I found the problem! It seems that the printer was set up to use CUPS+GIMP Print, rather than GhostScript+GIMP Print as I thought. I switched it to GS+Gimp and it works fine now.
On Thursday 19 December 2002 10:35 pm, Erik Farnsworth wrote: > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 21:58, James Dawson wrote: > > On Thursday 19 December 2002 12:39 am, Erik Farnsworth wrote: > > > In Configuration>KDE>System>Printing Manger printer properties....what > > > are your settings? > > > > I assume these are the settings you are talking about: > > > > Output Mode: Color > > Resolution: 360 DPI > > Media Size: Letter > > Media Type: Plain Paper > > Brightness: 1.000 > > Contrast: 1.000 > > Cyan: 1.000 > > Density: 1.000 > > Dither Algorithm: Adaptive Hybrid > > Image Type: Photograph > > Ink Type: Six Color Photo > > Magenta: 1.000 > > Saturation: 1.000 > > Yellow: 1.000 > > o.k....mine is similar, although I have a Stylus Color 740. My > resolution is set to 720X720 (ghostscript) and 720 dpi (resolution). > also, my ink type is set to 4 color standard (but there may be a > difference in the color cartridges available for your epson--??) my > setup is foomatic+gimp-print with CUPS and image type is continuous-tone > photographs. > > That setup works great for me in the gimp, plus mozilla, Oo, and > others. A lot of darker colors in the image seems to slow it a > little...but only by a minute or so.... > > > > Have you set the correct number of colors? have you set it for > > > photographic? Have you set a reasonable dpi?...overkill on the > > > resolution, especially if other settings are incorrect or marginal, > > > will make a huge difference in the output.... > > > > > > have you turn mtink in a terminal window (as superuser) to make sure > > > all is set correctly there? > > > > Yes. Everything is fine save for some minor head cloging... > > > > > On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 22:09, James Dawson wrote: > > > > Help! > > > > > > > > I am trying to print a picture in The GIMP but there are two > > > > problems. > > > > > > > > First is that the printing is unberably slow. It takes something like > > > > 3 hours (no exageration!) to print out the 2"x3" picture I'm working > > > > on. > > > > > > > > Second, when the printout is finally complete it is so washed out > > > > that it is almost invisible! > > > > > > > > I am using Mandrake 9.0 (GIMP 1.2.3 included on the Mandrake CD) > > > > printing to an Epson Stylus Photo 820 via USB. Printing in other > > > > applications (including the printer test page) is fine. When I print > > > > to my other printer (a Brother HL-1850 laser printer) it prints out > > > > fine (albeit not in color...) > > > > > > > > Does anyone know what might be the problem? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ---- > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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