EPson EPL-4000 series support - how best to patch?

[wookey at aleph1.co.uk]

wookey wrote:
> >
> I've hacked up a version of rastertohp (restertoepl) that doesn't use ESC*p#Y to skip blank lines to prove that this is all that's needed.
>

Just to confirm that I've now tested this and it works.

here's the patch:

> Wookey
--- filter/rastertohp.c 2004-02-25 21:14:52.000000000 +0100
+++ filter/rastertoepl.c        2004-11-01 17:13:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -587,11 +587,11 @@
   * Output whitespace as needed...
   */

-  if (Feed > 0)
-  {
-    printf("\033*b%dY", Feed);
-    Feed = 0;
-  }
+//  if (Feed > 0)
+//  {
+//    printf("\033*b%dY", Feed);
+//    Feed = 0;
+//  }

  /*
   * Write bitmap data as needed...
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
     * and return.
     */

-    fputs("ERROR: rastertopcl job-id user title copies options [file]\n", stder
r);
+    fputs("ERROR: rastertoepl job-id user title copies options [file]\n", stderr
);
     return (1);
   }
@@ -759,11 +760,11 @@
       * See if the line is blank; if not, write it to the printer...
       */

-      if (Planes[0][0] ||
-          memcmp(Planes[0], Planes[0] + 1, header.cupsBytesPerLine - 1))
+//      if (Planes[0][0] ||
+//          memcmp(Planes[0], Planes[0] + 1, header.cupsBytesPerLine - 1))
         OutputLine(&header);
-      else
-        Feed ++;
+//      else
+//        Feed ++;
     }

    /*