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Expand Up @@ -546,6 +546,28 @@ ppdFilterPDFToPS(int inputfd, // I - File descriptor input stream
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}
}

//
// Use Poppler instead of Ghostscript for old Epson laser printers based
// on epsonepl(ijs) as the page ends up off-centre by about 6~7mm towards
// the top right of the page.
//
if (make_model[0] &&
!strncasecmp(make_model, "Epson", 5) &&
(ptr = strcasestr(make_model, "EPL-")) &&
(!strncasecmp(ptr + 4, "5700L", 5) ||
!strncasecmp(ptr + 4, "5800L", 5) ||
!strncasecmp(ptr + 4, "5900L", 5) ||
!strncasecmp(ptr + 4, "6100L", 5) ||
!strncasecmp(ptr + 4, "6200L", 5)))
{
if (log) log(ld, CF_LOGLEVEL_DEBUG,
"ppdFilterPDFToPS: Switching to Poppler's pdftops instead of "
"Ghostscript for old epsoneplijs (EPL-5700L, EPL-5800L, "
"EPL-5900L, EPL-6100L, EPL-6200L) printers to work around "
"off-centre printing");
renderer = PDFTOPS;
}
}

//
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