At 10:24 PM -0500 11/08/2004, Richard Starr wrote:
I'm pretty sour on os X printing.
Me too.
At least with my Epson 785epx printer, the controls available in X (10.3.6) are far fewer than I can get in os9. So I do most of my graphics work in 9.
Same boat - Epson, HP, and a Xerox 850. Can't even figure out how to switch the Xerox from draft/standard to photo quality! All Xerox provides is a set of PPDs. All those options that were available via the LaserWriter driver in OS 9 seem to be GONE in X.
I knew that Apple had integrated some of the gimp-cups stuff into the os, but I don't see how or if it can be accessed seperately from the standard printing
windows and panes. (pains!)
The full packages are not installed. Starting with Jaguar, Apple licensed CUPS fm ESP. But they're only using two "pieces", I'm told. CUPS Filters == Apple "Printer Modules" and CUPS Backends == Apple "I/O Modules". Panther includes GIMP-Print 4.2.5, but I don't know if it's the full package either.
You should be able to run this stuff from terminal, I guess.
Well, that's the end of my knowledge. Until we figure this stuff out we're using OS 9 and Windows to print.
- Dan.
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