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Program: Epson Stylus Colour 600/800 driver
Author: Peter Hutchison
Date: 4/4/99
Version: 1.10
Requirements: Any Amiga, WB 1.3 or better
Introduction
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This is my fifth driver to be released . This is a colour printer driver for
the 600 series of the Epson Stylus Colour printers. It should also work with
the Stylus 800 which also supports 1440 dpi.
Features
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Colour: CMYK (Colour AND Black)
Resolution: 180 to 1440 dpi (using Microdot & Microweave).
Supports Microweave in Letter Quality mode.
Aspect: Portrait and Landscape
Output: B&W and Colour Text,
B&W, greyscale and colour graphics
Optimised for Speed.
NEW! Seperate versions for '000 and '020.
Compiled with SAS C 6.58
Densities
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0 180 x 180
1 180 x 180
2 360 x 360
3 360 x 360
4 720 x 720
5 720 x 720
6 1440 x 720
7 1440 x 720
Paper: 10in for most sizes, 14in for US LEGAL
Recommend densities 0-3 for Word Processing output.
Supported Printers
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Epson Stylus 600, 640, 740, 800, 900.
Photo printers require 24 bit drivers such as TurboPrint or Studio.
NB: Please note that new printers use ESC/P2 Raster and Remote
with new commands eg.ESC(r, ESC(k, ESC(\, ESC(S, ESC(R
which are not supported yet as they are not documented.
Installation
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Run Install_Driver and follow instructions, select printer that matches
your Amiga (68000 or 68020) and Printer model. If installing a new
driver run the Preferences to select the correct driver and set it up
(see below).
Preferences
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1. Printer
Printer Type - select appropiate printer from list
Printer Port - usually Parallel
Printer Pitch - Pica, Elite of Fine (choose one that suits you)
Print Spacing - 6 or 8 lpi (I use 6)
Print Quality - Use Letter for max quality
Paper Type - Use Single for paper such as A4
Paper Format - Use DIN A4 for standard single sheet A4 (don't use Wide)
Paper Length - Around 66 lines for A4 paper
Margins - Use 2 and 80 characters
2. PrinterGfx
Dithering - Floyd Steinburg for best quality
Scaling - Integer for line gfx or text.
Use Fraction for shaded pics.
Image - Positive (Neg is rarely used)
Aspect - Horizontal
Shade - Color (NB: Use BW if using Multiview with Text)
Threshold - Around 8 (use a smaller figure if too dark)
Density - Use whatever you fancy (use a small figure for speed
and less ink)
Color Correction - Don't set, use all 4096 (12 bit) colours
Limits - Set to ignore
Smoothing - Used to smooth out lines esp. in graphic dumps of text
Centre Picture - Tick this if you want centralised pics
Further information is in your Workbench Users Guide (Ch 9) or see my web page
for info on preferences.
If you are experiencing problems with this driver send me email (see below).
You can download updates from Aminet, my web page or Amiga Format CDs.
History
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1.0 First release.
Tested okay on PPaint, WordWorth 6 (Normal mode) and Blacks Editor.
1.1 Added Close, ConvFunc functions for form feeds and fixed a compilation
warning (probably cause of Gurus on some machines).
NB: Crashes when using a graphics based Word Processor.
1.2 Fixed crashes in Word Processing output using b/w graphics - using
wrong pointer! Added form length command in DoSpecial. Seems much better!
1.3 Added Page Length command (missing in 1.2), output speeded up esp. WP output.
Other minor stuff.
1.4 Set Microweave on for 1440dpi as default. Added '020 version.
1.5 Removed ESC P from ESC@ string in Render.c
1.6 Reduced init string in Dospecial.c, used ESC! instead. Added missing comma in data.c
Removed CR from init string in Render.c
1.7 Render.c - Changed init string. Added ESC! command, changed margins to use 0
and 255 (instead of 1 and 80).
Added Page length command and added LF to end of each graphics line in Render.c
Added default colour to black in DoSpecial.c
1.8 Data.c. Incorrect apostrophe character changed.
Render.c - added missing Page length command to init string (oops).
Removed unnecessary commands from StartBuf init string.
and removed LF command. Reset margins back to 1 and 80.
Combined StartBuf and GfxBuf together - eradicated mysterious chars in Final
Writer which appear between init strings. Yes!
1.9 Updated Install_Driver Script
Removed left/right margin commands in graphics routine
1.10 Removed Wide_Tractor code in density routine. Documentation updated (prefs)
Added page length commands.
Future: Run Length Encoding for print data to speed up printing.
Giftware
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This driver is Giftware, you are not obliged to send anything but if you
want to contribute to further driver development for this printer and others
then send me either money (5UKP) or old software (Send me a list first and they
must be originals):
Email: pjhutch@blizzard.u-net.com
Web: http://www.blizzard.u-net.com
or
Peter Hutchison
75 Lower Skircoat Green
Copley Lane
Halifax
W Yorks
England
HX3 0TG