[ale] Photoshop/Crossover/GIMP/Epson1280 Question

[Jim Kinney]

John,

There is a gimp-specific print package that resolves epson printing
problems (and others using the same engine) called guten-print
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ It has excellent support from Epson
coders and also resolved problems from cups as well. Before you get
codeweavers-addicted, try upgrading your printing tools first. A while
back when I had need of doing heavy graphics printing to a near
top-of-the-line epson, the gimp-print tools generated better quality
printing than the same printer on a windows machine.


On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 14:20 -0500, John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> I use GIMP in Linux for web and CD output from digital photos, but I have 
> not had as good results targeting my Epson1280 (6 color) printer: some 
> colors are badly mis-rendered, and the color gradation is visibly coarse 
> (called "banding" I believe - a bit like "posterization" in B/W printing).
> 
> I get noticably better color rendering and smoother, more substantial 
> looking prints with Photoshop Elements (PSE) and Epson's printer driver in 
> (naturally) Ms Windows. Sorry - if I weren't convinced I would surely use 
> Linux and GIMP in preference. I do take advantage of PSE's color 
> management using its built-in 'sRGB' profiles.
> 
> Thanks to Codeweavers' "Lame Duck" offer, I now have Crossover Office to 
> work with. (Thanks, Codeweavers!) I have read glowing reviews of Photoshop 
> under Crossover and plan to try it for PSE. My question concerns printers 
> and drivers.
> 
> What experience have ALErs had in getting the best photos from printers in 
> this general class? Is it worthwhile trying to run Epson's printer driver 
> under Crossover? (I understand this is possible but I have no idea how 
> tricky or useful it is.) Should I set up a "raw" printer, or work through 
> Ghostscript? Any other tips or tricks to get the best photo printing 
> results from Linux?
> 
> General comments welcome, too. (Try and stop 'em, right??)
> 
> Regards.
> 
>   - Mills
> 
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