Re: Re: CD printing to R300

   From: "Kenneth P. Esler Jr." <esler@xxxxxxxx>
   Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:27:57 -0500

   The CVS code seems to work well with the correct alignment for me
   from within the plugin.  Good work!  I also was able to get it to
   work with glabels by specifying a page size of 4.5694"x4.5694",
   which I gleaned from the ppd file.  I've attached a new glabels
   template, which is independent of specific tray geometry, leaving
   the proper translation to the driver, as was requested.  I note
   that it still may be useful to be able to use the manual feed and
   A4 paper in applications which do not allow custom page sizes.

Possibly, although even there I think it would make more sense to
place the CD at the top left of the A4 page.  Having to know what
printer you're using is a pain.

Perhaps we should include these templates in the package (a contrib
directory or something?)

   One more note.  The driver appears to mask out the hub of anything
   that is printed to the CD.  Many manufacturers are making DVDs that
   are hub-printable.  That is, you can print all the way to the edge
   of the hole.  Can an option be added use the hole radius as the
   masking radius (15mm as opposed to 43mm) (Line 2361 of
   print-escp2.c)?  I editted the source manually and verified that
   changing to 15mm allows printing right up to the hole.  Another
   glabels template for hub-printable CDs/DVDs is attached.  This
   time, when added to your .glabels directory, they are categorized
   under "Other" since it's a custom page size.

Done, although I used 16 mm rather than 15 mm just to be on the safe
side.  It's a separate option.

Perhaps we should add microadjustments; as I recall, Epson recommends
it.

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