Re: Epson Stylus 400
"Dana M. Epp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can anyone tell me if the Epson 400 Color Stylus can work under Linux. I'm using the Epson Stylus Color 400 with Red Hat 4.2 and Ghostscript 5.0. I had to recompile Ghostscript because the stcolor driver is not compiled in the default. I still haven't tweaked the settings to what I like, but that's laziness, not a software fault. Aside from that, it works fine with both PostScript and plain text. I do not know whether the recent Ghostscript .debs have the stcolor component compiled in or not. Good luck. -- Edgar Whipple Have clue, will travel. [EMAIL PROTECTED]"I had a little froggy." Microsoft is not where I want to go today. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Epson Stylus 400
On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > 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: [snip] (Instructions for using Ghostscript with EPSON Stylus COLOR printers, esp. for SC500, SC600 & SC800). > I got a 400 for Christmas and will be trying soon on Linux... I'm pretty sure, but you might like to ask for a second opinion. I've got an EPSON Stylus COLOR 500 here, and it works great. SC600 and SC800 work with Ghostscript 5.x too. AFAIK, the SC400 is one of those "Designed for Windows" printer. It doesn't work with the Macintosh either. However, don't quote me on this. :) Try a second opinion. :) Anthony -- Anthony Fok Tung-Ling[EMAIL PROTECTED] Civil Engineeringhttp://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/ University of Alberta, CanadaKeep smiling! *^_^* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Epson Stylus 400
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:
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"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.
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Re: Epson Stylus 400
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Dana M. Epp wrote: > Can anyone tell me if the Epson 400 Color Stylus can work under Linux. I > can force it to do normal text, but I can not get it to do anything when > in X, such as printing in Netscape or StarOffice. I installed the > apsfilter, but I fear It does not work right for me. Any suggestions, > help or direction would be appreciated. Sorry, you are out of luck. As far as I know, the EPSON Stylus COLOR 400 is a Windows-only printer. Part of the printer code (ESC/P2, I guess) is in the software instead of in the printer hardware. Unless EPSON provides those source codes (highly unlikely) and someone bothers to write a Linux driver for it, this printer won't do much good for you. If it is not too late, return the SC400 and exchange for a SC600 or SC800. GhostScript 4.03 and especially 5.x support SC500, SC600, SC800, etc. Hope this helps. Anthony (who is happily using the SC500 here, although I wish I had waited another half a year to get the SC600 instead. ) -- Anthony Fok Tung-Ling[EMAIL PROTECTED] Civil Engineeringhttp://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/ University of Alberta, CanadaKeep smiling! *^_^* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
