[lug] Help needed configuring an Epson Photo 890 under SuSE 7.2

[Timothy C. Klein]

You know, I don't have a lot of details on setting things up.  I use
Debian, and the .debs I downloaded pretty much had everthing set up from
the beginning.  In gimp you do want to use RAW, let it go right to the
port.  I think CUPS and lpd are fairly similar.  CUPS is a little more
modern, it has a web interface, etc. but when lpd is combined with
Ghostscript as a filter, they are pretty similar.

Tim

* Rob Osterburg (rosterburg at qwest.net) wrote:
> Tim and others,
> 
> Seems like everyone is suggesting gimp-print / cups for printing high-quality 
> graphics.  So that is what I tried to get set up this weekend but I had 
> problems getting cups set up.  I couldn't print the test page SuSE's yast2.  
> I've been using yast2 and rpm since I am a newbie admin.  
> 
> So I reinstalled lpd, updated my version of ghostscript to 6.51 that includes 
> direct support for the Epson 890.  From Gimp I understand that I will need to 
> use the "raw "print queue that yast set up.  I know the ascii and color 
> queues work but I have not tried raw yet.
> 
> So, in terms of gimp-print what are the disadvantages using lpd instead of 
> cups?  If possible, how would I set up gimp-print under ldp?  What sets would 
> I need to take and how could I test that their working?
> 
> Thanks, Rob
> 
> 
> On Sunday 18 November 2001 12:44, you wrote:
> > Rob,
> >
> > What you want is gimp-print.  It will allow photo-quality printing to
> > most epson printers from Gimp.  It also has allowed for generic drivers
> > that use the printers' full potential for both Ghostscript and CUPS.  I
> > us the CUPS drivers from gimpprint with my Epson Photo 750 quite well.
> > The Epson Photo 890 is listed as supported.
> >
> > Check out http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/.
> >
> > I know there are debian packages, I imagine there are RPMs.  You could
> > always compile yourself, too.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Tim
> >
> > * Rob Osterburg (rosterburg at qwest.net) wrote:
> > > I just bought an Epson Stylus Photo 890. Although the linux hardware
> > > database had good things to say about 890 and Epson ink-jets in general,
> > > it is NOT listed in SuSE 7.2's printer installation tool (i.e., yast2 /
> > > printer).  I ended up using their generic "Epson Photo" configuration. 
> > > The test page page printed but was entirely black and white even the
> > > color section.
> > >
> > > Anyway, what I want to do is print some digital images using Gimp.  From
> > > a few Google searches it appears there to be a way to print from Gimp to
> > > a 890 under SuSE 7.2. If anyone has an suggestions on how to accomplish
> > > this, I would really appreciate hearing them.   I did not found anything
> > > on point in the support database but I'll keep looking.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Rob
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