble with the very similar C86.  Google for the
> DeviceModel parameter values if these don't work with a C65. You need
> to install ijsgimpprint, of course. At present, my etc/printcap file
> says:
> 
> lp|C86:\
>   :lp=/dev/unlpt0:\
>   :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>   :if=/home/mike/bin/C86-filter:\
>   :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
>   :mx#0\
>   :sh:
> 
> and my home-grown filter contains:
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> TMP=/tmp/C86.tmp
> PS=/tmp/C86.ps
> 
> cat >$TMP
> ch1=`head -1 $TMP | cut -c 1`
> if [ "$ch1" = '%' ]
> then
>  # echo "Postscript"
>  cat $TMP >$PS
> else
>   # echo "Text"  
>   /usr/local/bin/enscript -B -q -p - $TMP >$PS
> fi
> 
> # InkType=CMYK, RGB are valid
> cat $PS | /usr/local/bin/gs -sDEVICE=ijs \
>    -sIjsServer=/usr/local/bin/ijsgimpprint \
>    -sDeviceManufacturer=EPSON  \
>    -sDeviceModel=escp2-c84 \
>    -sIjsParams=Quality=720x360sw,InkType=CMYK,MediaType=Plain \
>    -dIjsUseOutputFD \
>    -q \
>    -dNOPAUSE \
>    -dBATCH \
>    -sOutputFile=- -
> 
> # MUST delete them, or subsequent jobs may have trouble
> rm -f $TMP,$PS
> 
> 
> This is not what you would call polished software - the minute I got
> it to work, I stopped fiddling with it.  It does at least do the job.
> 

Hello,

Thank you for your reply.

I tried your filter (most times by doing it manually), but I can't get
it working. I tried "ijs" and "stp" (Gimp-print), and many Cxx printer
versions.

BTW the script you are using is very similar (if not equal) to the
command "apsfilter" calls (that is "gs") at the end.

I only get some "<<?<??<??" like characters (left aligned), was that
your problem?

Also it isn't a connection problem: I tried both USB and Parallel
connections.

Do you know about anything else I can do?

Best Regards,
Ale


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