RE: Epson Stylus C84 printer setup

From: Ted Mittelstaedt (tedm_at_toybox.placo.com)
Date: 01/04/05

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    To: "S Salamander" <ssalamander@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:11:58 -0800

    Why in heavens name are you bothering with CUPS?

    And furthermore in FreeBSD 4.10 gimp-print version 4.2.6 is
    in the ports and that DOES have support for the C84, the advice
    to use C82 is just plain wrong. That's what you get for depending
    on some GPL-crutch like CUPS.

    Here's what you do:

    cd /usr/ports/print/gimp-print
    make WITHOUT_CUPS=yes

    (and to get working C84 ink levels, go here:

    http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/patches/2004-May/001151.html

    apply that patch, then do a

    make WITHOUT_CUPS=yes install

    cd /usr/ports/print/ghostscript-gnu

    make install MAKE SURE NOT TO DESELECT ijs DRIVER

    Then define the print queues, such as

    cat /etc/printcap

    lp-epson|Epson C84 Color printer:\
            :sh:\

    :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lp-epson:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:mx=0:\
            :of=/usr/local/bin/epsonfilter:rw:
    lp-epson-raw|Epson C84 Color Printer - raw for Windows systems:\
            :sh:\

    :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lp-epson-raw:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
            :mx#0:rw:

    And build the command filters, as many as you want for whatever resolutions
    you
    want to support:

    cat /usr/local/bin/epsonfilter

    #!/bin/sh
    #
    # Script that runs gimp-print for the Epson
    #
    /usr/local/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=/usr/local/bin/ijsgimpprint -s
    DeviceManufacturer=EPSON -sDeviceModel=escp2-c84 -sIjsParams=Quality=720x36
    0sw,InkType=CMYK,MediaType=Plain -dIjsUseOutputFD -dNOPAUSE -dNOBATCH -dSAFE
    R -sOutputFile=- -

    Ted

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of S Salamander
    > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 5:23 PM
    > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    > Subject: Epson Stylus C84 printer setup
    >
    >
    > I'm trying to get my Epson Stylus C84 printer setup with CUPS and
    > gimp-print (both of which are installed). The cups daemon is running
    > and I can access localhost:631 for the administrative setup. However,
    > don't see the option to use the CUPS/gimp-print driver. There is no
    > PPD file as I can see from linuxprinting.org. Can someone help me
    > with the setup here?
    >
    > Thanks.
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