Cups + Gutenprint + Epson Stylus Printer = problem

tong suntong001 at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 13 07:47:33 PST 2006


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:

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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