-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Does anyone have an Epson C80? If so, are you using parallel or USB; how good is the color reproduction....any banding, and are you using lprng or CUPS? Last but not least, 'any problems? Thanks, Fred - -- "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows 2000 (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj0IHwAACgkQeNJ3p8sZ/usiFwCff1BwhKEj3rMxz3cZj7pVgN18 hfQAnRTgwHWFqtxuTfJjbtWF09ZxUWfo =xoGQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Thursday 13 June 2002 12:26 am, Fred A. Miller wrote:
Does anyone have an Epson C80? If so, are you using parallel or USB; how good is the color reproduction....any banding, and are you using lprng or CUPS? Last but not least, 'any problems?
Thanks,
Fred
HI Fred, I would personally recommend CUPS and the gimp-print drivers. They yield excellent color results on my 870, and the C80 is supported. The gimp-print team is also quite responsive to questions and bug reports. Besides that, gimp-print has a great user's guide (but I'm not biased since I wrote it). :-) You can find more information about the gimp-print software from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/ If you try this, definitely get the latest software. Don't be deceived by the name gimp-print. The name is historical in nature, as the project was originally a print plugin for the GIMP. Now, it serves that function as well as supplying printer drivers for CUPS, Ghostscript, and Foomatic. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org
* Andy Stewart (andystewart@attbi.com) [020612 22:14]: :: ::I would personally recommend CUPS and the gimp-print drivers. They yield ::excellent color results on my 870, and the C80 is supported. The gimp-print ::team is also quite responsive to questions and bug reports. Besides that, ::gimp-print has a great user's guide (but I'm not biased since I wrote it). :::-) :: ::You can find more information about the gimp-print software from: :: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/ :: ::If you try this, definitely get the latest software. :: ::Don't be deceived by the name gimp-print. The name is historical in nature, ::as the project was originally a print plugin for the GIMP. Now, it serves ::that function as well as supplying printer drivers for CUPS, Ghostscript, and ::Foomatic. I can second that CUPS + Gimp-print works great for me with my Epson 880 Color Stylus. I haven't had any issues accept KUPS works 1/2 assed in KDE 3.0.1 for me. I used the web UI to configure it and it rocks. I've never printed better from SO 6.0 and Mutt which are what I print from 99% of the time. -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. -GC --=====-----=====--
On Thursday 13 June 2002 11:26, Fred A. Miller wrote: - Does anyone have an Epson C80? If so, are you using parallel or USB; how - good - is the color reproduction....any banding, and are you using lprng or - CUPS? - Last but not least, 'any problems? Hey Frank, CUPS and Gimp-Print work quite well. They are a pain in the arse to get installed and configured, but the output is quite good. There is a recent thread on the list about this issue, as well as an issue with Konq printing outside of the set format (i.e. with an A4 format, when trying to print a web page, the last line or two are either cut off or over so that they are unreadable). That is apparently a KDE/Konq issue and not a CUPS issue. Cheers, Brian
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Does anyone have an Epson C80? If so, are you using parallel or USB; how good is the color reproduction....any banding, and are you using lprng or CUPS? Last but not least, 'any problems?
The Epson printers work with both USB and parallel port, but USB is better because you get faster data transfer and because it's easier to get the escputil functions that come with gimp-print to work with USB. JDL -- Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.
Slightly off topic, but is there any maximum length for the cables. I use a 25 ft. parallel cable because my printer is on the other side of a doorway from my desk. On 13 Jun 2002 at 19:11, John Lamb wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Does anyone have an Epson C80? If so, are you using parallel or USB; how good is the color reproduction....any banding, and are you using lprng or CUPS? Last but not least, 'any problems?
The Epson printers work with both USB and parallel port, but USB is better because you get faster data transfer and because it's easier to get the escputil functions that come with gimp-print to work with USB.
JDL
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Jerry Feldman wrote:
Slightly off topic, but is there any maximum length for the cables. I use a 25 ft. parallel cable because my printer is on the other side of a doorway from my desk.
There is a maximum length for USB cables. As I recall, it's five metres. You can get a bit more than this using a USB hub. For example, I have a three metre cable to my hub and another three metre cable from the hub to the printer. The hub is bus powered. JDL
Thanks John, I think 5 meters should cover me. I'm planning on converting from LPROLD to CUPS this weekend on my SuSE 7.3 system. On 13 Jun 2002 at 20:17, John Lamb wrote:
There is a maximum length for USB cables. As I recall, it's five metres. You can get a bit more than this using a USB hub. For example, I have a three metre cable to my hub and another three metre cable from the hub to the printer. The hub is bus powered.
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