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Date:      Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:59:38 +0000
From:      James Griffin <jmzgriffin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: epson 3880 and 4900
Message-ID:  <52BF73FA.3010200@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312281734310.43667@wonkity.com>
References:  <52BF2DED.6030600@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312281734310.43667@wonkity.com>

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On 12/29/2013 00:43, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Dec 2013, Gary Aitken wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have experience using an epson 3880 or 4900 printer on fbsd?
>> I'm wondering about drivers in particular;
>> and access to configuration options on a per-image basis.
>> I see epson has drivers for mac and win but no *nix stuff,
>> and am wondering how others have dealt with this.
>
> Gutenprint (print/gutenprint, prints from GIMP) supports the 3880, and 
> maybe the 4900 series.  I've had some success with other Epson 
> printers, although it's difficult to get predictable results without 
> color calibration.  Actually, the latest version of GIMP and 
> Gutenprint might support that now, in which case I'd like to hear how 
> to set it up.
> _______________________________________________
Yes there have been many driver additions to gutenprint over the last 18 
months or so, even my canon has been added after a couple of years 
without being able to use it.

(sorry for posting to you directly just now, Warren - an accident)



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