The duplex and photo paper tray on the Hero series (and perhaps others like ESP 7250?) should now work. More paper sizes added to the ppds and filters. More ppd files to match the different printers. This version should now work in b/w and colour 300 and 600dpi on the Cxxx series and the Hero series. I now have a Hero 9.1 printer, so I can test the c2espC filter. Some attempts made to speed up printing by removing unnecessary delays. ppd files were not showing color options correctly. It should work pretty well for all 3 series (ESP xxxx, ESP Cxxx, Hero) This version will be released also as a. I do not know the 1284DeviceID for the ESP Cxxx series yet.
The ESP xxxx series also install automatically. ppd files for the hero series had printer model names and 1284DeviceID changed to enable system-config-printer to find the correct ppd automatically. patch from user awl29 applied to fix problems with non bi-directional printers, smb shared - data chunk size limit applied in c2espC, some printers can't handle large data chunks. The data chunk size limit was unintentionally left out.
The Black&White option is now dithered properly (and also uses the grey ink). Because of the grey ink and cupsInkLimit, ink cartridges should last longer. This makes grey areas properly grey (less green than they used to be). The c2esp filter for the ESP series has been significantly rewritten to enable some ppd attributes like cupsInkLimit and cupsBlackGeneration. As 2.5 but the data chunk size limit was reinstated. IT SEEMS THAT THIS VERSION MAY NOT WORK WITH THE AIO 5100 5300 5500 PRINTERS
THIS SHOULD MAKE TESTING THE AIO 5100 5300 5500 SAFER. If the resolution values are not sensible, no data will be sent to the printer. As 2.5a but the DEBUGFILES and TESTING option system tidied up. Now these errors are fixed, so we expect to no longer have these problems. The problems with AIO 5100 5300 5500 seem to actually have been problems with cups caused by errors in the ppd files. As 2.5b but with patch from awl29 applied and some other mods. As 2.5c but with a modified makefile so it will build with cups 1.5.x or 1.6.x Also a few more ppd files. The compile and install system has been changed to autoconf/automake. ShortNickName added to the drv files to pass more ppdc tests. The jbig library is no longer shipped with c2esp. The drv files are now installed instead of the ppd files. As 2.6 but with ppd entries for ESP 1.2 and ESP 3.2.
Please read the "INSTALL" file to see how to install this software. Readme file for Kodak ESP series and Hero series cups driver.