Re: [ydl-gen] Printer for YDL 6.2 on a PS3

[Stephen Harker]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 07:21:56PM -0400, Derick Centeno wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:25:44 +0200
> angelo  wrote:
> 
> > Hello everyone, is there anyone who can suggest me an inkjet color 
> > printer that is available now for which there is the YDL 6.2 driver ?  
> > Maybe HP or Epson USB printer.  I  bought an Epson Stylus S20 , but it's 
> > not compatible. I also had a look at CUPS, but the latest Epson driver 
> > is of August 2008.  Please help me !  Thanks in advance, Angelo
> 
> Hi Angelo:
> 
> I recall that back in March (between March 10 - 12, 2010) a number of people
> commented on this problem you reported.  I'm not sure that you read what was
> posted back then but the general idea is that YDL as open source Linux relies
> upon CUPS which collects drivers from HP, Epson and other companies which also
> contribute open source version of the commercial drivers they make.

I looked up the Epson Stylus S20 in the OpenPrinting database, see
.
I did not find it, then I did a google search on 'linux Eson Stylus
S20' and found a reference (on OpenPrinting!) as follows:

The properties of this printer are not yet entered into the database
This printer is only listed here because it is in the list of
supported printers of the entries for the drivers shown below.

Then it refers to the GutenPrint drivers.  

The GutenPrint drivers are a successor to the Gimp-Print drivers
 see it now says GutenPrint!
Unfortunately YDL 6.2 does not come with GutenPrint.  You may be able
to get GutenPrint rpms from Fedora to work for you.  I recompiled the
gutenprint source rpm from fedora fc 10 when faced with a similar
problem.  It worked for me.  The source rpm was
gutenprint-5.2.4-4.fc10.src.rpm.  Otherwise you may try to download
the fc10 ppc.rpm and install those.  A final option would be to
download, compile and install the source from the GutenPrint source
on sourceforge as listed above.  On my machine I have the following:

rpm -qa | grep gutenprint
gutenprint-5.2.4-4
gutenprint-extras-5.2.4-4
gutenprint-cups-5.2.4-4
gutenprint-plugin-5.2.4-4
gutenprint-foomatic-5.2.4-4


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Re: [ydl-gen] Printer for YDL 6.2 on a PS3

[Derick Centeno]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:25:44 +0200
angelo  wrote:

> Hello everyone, is there anyone who can suggest me an inkjet color 
> printer that is available now for which there is the YDL 6.2 driver ?  
> Maybe HP or Epson USB printer.  I  bought an Epson Stylus S20 , but it's 
> not compatible. I also had a look at CUPS, but the latest Epson driver 
> is of August 2008.  Please help me !  Thanks in advance, Angelo

Hi Angelo:

I recall that back in March (between March 10 - 12, 2010) a number of people
commented on this problem you reported.  I'm not sure that you read what was
posted back then but the general idea is that YDL as open source Linux relies
upon CUPS which collects drivers from HP, Epson and other companies which also
contribute open source version of the commercial drivers they make.

The commercial drivers prepared for Windows or the Mac OS have all the features
associated with a particular printer.  You can expect to have the printer's
scanner and other components to be fully supported within Windows or the Mac
OS.  However, it is best to be very clear and understand that under no
circumstances can you expect to have every feature supported within either x86
or ppc based Linux even though you are the same owner of the printer and that
printer is connected to the same computer.

It may be useful to keep in mind that the entire Linux market is so small that
companies find it more economical (and financially sensible) to support
Windows, and Macs.  This means that any consumer looking to have the full
functional capability of a printer available needs to be using almost
exclusively either Windows or the Mac.

CUPS, which is available for Linux, is very flexible and useful however there is
no way that the drivers available can have the features or capabilities of
drivers available for commercial operating systems.  Some open source drivers
are designed, on purpose, to allow a printer to have standard or basic printing
capability for a range of printer models sometimes across several
manufacturers. Commercial drivers are specialized for one model printer often
emphasizing the special components of that one model, maybe one or two within
one company.

Hopefully, this won't frustrate you.  You may indeed have a great printer, just
remember to use that printer within Windows if you want the full features of
that printer to be utilized.

As you are using a PS3, you could build or install (using yum) Wine or
other programs which allow you to run Windows from within YDL.  Using Wine (or
similar programs) you would have the full capabilities of the printer available
to you as the printer would believe that it was connected to a Windows
machine.  If this idea interests you, I recommend that you consult with and
become a member of the YDL Board community.  There are some really saavy and
skilled people there who could help you explore this idea and even guide you.

Implementing this idea isn't easy but it isn't impossible either.  As a project
it's an interesting means of exploiting the PS3's potential in a direction which
few take advantage of.

All the best...


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[ydl-gen] Printer for YDL 6.2 on a PS3

[angelo]

Hello everyone, is there anyone who can suggest me an inkjet color 
printer that is available now for which there is the YDL 6.2 driver ?  
Maybe HP or Epson USB printer.  I  bought an Epson Stylus S20 , but it's 
not compatible. I also had a look at CUPS, but the latest Epson driver 
is of August 2008.  Please help me !  Thanks in advance, Angelo

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