This Programming Guide is intended for use in conjunction with the EPSON Standard ESC/P Reference Manual (December 1997)

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

This section of the Programming Guide will provide a technical overview of another EPSON’s 6- color large format inkjet printer to facilitate driver development.

1.1EPSON Stylus Pro 7000

The Stylus Pro 7000 is the follow-up to the six-color large format inkjet printer Stylus Pro 9000 introduced by EPSON. The Stylus Pro 7000, a large format printer that is targeted at vertical, rather than the traditional wide horizontal markets that EPSON traditionally markets to. The printer can be used in Image Composition, Print-for-Pay, Service Bureaus, Fine Arts/Pro Photography, Exhibit builder, and more. The printer is going to be sold worldwide as the Stylus Pro 7000 except in Japan, where it is called PM-7000C. The printer first was launched in Japan in December of 1999. Then it was launched in Europe, Asia and the Americas during first/second quarter of 2000.

The Stylus Pro 7000 is 24” wide, 1440x720 dpi. It has the same head as Stylus Pro 9000- 320 Nozzles: 64 black and 64 for each color (CMYLcLm).

The EPSON Stylus Pro 7000 printer incorporates the following features:

∙Six individual ink color with Ink quantity detection for each cartridge (100ml)

∙Built in High Quality MicroWeave for square and non-square resolutions

∙Thick media capability up to 1.5 mm

∙24” paper width (A1)

∙25-Meter (82 feet) maximum page length

∙Built-in 8-bit bidirectional parallel interface (IEEE-1284)

∙Built-in USB Interface

∙Type B Optional Ethernet I/F card 10Base/100Base

∙High Quality with 1440(H) x 720(V), microdot printing

∙Wide range of paper types

This document doesn’t contain information for an individual ISV’s specific driver development, but does contain the new commands associated with the Stylus Pro 7000’s ability to reproduce subtle tone variations.

See Table 1 for a quick feature of EPSON Stylus Pro 7000, the first large format printer.

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