Re: [libreoffice-users] missing printer formats

What operating system does a "Curtains 10" use?

Then see Epson Search Result for XP-630 current drivers at: 
https://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/searchModule

Hope this helps.

On 2/16/22 15:37, black mountain wrote:
> LO Users Ahoy:
>
> I used LO4 on a Curtains 7 machine for some 10 years, until a hardware 
> problem forced me to a Curtains 10 device.
>
> On this new machine, I have LO 7.1.7.2 (x64).
>
> As you can tell, my needs are relatively elemental, as LO4 served me 
> well all those years. The number of regressions reported on this site 
> damps down any possible lust for unnecessary upgrades.
>
> Now that I have been forced upwards, I have hit a brick wall, and this 
> is one of several reasons why I am reluctant to install "upgrades" as 
> they are offered.
>
> I have the same two printers that I have used for years: a Brother 
> HL-6180-DW, and an Epson XP-630. The Brother continues to work, 
> offering me some 20+ paper formats in its dialogue.
>
> The Epson, however, which I need for colour printing, shows only 5 
> paper choices: 2 sheet sizes, 2 index cards, and a "Japanese Postcard" 
> at 3.93 x 5.83 inches. That last is interesting, and I have no idea 
> where it came from (or why), but I can ignore it.
>
> I am obviously missing many formats, some useful, some not, but in 
> particular there are no envelopes offered. My immediate need is for 
> the American #10 envelope.
>
> I have several hundreds of files on hand, all formatted for the #10 
> envelope, but there is no obvious way to select that format for the 
> XP-630.
>
> LO will graciously allow me to print in B/W on the Brother, but not in 
> the required colour on the Epson.
>
> I have spent most of the afternoon plowing through the 7.1 manual, the 
> "help", and various on-line sources, without even finding out how I 
> might generate the #10 anew as a "custom" format. That would be an 
> absurdly redundant effort since this format is well-known, but it also 
> indicates my inability to set up any truly custom format for this 
> machine.
>
> I am also ignorant enough so as to not know whether these formatting 
> instructions are supposedly read off the hardware by the Curtains 10 
> system, or by LO, or are inherent in LO, or are programmed from an 
> external Epson source, &c.
>
> The answer to my problem ought to be simple enough, but since I can't 
> figure it out, any help/tips would be appreciated.
>
> t.r. jackson / wagtail@comcast.net
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