From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 16:34:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9410F16A4F2 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:34:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net (invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E29443D1D for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:34:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from 22-243.lctv-b4.cablelynx.com ([24.204.22.243] helo=[192.168.63.10]) by invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1Bxps7-0008Uc-Gz; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:34:39 -0700 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:34:38 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <1a9191d885.1d8851a919@prodigy.net.mx> In-Reply-To: <1a9191d885.1d8851a919@prodigy.net.mx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200408191134.38854.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4ba8891ed71b11e274bd60e3104e65d808350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.204.22.243 cc: edwinculp Subject: Re: apsfilter and Epson Stylus C63 on Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:34:39 -0000 On Thursday 19 August 2004 11:27 am, edwinculp wrote: > I've been trying on and off to get an epson stylus c63 to print on > current. I've always used apsprint which has always worked > perfectly. In this case I am afraid that Epson has changed something > and this model isn't supported by ghostscript. I've always been able > to usr practically any of the basic Epson stylus entries with new > epson printers and they've worked. In this case I get a lot of form > feeds and garbage. I've tried the gimp drivers and I get a lot of | > and other garbage. Ascii prints fine. I've tried the script in the > handbook to see if I could get anything understandable from different > gs drivers with no luck. > > If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciat them of if someone > has a Epson Stylus C63 or C6? printing successfully, would you be > kind enough to share the secret with me? :) > > Thanks, > > ed > > I saw that there are some linux drivers for Epson printers in general > and the C6?. Has anyone used them? Can they be used directly as > input filters in printcap? Hi Ed, I use apsfilter with gimp-print drivers for my Epson Stylus C82. The C63 is supported ("mostly") by gimp-print. See the following link for more information: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-Stylus_C63 Best of luck, Andrew Gould