Anthony Fok wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Dana M. Epp wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me if the Epson 400 Color Stylus can work under Linux. > > Sorry, you are out of luck. As far as I know, the EPSON Stylus COLOR 400 > is a Windows-only printer.
Are you sure? A search through usenet yields this: ---------- In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "COMMEROT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I want to know that: what device I must use with Ghostscript to print on my > Eps.st.color 400? > I use the epson9high, epson and escp2 device; but it doesn't work. > Thanks > > P.S : sorry with my bad english, but I'm french. You need at least Ghostscript 3.something (3.53, I think). I recommend either 4.03 or 5.03 (I've not tested the latter thoroughly, but it seems more reliable than 5.00 and 5.01 were). With the 5.0x releases, you've got a choice of the uniprint and stcolor drivers, though the stcolor driver is *NOT* included in the RPM-installable binaries I've seen. :-( I've mostly used stcolor. The key points, once you've got the correct version of Ghostscript installed with the correct drivers, are: - Use the stcolor or uniprint driver. I'll assume stcolor, since that's what I use and I'm more familiar with it. The following may not apply directly with uniprint. - You *MUST* use the -dSoftWeave option to print at above 360x360 dpi, or you'll get endless form feeds rather than printouts. - When printing color, you'll almost certainly want to include the stcolor.ps file (e.g., 'ghostscript {various options} stcolor.ps myfile.ps'). This is included with the standard distribution, and sets up Ghostscript's color mapping functions. Without it, you'll get very dark and over-saturated colors, and the printer will guzzle ink cartridges. - For best results with color, experiment with the dithering options. In my experience, fscmyk and hscmyk are about equally good, overall, and the others aren't as good on most files, though fsrgb is pretty good on some files. - To get more than really basic functionality, you'll pretty well need to read the documentation. The stcolor driver is well documented, though if you're new to color inkjet printing with Ghostscript, it may take a couple of read-throughs to get more than a basic understanding of the topic. -- Rod Smith Author of: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Should I Buy OS/2" FAQ http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith "OS/2 Soundcard Summary" NOTE: Remove the capitalized word from my address to mail me ---------- I got a 400 for Christmas and will be trying soon on Linux... -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada 418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .