Re: [LUAU] TurboPrint - pretty freaking cool
I've been using Turboprint for several years now - ever since I switched from Epson to Canon printers at home. The price is great, and the print quality is far superior to the default drivers. Also, I've been using http://www.77ink.com for my print cartridges. The quality is there, they come with the chips, and the prices are far better than anything else I've found so far. They ship by US mail, 1st class, and I usually get them within 2 days ( slightly longer to Hawaii). Dave On 03/07/2011 10:34 PM, Jeff Mings wrote: Hello All! I just discovered a commercial Linux package called TurboPrint. I have to share my experience. I bought a new Epson Stylus Photo R2880. This is a very nice printer, but I wasted hours and hours trying to get color management to work. Gutenprint is a very cool system, but it wasn't close enough to what I get from my camera and from GIMP under Lucid Lynx. I have been using Linux as my primary OS for at least 11 years, and I know my way around. I tried different color profiles, every imaginable setting, etc., and it still wasn't right. I tried printing from my iMac, and from WinXP in a VM, but nothing really came close. I read about TurboPrint in a Linux forum for Epson users, and tried it. It's very polished, and using the AdobeRGB1998 color profile, I got the closest match so far. I'm very impressed. It costs 30 Euro for a single PC license. I was actually considering purchasing Adobe Lightroom to solve my color management problem, so 30 Euro isn't bad at all. I just wish I knew about this several days ago. If you guys come across anything really cool or interesting, please let the list know - we can all use new info. Aloha, -Jeff Mings ___ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org ___ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org
Re: [LUAU] TurboPrint - pretty freaking cool
On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:34:15 -1000 Jeff Mings je...@lava.net wrote: Hello All! I just discovered a commercial Linux package called TurboPrint. I have to share my experience. I have been using Turboprint for years. It was the only driver available for my Canon Printers. In the last few years I have switched to a networked, color laser printer that uses Postscript. With 3rd party toner, it is cheap to run. Xerox makes it, and they provide a Linux driver. I understand that Epson provides Linux drivers as well through a third party outfit. ___ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org
Re: [LUAU] TurboPrint - pretty freaking cool
Has anyone tried the Kodak printers with Linux? On 03/08/2011 09:41 AM, Peter Besenbruch wrote: On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:34:15 -1000 Jeff Mingsje...@lava.net wrote: Hello All! I just discovered a commercial Linux package called TurboPrint. I have to share my experience. I have been using Turboprint for years. It was the only driver available for my Canon Printers. In the last few years I have switched to a networked, color laser printer that uses Postscript. With 3rd party toner, it is cheap to run. Xerox makes it, and they provide a Linux driver. I understand that Epson provides Linux drivers as well through a third party outfit. ___ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org ___ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org
Re: [LUAU] TurboPrint - pretty freaking cool
On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:55:52 -0800 David Kiwerski wp2...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried the Kodak printers with Linux? Turboprint doesn't support them. Kodak has a pretty bad reputation in the Linux community. ___ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org
Re: [LUAU] TurboPrint - pretty freaking cool
I know. I talked to them about 3 years ago and they said that they were NOT going to support Linux. My take is that that's their problem. They're losing lots of sales. On 03/08/2011 01:01 PM, Peter Besenbruch wrote: On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:55:52 -0800 David Kiwerskiwp2...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried the Kodak printers with Linux? Turboprint doesn't support them. Kodak has a pretty bad reputation in the Linux community. ___ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org ___ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org
