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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [BL] gimp-print for BL
  • Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:53:49 +0000 (UTC)

The neighbors put out an Epson C80 color printer, does 720 dpi, and came with yellow and black cartridges (new in box - the built-into-the-printer print nozzles for these two colors appear to be somewhat clogged and we need to syringe them), and with a Win/Mac CD. Works in Windows except for not much black (yet).

DOS - Epson says it only works in black.

Linux - prints a total blank with stcolor or st800. Not ESC P/2.

Online research shows that it is supported by gimp-print (aka gutenprint), which is 5MB of source code to support lots of newer printers including Lexmark. Slackware 10.1 comes with it.

Does anyone knowledgeable want to compile gimp-print for BL3.40? I already compiled Ghostscript 8.50 - does it really have to be done at the same time or can you add drivers later?

Is there some way to compile JUST the driver for the newer Epsons?

gimp-print is supposed to work with three other printing systems - CUPS, Foomatic and The Gimp. I could install 2GB of SW10.2 to try it with.

Does pnmtops convert images to something that will print the same number of pixels the original image was, or something that will fill the entire page width? If the latter, I will forget this as a linux printer, because I want to print 1:1 to keep photos looking good (1280x960 = 8 per page).
The Stylus Color 800 printed some awful looking photos with gs, with an interference pattern. HP's printing at 300 dpi look much better but the cartridges are very hard to refill and clog quickly with non-use.

Sindi



  • [BL] gimp-print for BL, sindi keesan, 03/28/2006

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