From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 29 00:59:42 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 621CC34B for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:59:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x22b.google.com (mail-we0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBD02186F for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:59:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f171.google.com with SMTP id q58so9308677wes.30 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:59:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rgbzGLA3FvCGP5ovU9gu49TBJETA5RaFStAwjSKmTeo=; b=BL1QGOMsowVlJ0Py/h0QB65cgtfKNWAHJ73jpcvKr4G+R4o+BU1a+DvOEdx5lX8K/L 1WLzLlDgsPqf/6ukHWrLM1s9CxuKSPrjm83BIWRTcfGt11bJrXc4CTpwGK/DEw79Izuz kzyYgcyFaSx4GXqSB28pkrPLCTnVi1MbKYlMxQQ5yI9gCQAL6CKg35zW6/BzT9DpbnVb Kvngs1zi9evXzBE4cezRIZ79EaGM1hN77Bj63TRsGLtAmaYEnf0CA07lGNerVFDa+tVM QEkbB0AzH5f+ip35ksWIwIQCYn0Gb8iC2rQFs/Q3q0+zIBdZkUgCvGCfxc5H5wPOPzh5 NZTw== X-Received: by 10.180.93.130 with SMTP id cu2mr8017358wib.38.1388278780030; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:59:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (kontrol.kode5.net. [80.229.5.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a9sm46579701wiy.10.2013.12.28.16.59.38 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:59:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52BF73FA.3010200@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:59:38 +0000 From: James Griffin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: epson 3880 and 4900 References: <52BF2DED.6030600@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:59:42 -0000 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)