[ale] printer problems

[Geoffrey]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Geoffrey,
> 
> Have you looked at the gimp-print stuff. It is a bunch of print drivers
> that are highly optimized. Many perform better than their M$
> counterparts. Epson printers are very well supported with it. 

I'm using the gimp-print drivers. :(

> 
> Also the linux printer site is a wealth of info.
> 
> http://www.linuxprinting.org

Yeah, I've been digging around and such, just can't find anything.

> 
> It sounds like you have a broken postscript out put, though. Try
> printing to a file and view it with gv. If gv croaks, it won't print. It
> will probably exhibit either a "hang" or pages of garbage.

Good point, I'll give it a spin and see what gs/gv has to say.  It's 
gotta be something with the driver though, cause I can print the same 
files on two other printers from the same apps just fine.



> 
> But if you spring for a new printer, get a color laser printer with
> duplex printing and native postscript level 3, 128MB RAM, a built in
> network interface and supports 11x17. :)

I hear you. :)  One thing I like about this epson is it'll handle 10" 
wide envelopes.

> 
> On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 20:31, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Hey folks, I've had this Epson SC440 for a while and it works well, most 
>>of the time.  One problem I have is when I attempt to print something at 
>>a very high resolution, it'll start to print, then just stop.  No errors 
>>anywhere.  Printer shows the job is active.  Iv'e left it over night, 
>>still sitting there power light blinking.  Anyone ever seen anything 
>>like this?  I'd sure like to get it resolved, rather then purchase 
>>another printer.
>>
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>>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
>>
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>>
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