As a follow up to this, though it prints okay, using guten-print, to the printer I found that it does it very slowly (I don't thing the data xfer is keeping up with the printers requirements). Also I could not get it to print on printable CDs (printer keeps ejecting them).
So I thought I would see if there was any other drivers out there that could be used with the "Epson Stylus Photo R200" printer and were faster. What I found was the "Photo Image Print System" (PIPS) from http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/dl_ink.html, it has various public licenses (GPL, LGPL and "EPSON AVASYS Public License" http://avasys.jp/hp/menu000000700/hpg000000603.htm). So I downloaded the variant for the R200/210 printer and tried to build it on Solaris sparc. Problem was that the tarball contains a number of pre built binaries that have to be linked into the bits being built. Needless to say these pre built binaries are of the wrong type, so I was unable to build this successfully. The contents of these binaries seem to be proprietary to the "EPSON KOWA Corporation". I was unable to find any source code for these binaries, and asked about them here .... http://www.avasys.jp/cgi-bin/lx/bbs/en/ink-bbs/hyperbbs.cgi?mode=view;Code=977 but so far have had no response. Has anyone else on this list tried to build, and use, any of the PIPS variants for Epson printers? Paul Paul Cunningham wrote: > FYI .... > > I can now print okay to the "Epson Stylus Photo R200" printer from both > the "Solaris Print System" and CUPS .... > > Paul Cunningham wrote: > >> >> Norm Jacobs wrote: >> >>> I helped some folks in Beijing get an an R210 (I think, I don't recall >>> the specifics) working under Solaris LP with Foomatic and the latest >>> Gutenprint (5.0 based) while back. >> >> >> >> Thanks Norm; this was how I was trying to do it also. >> >> I used guten-print and an updated esp gs, as built by my 'spec' files >> (see mail thread ... >> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=16127), >> and also modified /usr/lib/lp/bin/foomatic-rip so it picked up the >> path to the CUPS filters (from pkgs above) as the ppd file needs them. >> >> With this setup, part of my problem was that the esp gs was >> crashing(it took me some time to notice that). I have raised the >> following bug on esp gs ... >> http://www.cups.org/espgs/str.php?L2187 >> I haven't tracked down the root cause of the crash yet, so I am still >> not further forward in getting it to print to the printer. > > > I rebuilt the esp gs package using the Sun Studio compilers and the 'gs' > crash goes away (see bug report above). > > So I can now print okay to the printer, but it is a bit slow though. > > I now also understand why the Solaris print group want to add the cups > bits into the esp gs installed on the system (usr/sfw/bin/gs); it will > allow printers like this one to be supported on solaris. > > Paul > > >>> Paul Cunningham wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Has anyone tried an "Epson Stylus Photo R200" printer on Solaris, >>>> either through Solaris Print or CUPS? >>>> >>>> If so did you successfully get it to work, via the usb, and how did >>>> you achieve that? >>>> >>>> For me that job either gets stuck on the interface or the printer >>>> chucks it away. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Paul >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> printing-discuss mailing list >>>> printing-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
