Re: setting up Epson LX-800 dotmatrix on FC4
- From: Navneet Kumar <navneet_3@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:45:55 -0800 (PST)
hi,
Thanks
doing this browser localhost:631 sets it up right and
printing quality is a bit better, but leaves a lot to
be desired.
the CUPS test page lists a dpi of 120x72. Is there a
way to increase print dpi.
Or any other way to increase print quality?
--- Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Saturday 31 December 2005 12:02, Navneet Kumar
> wrote:
> >HI,
> >I have googled a lot about this but didnt get a
> >satisfactory solution. so please help me.
> >I used kde gui utility to setup my printer but
> LX-800
> >doesnt show up in the list.
> >trying generic and evrything else gives a
> unreadable
> >print quality.
> >
> >I'm a newbie to linux so please give steps. I don't
> >know what is cups etc.
> >\
> Cups=Common Unix Printing System.
>
> If you've got httpd running, send your browser to
> either localhost:631,
> or to the machines FQDN:631.
>
> There you should see the front page of the cups
> system which should
> allow you to fully configure and test the system
> using this gui.
>
> Is that LX800 still functional? I may be confused,
> but ISTR thats at
> least a 10-15 year old dot matrix model, and by now
> the head may be
> suffering from worn pin guides and or broken pins.
> A quick google
> search turns up only ribbons for it.
>
> Modern ink sprayers are quieter, and many times
> faster, usually
> offering photographic quality color with a takehome
> price includeing
> spare inks of around $200 USD. The epson9 drivers
> in the usual gs
> installation which cups will use as the rendering
> engine, should be
> able to make it function ok. Those drivers are so
> old that recent esp
> ghostscript builds compatible with cups usage may
> not include then. I
> remember using them back when ghostscript was at
> about version 3.56 or
> so, built it myself on an amiga in later versions up
> to about 5.10
> when it could handle up to pdf-1.2 internally. GS
> is up to
> 8.something now and pdf support is now a seperate
> pdf->gs conversion
> program.
>
> Good luck.
>
> >
> >
> >
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