Program: Epson Stylus Colour 600/800 driver Author: Peter Hutchison Date: 28/4/99 Version: 1.11 Requirements: Any Amiga, WB 1.3 or better Introduction ------------ 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 -------- 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. Typefaces: Roman, Sans serif, Courier, Prestige, Script, Roman T, Sans serif H. NEW! Seperate versions for '000 and '020. Compiled with SAS C 6.58 Densities --------- 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 ------------------ 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 ------------ 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 ----------- 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 ------- 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. 1.11 Added support for various typefaces. Future: Run Length Encoding for print data to speed up printing. Giftware -------- 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