Re: Printer hassle

George Langford <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I attempted fixing it by deleting the printer and reinstalling it; I
chose a different driver: Epson Stylus Photo 870 Foomatic/Stp870p.upp.

This appears to be a Ghostscript UniPrint driver. I wouldn't
recommend this one.

Install cupsys-driver-gimpprint (stable) or cupsys-driver-gutenprint
(testing/unstable). This will support your printer correctly.

Go to http://locahost:631, and you can add a new printer, and choose
your model from the list.

For a while I thought I'd just give up on this printer and connect it
instead to a Windows PC ... but then I found out that Epson printers
are just about the best ones to use with Linux. So I'd have an even
worse hassle with a new printer.

If you use the appropriate driver (Gutenprint/Gimp-Print), you will
get superb output.


Regards,
Roger

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