Lance Borden wrote:
>
> Epson Stylus Color 740 (they
> were saying that the Photo700 was great). I am VERY PLEASED with it! It is much
> better than my old printer was (hp600). The basic rule that the newbies
> repeatedly mention is that the hp7xx printers are "winprinters" and will not
> work. As I was looking at printers, the "Linux specialist" at the store said
> practically all Epsons are supported. I had to download a driver for the 740,
> and it is rated as working almost perfectly. There were several printers from
> Epson (and other makers) listed as working perfectly.
The HP (Hewlett Packard) 7xx series (many of them if not all of them)
are indeed winprinters, but can be coaxed into working. The EPSON 7xx
series is another story, and yes, they work right out of the box. But
the problem I had with the 700 I tried briefly was (other than jamming
paper and that sort of problem) that no matter what I tried, I couldn't
get a nice darn-near-hang-on-the-wall photo quality pic out of it in
linux and it was easy in windows.
What linux "driver" did you download for the EPSON 740 and where did you
get it? Are you just using printtool? Ghostscript? What?
Thanks for the info.
dave w
