I've been using Turboprint for several years now - ever since I switched
from Epson to Canon printers at home. The price is great, and the
print quality is far superior to the default drivers.
Also, I've been using http://www.77ink.com for my print
cartridges. The quality is there, they come with the chips, and the
prices are far better than anything else I've found so far. They ship
by US mail, 1st class, and I usually get them within 2 days ( slightly
longer to Hawaii).
Dave
On 03/07/2011 10:34 PM, Jeff Mings wrote:
Hello All!
I just discovered a commercial Linux package called TurboPrint. I
have to share my experience.
I bought a new Epson Stylus Photo R2880. This is a very nice
printer, but I wasted hours and hours trying to get color management
to work. Gutenprint is a very cool system, but it wasn't close enough
to what I get from my camera and from GIMP under Lucid Lynx. I have
been using Linux as my primary OS for at least 11 years, and I know my
way around. I tried different color profiles, every imaginable
setting, etc., and it still wasn't right. I tried printing from my
iMac, and from WinXP in a VM, but nothing really came close.
I read about TurboPrint in a Linux forum for Epson users, and
tried it. It's very polished, and using the AdobeRGB1998 color
profile, I got the closest match so far. I'm very impressed. It
costs 30 Euro for a single PC license. I was actually considering
purchasing Adobe Lightroom to solve my color management problem, so 30
Euro isn't bad at all.
I just wish I knew about this several days ago. If you guys come
across anything really cool or interesting, please let the list know -
we can all use new info.
Aloha,
-Jeff Mings
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