<HTML> <HEAD> <!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.51 from .././gimpprint.texi on 22 January 2003 --> <TITLE>GIMP-Print - New Printer</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Go to the <A HREF="gimpprint_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gimpprint_38.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gimpprint_40.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gimpprint_47.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gimpprint_toc.html">table of contents</A>. <P><HR><P> <H1><A NAME="SEC54" HREF="gimpprint_toc.html#TOC54">D Adding a new printer</A></H1> <P> <A NAME="IDX253"></A> <A NAME="IDX254"></A> <A NAME="IDX255"></A> </P> <P> This appendix covers adding a new ESCP/2, PCL, or Canon printer. Writing a new driver module is not covered. </P> <P> The three steps to adding a printer are: </P> <OL> <LI>Add an entry to <TT>`printers.xml'</TT> <LI>Add the appropriate code and data to the appropriate driver module <LI>Tune the printer </OL> <P> Printer information is stored in two places: in <TT>`printers.xml'</TT> (which contains the list of printer models available to the the upper-level application), and in the appropriate driver file (<TT>`print-escp2.c'</TT>, <TT>`print-pcl.c'</TT>, or <TT>`print-canon.c'</TT>). </P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="gimpprint_40.html#SEC55">printers.xml</A>: File format description. <LI><A HREF="gimpprint_41.html#SEC56">Driver file</A>: Data structures to use. <LI><A HREF="gimpprint_42.html#SEC57">Epson inkjet printers</A>: Adding an Epson printer. <LI><A HREF="gimpprint_43.html#SEC58">Tuning Epson printers</A>: Tweaking settings. <LI><A HREF="gimpprint_44.html#SEC59">Canon inkjet printers</A>: Adding a Canon printer. </UL> <P><HR><P> Go to the <A HREF="gimpprint_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gimpprint_38.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gimpprint_40.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gimpprint_47.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gimpprint_toc.html">table of contents</A>. </BODY> </HTML>