On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 21:37, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 17:09 +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote:
> > Do you get the same quality as on Windows? In my experience the quality
> > on Windows is still better :-(. Haven't tried printing photos on Linux.
> >
> > I've had no luck at all printing directly onto CDs from Linux. If you
> > find something, please let me know! :-)
> >
> > Nico
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 10:19, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > > hi ya
> > >
> > > fyi... contrary to some (cups) howto's
> > >
> > > epson stylus photo R300 w/ cups-1.1.23 seems to work fine :-)
> > >
> > > - it'd be my first printer to ever work w/ cups
> > > after fiddling with its config files for 8hrs or so
> > >
> > > - next step .. to print fancy graphics directly onto the CDs
> > > ( guess what kind of CDs and it aint cd's w/ pics )
>
> Here goes!
>
> Bug #293890, is a request from me to provide 5.0.0-beta2 in
> experimental.
>
> Roger Leigh, now has released 5.0.0-beta4 into experimental.
>
> BTW, experimental can be installed in any version additionally.
>
> I have both an R300 and an RX600, I can do near everything that either
> printer can do. Photos are spectacular, exactly the same as Windows
> (IMNSHO) as I have photos printer through the same printer from both
> Windows and Linux with Cups and Gimpprint.
>
> Make sure you have the latest PPDs/Capabilities description files for
> the package. It made a difference last year, might not now.
>
> Heck, even Epson "claims" Linux is supported now, through a 3rd party
> using CUPS.
Well, the last time I played with it was about 1 year ago (that 's about
10 years in IT time :-) so I'll definitely have a look at the new
version.
Thanks!
Nico
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