Cups + Gutenprint + Epson Stylus Printer = problem

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Mon Nov 13 08:42:18 PST 2006


tong wrote:
> Thanks for the respond.
> 
>>> The followings are my observed problems using Cups + Gutenprint for my Epson
>>> Stylus CX1500 Printer....
>>> Epson, is "EPSON New Stylus Color Series CUPS v1.2",...
>> The sample drivers are not designed for the latest Epson printers.
>> They only work with Stylus Color and Stylus Photo printers and not
>> with the current CX, C, R, etc. printers.
>>
>> Try installing the Gutenprint (aka Gimp-Print) drivers - you'll be
>> much happier with the output.
> 
> hmm... isn't the "EPSON New Stylus Color Series CUPS v1.2" from Gutenprint? That's what I thought though. This is what I have in my system:

No, it's from CUPS (specifically the file
/usr/share/cups/model/stcolor2.ppd or stcolor2.ppd.gz depending on your
CUPS install...)

> cupsys_1.2.5-1
> cupsys-bsd_1.2.5-1
> cupsys-client_1.2.5-1
> cupsys-common_1.2.5-1
> cupsys-driver-gimpprint_5.0.0-2
> cupsys-driver-gutenprint_5.0.0-2
> foomatic-db_20060822-1
> foomatic-db-engine_3.0.2-20060712-1
> foomatic-db-gimp-print_5.0.0-2
> foomatic-db-gutenprint_5.0.0-2
> foomatic-filters_3.0.2-20060712-3
> gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1
> libcupsys2_1.2.5-1
> 
> tong
> 


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