2 Printer::EVOLIS - pixel-exact driver for EVOLIS Dualys two-side card
6 This is experimental support for EVOLIS Dualys 3 printer with black
7 ribbon (K) to provide pixel-exact driver with support for two-side
10 Existing cups driver available at
12 http://www.evolis.com/eng/Drivers-Support/Product-support/Dualys-3
14 does work, but I haven't been able to make it print duplex on cards,
15 especially when generating front and back pages separatly.
18 Current toolset consists of following scripts:
20 scripts/inkscape-render.pl card/template.svg 201008159999 Name Surname
21 Generate pdf files from Inkscape SVG template in `card/' using
22 `print-front' and `print-back' object IDs. Layers doesn't work since we
23 can't toggle visilbity easily. To print more than one object gruop them
24 and change ID of group.
26 After pdf files are created, GhostScript is used to rasterize them into
27 pbm (monochrome) bitmaps.
29 scripts/evolis-driver.pl front.pbm back.pbm > evolis.commands
30 Provides driver which generates printer command stream to print
31 two-sided card from pbm files.
33 scripts/evolis-simulator.pl evolis
34 Simulator for EVOLIS printer commands which is useful for development.
35 It creates one pbm file per page printed.
38 Following is simple walk-through from svg image in Inkscape to evolis
39 command stream which can be executed in top-level directory of this
42 ./scripts/inkscape-render.pl card/ffzg-2010.svg 201008159999 Ime Prezime
43 ./scripts/evolis-driver.pl out/201008159999.front.pbm out/201008159999.back.pbm > evolis
44 ./scripts/evolis-simulator.pl evolis