Don Scott wrote:
> I have the same printer and am unable to get it to print right. I am
> using Redhat 5.0.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Don Scott
Sure Don,
BTW, I will forward this to the list for others who haven't got the
Epson Printer situation figured out. Hope you don't mind.
Here's what I did.
First download:
ghostscript-5.10-4.i386.rpm
ghostscript-fonts-5.10-1.i386.rpm
ghostscript-fonts-other-5.10-1.i386.rpm
ghostscript-fonts-other-5.10-4.noarch.rpm
ghostscript-fonts-std-5.10-4.noarch.rpm
I think I got them from /contrib from the Red Hat ftp server some time
ago.
I installed them using rpm -i not rpm -Uvh. I don't know why I
installed them with the -i option, I just did it that way without
thinking. I also don't have a clue if or why there isn't a
ghostscript-fonts-5.10-4.i386.rpm,. I couldn't find it so that's why I
also installed the 5.10-1.i386.rpms. It wont hurt anything or conflict
with anything either.
After you install these rpms go to
/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/printerdb and edit it by adding the below
text to the bottom of the printerdb file:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Unified Printer Driver
#
StartEntry: Uniprint
GSDriver: uniprint
Description: {Unified Printer Driver}
About: { \
This driver provides support for several printers.\
For full details on its use see the file devices.txt.\n\
To use this driver you must enter the name of the correct\
upp file in the "Extra GS options" box.\n\n\
E.g. to get an Epson Stylus Color 600 to print at:\n\n\
360dpi use: @/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10/stc600pl.upp\n\n\
720dpi use: @/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10/stc600p.upp\n\n\
1440dpi use: @/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10/stc600ih.upp\
}
Resolution: {360} {360} {plain paper}
Resolution: {720} {720} {plain paper}
Resolution: {1440} {720} {inkjet paper}
EndEntry
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then when you open up the printer setup tool in control panel you'll see
a new entry for the "Unified Printer Driver"
Select it, and add in the options box in the lower right:
@/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10/stc2.upp for 360x360 32Bit CMYK 20pin , or
@/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10/stc2_h.upp for 720x720 32Bit CMYK 20pin
or for any stylus
@/usr/share/ghostscript/5.10/stcany.upp for 360x360 4Bit
Postscript-Halftoning
One could also setup other models of the Epson series with this same
driver. Most notably the 500 and 600 series, although there may well be
others too. Read the readme's etc. under /usr/doc/ghostscript-5.10 they
will tell you much more than I have here. But if your running an Epson
Stylus Color IIs with Red Hat 5.0 and follow these steps you'll print
decent quality 360x360 res. color with this printer. If you use the good
paper you can get very good results with the stc2_h.upp at 720x720. All
this from a fine inexpensive, admittedly slow printer.
Cheers,
Scott Kindley
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