Digital BW, The Print

On Windows, info like this will probably be in a language-specific
resource dll. As usual, there is some printer-specific (but
language-independent) info in the Registry. 

Regardless of where the names are held, I don't think you can just add
another media type: even if you could edit a dll to add a new name,
the actual driver code makes use of media-specific look-up tables for
the ink curves etc. and you can't just create a new one without access
to the actual code.

If you want to tweak the (existing) ink curves of an Epson K3 driver
the only way I know is to use the Epson ColorBase utility.

Regards,

Alan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "joshhackney"
<joshhackney@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Back in March, there was a post on the Epson Wide Format List asking
if it is possible to 
> add Media Types to the Epson driver.  Many people replied that it is
not.  Then Stephen 
> Best replied with the following.  No one ever replied to his post. 
I am surprised that it just 
> died.  This seems to me like an incredibly useful discovery.  Am I
wrong?  Any software 
> engineers out there that can discern if it is possible to control
ink limits with these files?
> 
> Best.
> 
> Josh
> 
> Here is Stephen's post to EpsonWideFormat:
> 
> 
> I've done this on my Mac for the 7800 ... the structure is likely
the same for
> all Epson drivers, probably on Windows as well. On my machine
there's two xml files:
> 
>     com.epson.ijprinter.SPro7800.mp
>     com.epson.ijprinter.SPro7800_1.mp
> 
> The first is for PK, the second for MK. These reference data files
inIJ_MediaFolder. As a 
> test, I duplicated SPro 7800 USFA_1.rsrc, changed the paper name(s)
internally and created 
> a new entry in com.epson.ijprinter.SPro7800_1.mp referencing the new
media file and, lo 
> and behold, this is now selectable from the driver. I spent some
time looking at the 
> internals of the media file and it appears everything specific to
the paper is contained here 
> ... though I've only been able to change the name and paper
thickness so far.  I'm pretty 
> sure ColorBase updates this file. I don't know however whether it
contains ink limits or 
> simply references a media lookup in the printer itself. If the ink
limits *are* included, all it 
> needs is for someone to write a utility to linearize third-party
papers, build the resource 
> file and add it to the xml above ... third-party papers would then
be selectable by name 
> and you wouldn't need a RIP to get the absolute best from them. You
could also go further 
> and add/reference ICC profiles so the driver could do the colour
space conversion.
> 
> I may play around with this some more but it's not a priority at the
moment. I was just
> curious.
> 
> Stephen Best
> Macquarie Editions
>