[CLUE-Tech] The GIMP, Gimp-print and Epson Stylus 900 (works great!)
Jim Intriglia
jimintriglia at hotmail.com
Tue Dec 12 12:16:24 MST 2000
Hi Richard-
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Richard Knechtel" <krs3 at uswest.net>
Reply-To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] The GIMP, Gimp-print and Epson Stylus 900 (works
great!)
>>
They only complaint I have with epson stylus's is... They eat ink to
fast and you have to clean them way to often. Dumped mine and am getting an
HP deskjet 2250. HP supports it under Unix/Linux, it has individual
cartridges for each color of ink, has built in ehternet for jetdirect for
networking. Nice printer. Nice price though ~$500 - $600.
>>
I replaced my HP 870Cse with the Epson 900 (around $240). I, too noticed
that I needed to do a clean-the-printhead deal if the printer was not used
in a day or two. The HP rarely needed this, although it was 300x300 dpi max
and the Epson is 3x that resolution (smaller/more dense printhead nozzles (3
picoliters) clog easier?)
THe HP was reliable for three years before the paper feed mechanism died
beyond reasonable repair. My previous printer was an Epson - very reliable
(never did die after six years of use). I switched from HP because I have
grown to dislike the company due to its' poor after- market product-support
(just about impossible to get reasonable support for their tape drive units,
which I have had unbelievable reliability problems with). Your mileage may
vary.
In the market for a cheap Epson 740, which are running $50 - $75 when
available.
JimI.
Jim Intriglia wrote:
>
> Downloaded the gimp-print source, ./config, make, make install - boot The
> Gimp and I am *in business* printing hi-res photo-images. Cool!
>
> One thing to note - as I had GIMP installed via an rpm package, I also
> needed to download and install gimp-devel & gimp-limpgimp via rpm, prior
to
> the config/make/make install. This was clearly spelled out in the
gimp-print
> Readme BTW.
>
> Very impressed with the hi-res quality of the photo-prints I made on
glossy
> paper. Wide range of printer setup options, too. Epson 777 not supported,
> but 740 is and there are still some of those hi-res, low cost printers
> kicking around out-of-the-box new in the $50 - $75 dollar range.
>
> Thanks again for the tip on gimp-print Tim.
>
> JimI.
> www.JimIntriglia.com
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Jim Intriglia" <jimintriglia at hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Re: [CLUE-Cert] Re: Need help!!
> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:21:37
>
> Tim,
>
> Thanks for that info - will give it a shot - will be using the GIMP quite
a
> bit in fact.
>
> I just got my Microtek ScanMaker e6 working with GIMP via SANE (thanks
> Michael H. for your article in Linux Magazine 3/2000). Pretty easy to get
> going.
>
> By the way, just bid on two new black/color cartridges for Epson 900 at
> $4.95/6.95 each on eBay from a dealer. Great price as these cartridges
> (similar for others) as they run $23-$35 each online/retail. Anyone
> interested in details on this write me off-list
(jimintriglia at hotmail.com).
>
> JimI
> www.JimIntriglia.com
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Timothy C. Klein" <teece at hypermall.net>
> Reply-To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Re: [CLUE-Cert] Re: Need help!!
> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:43:47 -0700
>
> Jim,
>
> There is a project called Gimp Print which will allow you to print to the
> printers full capabilites, and the Epson 900 is supported. Don't know if
> the
> lack of the 'G' was important. This tool is VERY easy to setup for gimp,
> and
> can I can no print photo-like prints with my Epson Photo Stylus 750.
There
> is a general driver for Ghostscript and for CUPS that can be also used.
> These are much more involved to setup (involves copying files into the
> Ghostscript source tree and recompiling it yourself). I haven't gotten
it
> to
> work yet outside of Gimp, but I think my problems are Debain specific (I
am
> trying to make it into a deb).
>
> Check it out here:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/
>
> HTH,
>
> Tim
>
> The Epson printers are well supported by this project, so you might check
it
> out.
>
> On Saturday 09 December 2000 00:09, you wrote:
> > Shawn,
> >
> > As Lynn mentioned, the linuxprinting.org page has specific info on
> > configuring the Epson 777 for Linux. I have a new Epson Color 900G,
which
> I
> > was able to get running for low res printing using RH V6.2 printtool
(The
> > 900G was not listed specifically; I don't know if RH 7.0 printtool
will
> > list it either).
> >
> > In any event, the linuxprining page for my Epson 900G mentions
excellent
> > printing test results (hi-res and otherwise) via a print driver
package
> > called STP. The EP777 page mentions "so-far-so good" test results, as
> this
> > printer is (new) lightly tested so far.
> >
> > A while back, I gave the STP print driver web site a read-through. It
was
> > not really clear to me after reading the documentation how the heck to
> > install the driver, but I need to get my printer running hi-res this
> > weekend, so I am going to give it another shot.
> >
> > Hope this info helps.
> >
> > -JimI.
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Lynn Danielson <Lynn.Danielson at clue.denver.co.us>
> > Reply-To: clue-cert at clue.denver.co.us
> > To: clue-cert at clue.denver.co.us
> > Subject: Re: [CLUE-Cert] Re: Need help!!
> > Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 08:47:38 -0700
> >
> > Shawn Hanson wrote:
> > > Hello everybody, I am having this problem
> > > configuring my EPSON Stylus Color 777. I am currently
> > > using Red Hat 7.0.
> >
> > I have little experience with Red Hat myself. I assume
> > you've used Red Hat's printool? I'm not sure what type
> > of print filters (the Unix equivalent of print drivers)
> > Red Hat uses, but most rely on ghostscript, so make sure
> > you've installed that package.
> >
> > > If anyone could possibly help me or tell me about a
> > > good sight that could give me some answers I would
> > > forever be in your debt.
> >
> > I'd recommend reposting this to the CLUE-tech list.
> > Also check out <http://www.linuxprinting.org/>, the
> > Linux Printing HOW-TO, etc. If you do a search on
> > Linux printing using Google or some other search
> > engine, I'm sure you'll find other useful sites.
> >
> > Deja.com is always a good resource. Searching the
> > usenet comp.os.linux.* newsgroups may prove useful.
> > Specifically the setup, hardware and admin groups.
> >
> > You might want consider installing a different print
> > system such as CUPS or lprng as an alternative to
> > the default bsd lpr system that comes with most Linux
> > distributions. If your goal is to prepare yourself
> > for Linux certification though, I'd try to work
> > through your configuration problem using the default
> > software.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Lynn Danielson
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