Driver for old Epson dot matrix printer for an Android app using Gutenprint
58_Bee Nayaka_TI <[email protected]> Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:41:52 +0700
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--===============7376114248466032861== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000023f992063c529a1e" --00000000000023f992063c529a1e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" To the Gutenprint Team, My name is Nayaka. I am a user of a third-party Android application called Nokoprint, which appears to be using your Gutenprint library for its printer driver management. I'm trying to print from a tablet to my old dot matrix printer, a *Epson model LX-300+ II*. Unfortunately, the application does not have a suitable driver for my printer. After exploring the files on my tablet, I found a "drv_gutenprint" folder within the app's data, which contains several XML files and sub-folders that define the printer drivers, such as escp2, inks, and mediasizes. This suggests that the application uses a Gutenprint-based driver system. I would like to ask if there is any documentation or guidance I can use to: 1. Find or create a compatible printer driver for my Epson dot matrix printer. 2. Understand the structure of the XML files used by the Gutenprint library on Android, so I can try to create a custom printer profile. Could you provide any information on how to create the correct driver configuration files, or if there is an existing driver for my printer model that I can manually add to the application's folder? Thank you for your time and assistance. Sincerely, Bee Nayaka Athalah Muchamad @[email protected] --00000000000023f992063c529a1e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">To the Gutenprint Team,=C2=A0=C2=A0<br><br>My name is Naya= ka. I am a user of a third-party Android application called Nokoprint, whic= h appears to be using your Gutenprint library for its printer driver manage= ment.=C2=A0=C2=A0<br><br>I'm trying to print from a tablet to my old do= t matrix printer, a <b>Epson model LX-300+ II</b>. Unfortunately, the appli= cation does not have a suitable driver for my printer.=C2=A0=C2=A0<br><br>A= fter exploring the files on my tablet, I found a "<code>drv_gutenprint= "</code> folder within the app's data, which contains several XML = files and sub-folders that define the printer drivers, such as <code>escp2<= /code>, <code>inks</code>, and <code>mediasizes</code>. This suggests that = the application uses a Gutenprint-based driver system.=C2=A0=C2=A0<br><br><= p>I would like to ask if there is any documentation or guidance I can use t= o:</p><ol start=3D"1"><li><p>Find or create a compatible printer driver for= my Epson dot matrix printer.</p></li><li><p>Understand the structure of th= e XML files used by the Gutenprint library on Android, so I can try to crea= te a custom printer profile.</p></li></ol><p>Could you provide any informat= ion on how to create the correct driver configuration files, or if there is= an existing driver for my printer model that I can manually add to the app= lication's folder?</p><p>Thank you for your time and assistance.</p><p>= Sincerely, <br>Bee Nayaka Athalah Muchamad<br>@<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= >[email protected]</a></p></div> --00000000000023f992063c529a1e-- --===============7376114248466032861== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============7376114248466032861== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Gimp-print-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gimp-print-devel --===============7376114248466032861==--