Re: Re: Reverse-engineering CD printing on the Epson R300

On Saturday 31 July 2004 01:17, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    From: James Cort <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:49:17 +0000
>    I was using my own A4 sized templates.
>
>    AIUI you've significantly changed the code since that was posted so
>    I daresay the test I carried out then is mo longer particularly
>    valid. I'll get the latest off CVS and see if I can't get that to
>    compile.
>
> If you like, you can use the 5.0 beta1 tarball and copy
> src/main/print-escp2.c, print-escp2.h, and print-escp2-data.c from the
> CVS repository.

Probably just as well as the CVS code doesn't much want to compile on my 
system.

Following your advice, I can report the following:

Using the gimp-print plugin and a premade CD image, printing is pretty much on 
the nail, accuracy-wise.  As others have remarked, the  blank circle in the 
middle is too large for the newer CD/DVDs which are printable right the way 
to the middle.  Quality is also excellent.

Just to confuse the issue further, I've got a stack of blank DVDs here in 
which the "unprintable" circle in the middle is slightly smaller than on a 
conventional CD, yet somewhat larger than the 16mm diameter mooted earlier - 
the diameter of the section is about 35mm.  

While on the subject, the Epson R300 (at least in the UK) ships with an 
"adaptor" suitable for both "small" 8cm CDs and business card CDs - the 
"business card" option doesn't exist in gimp-print. I don't have a suitable 
CD to hand, but going off the adpator here, the size is approximately 87x61mm 
(not allowing for any margins), and the print area is in the centre relative 
to a full-sized CD.

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