Printer Support

Printer Drivers

The information provided below applies to the UNIX versions of EasyCopy.

EasyCopy offers drivers for practically all printers in the market: All PostScript printers, all common laser printers, ink jet printers, large format plotters, color laser printers, thermal transfer, sublimation printers. It also provides color profiles for all important printers to ensure perfect color match. EasyCopy's profiles ensure that you get the best out of the printer.

The printer support depends on your license:

	EasyCopy Silver	EasyCopy Gold
B/W PostScript	All sizes	All sizes
Color PostScript	All sizes	All sizes
B/W Laser	All sizes	All sizes
Color Laser	Up to A4 / Letter	All sizes
Inkjet	Up to A2 / C-size	All sizes
Thermal Transfer	Up to A4 / Letter	All sizes
Dye Sublimation	Up to A4 / Letter	All sizes
SCSI Connection	No	Yes

The information provided below applies to the UNIX versions of EasyCopy.

You can find details about support of a specific printer on our printer support page on www.augrin.com. Select tha manufacturer, and click on the printer model to get details.

The information provided below applies to the UNIX versions of EasyCopy.

EasyCopy also provides generic printer drivers. They are mainly used for three purposes:

1. Support of new printers until support files for explicit support become available.
2. Support of older and less common printers which may be lacking explicit support.
3. Troubleshooting if you experience difficulties or unexpected results with the normal support.

These generic dirvers are available:

PostScript

Encapsulated PostScript Level 1

Supports any PostScript level 1 printer at a resolution of 300 dpi. The page size is not specified.

 

PostScript Level 1 (small pages)

Supports any PostScript level 1 printer at a resolution of 300 dpi and these page sizes: ISO A4, Letter (A.size), and Legal.

 

Generic PostScript Level 1 (medium page sizes)

Supports any PostScript level 1 printer at a resolution of 300 dpi and these page sizes: B-size and ISO A3

 

Encapsulated PostScript Level 2

Supports any PostScript level 2 printer at resolution up to 1440 dpi and a selection of page sizes, including custom page size.

 

Generic PostScript Level 2

Supports any PostScript level 2 printer at a resolution of 300 dpi and a selection of page sizes, including custom page size.

 

Generic PostScript Level 3

Supports any PostScript level 3 printer at a resolution of 300 dpi and a selection of page sizes, including custom page size.

 

PCL

General PCL driver for PCL printers that support scaling in hardware.

Supports 300 and 600 dpi and common paper sizes.

 

Special driver optimized for PCL 5 color printers.

Supports 300 and small paper sizes.

 

RTL

Requires EasyCopy Gold

General RTL driver for large format plotters.

Resolution 300 dpi. Common plotter page sizes.

 

Special RTL driver for large format plotters that support hardware scaling.

Resolution 300 dpi. Common plotter page sizes.

 

CGM

Requires EasyCopy Gold

Abstract scaling

Generic CGM driver, 300 dpi.

 

Metric scaling

Generic CGM driver, 300 dpi.