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Re: Epson Stylus Photo 700



Jonathan Markevich <jonathan@markevich.ourfamily.com> wrote:
: I got one of the above printers and reinstalled apsfilter with the Ghostscript escp2 driver but can't print...  I get an error in filter "f" or something like that...

: Let me cut to the chase...  I need a printcap!  Has anyone else here got one of these working?  I read on Slashdot one fella got it working fine but was "Anonymous Coward" so I can't ask him...

: Sub-question: what's the right way to add & reconfigure printers without purging & reinstalling apsfilter?

: Thanks all...

I am still using Debian 2.0 and ghostscript 5.1 with magicfilter 1.2. 
And I am using the Stylus Color 900. I can only get it to work at
360 dpi, but perhaps this info will help.

#
# Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
# provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given
# to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University
# may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
# software without specific prior written permission. This software
# is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.
#
#	@(#)etc.printcap	5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
#
# > This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. <
#
lp|lp1|st900|ST900|EPSON Stylus COLOR 900:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/st900:\
	:rw:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
	:if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_900_360dpi-filter:\
	:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:

HiRes|High Resolution Stylus COLOR 900:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/st900:\
	:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
	:if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_900_720dpi-filter:\
	:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:



#! /usr/sbin/magicfilter
#
# Magic filter setup file for EPSON ESC/P2 (i.e. Stylus Color) series color
# printers in 360 dpi
#
# Based on epsonlqc. Modified and partially tested together with the original
# Stylus Color, Ghostscript versions 3.33 and 4.03 by Dirk_Ritter@s5.maus.de
# but please no Mail >64 kB to this address.
#
# No warranty for anything whatsoever!
#
# This file is in the public domain.
#
# This file has been automatically adapted to your system.
#
# wild guess: native control codes start with <ESC>
0       \033            cat

# You really should change Ghostscripts options if you have a version >=3.51
# since the options changed. See devices.doc (or *.txt) for what they do.
# These esoteric options are needed and aren't documented in Ghostscripts
# Manual page since they are specific to the device driver 'stcolor':
#
# -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360 -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- stcolor.ps -
#
# The options currently used should work with Ghostscript up to version 3.33.
#
# PostScript
0	%!		filter  /usr/bin/gs  -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360 -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - stcolor.ps - 3>&1 1>&2 
0	\004%!		filter  /usr/bin/gs  -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360 -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - stcolor.ps - 3>&1 1>&2 

# PDF
0	%PDF		fpipe	/usr/bin/gs  -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360 -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - stcolor.ps - $FILE 3>&1 1>&2 


# TeX DVI
0	\367\002	fpipe	/usr/bin/dvips  -D 360  -R -q -f 

# compress'd data
0	\037\235	pipe	/bin/gzip  -cdq 

# packed, gzipped, frozen and SCO LZH data
0	\037\036	pipe	/bin/gzip  -cdq 
0	\037\213	pipe	/bin/gzip  -cdq 
0	\037\236	pipe	/bin/gzip  -cdq 
0	\037\240	pipe	/bin/gzip  -cdq 

# troff documents
0	.\?\?\040	fpipe 	`/usr/bin/grog  -Tps $FILE` 
0	.\\\"		fpipe 	`/usr/bin/grog  -Tps $FILE` 
0	'\\\"		fpipe 	`/usr/bin/grog  -Tps $FILE` 
0	'.\\\"		fpipe 	`/usr/bin/grog  -Tps $FILE` 
0	\\\"		fpipe 	`/usr/bin/grog  -Tps $FILE` 

# ditroff
0	"x T ps"	pipe 	/usr/bin/grops 
0	"x T dvi"	pipe	/usr/bin/grodvi 
0	"x T ascii"	pipe	/usr/bin/grotty 
0	"x T latin1"	pipe	/usr/bin/grotty 
0	"x T lj4"	reject	Cannot print LaserJet 4 ditroff files.

# Portable bit-, grey- and pixmaps
0	P1\n		pipe 	/usr/bin/pnmtops  -scale 1000 -dpi 360  2>/dev/null 
0	P2\n		pipe 	/usr/bin/pnmtops  -scale 1000 -dpi 360  2>/dev/null 
0	P3\n		pipe 	/usr/bin/pnmtops  -scale 1000 -dpi 360  2>/dev/null 
0	P4\n		pipe 	/usr/bin/pnmtops  -scale 1000 -dpi 360  2>/dev/null 
0	P5\n		pipe 	/usr/bin/pnmtops  -scale 1000 -dpi 360  2>/dev/null 
0	P6\n		pipe 	/usr/bin/pnmtops  -scale 1000 -dpi 360  2>/dev/null 

# HP Printer Control Language (PCL) -- assume start with reset code
0	\033E\033	reject	Cannot print PCL files on this printer. 

# HP Printer Job Language (PJL)
0	\033%-12345X	reject	Cannot print PJL files on this printer. 
0	"@PJL "		reject	Cannot print PJL files on this printer. 
0	@PJL\t		reject	Cannot print PJL files on this printer. 
0	@PJL\r		reject	Cannot print PJL files on this printer. 
0	@PJL\n		reject	Cannot print PJL files on this printer. 

# GIF files
0	GIF87a		pipe	/usr/bin/giftopnm  2>/dev/null
0	GIF89a		pipe	/usr/bin/giftopnm  2>/dev/null

# JFIF (JPEG) files
0	\377\330\377\340\?\?JFIF\0	pipe	/usr/bin/djpeg  -pnm

# TIFF files (the last two bytes of the "magic" is really a version number;
# but the magic is really lame and as far as I have understood the version
# number has never changed and never will, so we include it.)
0	MM\0\x2a	fpipe   /usr/bin/tiff2ps  $FILE
0	II\x2a\0	fpipe   /usr/bin/tiff2ps  $FILE 

# BMP files (even lousier magic -- Microsoft strikes again!)
0	BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x0c	pipe	\
	/usr/bin/bmptoppm  2>/dev/null
0	BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x40	pipe	\
	/usr/bin/bmptoppm  2>/dev/null
0	BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x28	pipe	\
	/usr/bin/bmptoppm  2>/dev/null

# Garbage delivered from Windows via Samba
# (donated by Andree Leidenfrost <leidenfrost@dkrz.de>)
# 300     \033\052\157    cat
# later changed to 
# (Bug report #22866: magicfilter: Incorrect magic for Win95/Samba print jobs)
0       \000\000\000\000\000   cat
# Changed 1999/07/22 by W. P. Mills
0       \000\000\000	cat

# Sun rasterfiles
0	\x59\xa6\x6a\x95 pipe	/usr/bin/rasttopnm  2>/dev/null

# SGI Imagelib (IRIS RGB) files
0	\x1\xda		pipe	/usr/bin/sgitopnm  2>/dev/null
0	\xda\x1		pipe	/usr/bin/sgitopnm  2>/dev/null

# FIG files; reported by Steven P. Hill <sph@uscbu.ih.att.com>
0	#FIG		pipe	/usr/bin/X11/fig2dev  -Lps -P -l dummy

#
# Standard rejects... things we don't want to print
#

# Various archive formats
257	ustar\0		reject	Attempted to print a tar file.
257	"ustar  \0"	reject	Attempted to print a tar file.
0	07070		reject	Attempted to print a cpio file.
0	PK\3\4		reject	Attempted to print a zip file.
20	\xdc\xa7\xc7\xfd reject	Attempted to print a zoo file.

# Binaries (Linux): reject with email message
0	\013\1d\0	reject	Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0	\100\1d\0	reject	Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0	\007\1d\0	reject	Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0	\314\0d\0	reject	Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0	\177ELF		reject	Attempted to print an ELF object.
0	\007\001\0	reject	Attempted to print an object file.
216	\021\001\0\0	reject	Attempted to print a core dump file.
0	!<arch>		reject	Attempted to print an archive.
0	=<ar>		reject	Attempted to print an archive.

# Don't confuse this one with troff!
0	.snd		reject	Attempted to print Sun/NeXT audio data.

# optimistic troff magic
0	.		fpipe 	`/usr/bin/grog  -Tps $FILE` 
# wacko troff magic
0	'''		fpipe 	`/usr/bin/grog  -Tps $FILE` 

# Default entry -- for normal (text) files.  MUST BE LAST.
default                 filter /usr/bin/recode latin1:cp437 ; echo -ne \\f




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