Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread nate
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 12:13:25AM -0800, nate wrote: > > Sorry to break it to you nate, but potato is old ;-). potato > probably predates the info in the compatibility list. > > Woody/sid is great though :-). yeah i know its old ..i just didn't expect there to be so many seperate parts to a m

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread dman
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 12:13:25AM -0800, nate wrote: Sorry to break it to you nate, but potato is old ;-). potato probably predates the info in the compatibility list. Woody/sid is great though :-). | package built and the driver worked(phew!) | printing is crystal clear though..at least on t

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread nate
> just got done downloading the 45megs of packages needed to > build that package from sid trying to build it now..(hoping > real hard) package built and the driver worked(phew!) now im gonna go suggest a distribution compadiblity list for linuxprinting.org before i goto sleep. work more on m

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread nate
> On Friday 18 January 2002 11:16 pm, nate wrote: > i just ran the cups system to test for the c80 driver and it is > there in the sid version, at least. > just got done downloading the 45megs of packages needed to build that package from sid trying to build it now..(hoping real hard) nate

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread ben
On Friday 18 January 2002 11:16 pm, nate wrote: [snip] > i don't see a driver specifically for the c80 even on woody > though, so im trying a generic gimp-print stylus color and > see if it works, i don't need anything perfect just want to > get color and decent quality(i dont print photos or anyth

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread ben
On Friday 18 January 2002 10:24 pm, nate wrote: > > > > Well, install the gimpprint driver for CUPS. In Debian > > just go to dselect, select cupsys-driver-gimpprint and you > > should get cups and all in there. Make sure to install > > docs [cupsys-driver-gimpprint] and read them. They might > >

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread nate
> im trying it out on a woody system now ..so far no luck, > recompiling the kernel, it says it can't open /dev/lp0 no > woody system doesn't work either. just gives me low quality black and white which is identical to printing under potato:( i tried importing the ppd from linuxprinting.org to t

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread ben
On Friday 18 January 2002 10:18 pm, nate wrote: [snip] > Error object: (f80)op(393:.setdevice)0x8099960 i have no idea how to properly interpret that error message but it does kinda suggest that there's a device communication issue. [snip] > ive given up on freebsd for now, no matter what i do i

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread nate
> Yes - actually I was checking in unstable! :) But if you don't > want to upgrade to at least woody, you can always DL the sources > for cups from woody or sid, then run dpkg-buildpackage in root > directory of the uncompressed source. That should build that > package unless you need something t

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 10:24:36PM -0800, nate wrote: > > > > > Well, install the gimpprint driver for CUPS. In Debian > > just go to dselect, select cupsys-driver-gimpprint and you > > should get cups and all in there. Make sure to install > > docs [cupsys-driver-gimpprint] and read them. They mi

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread nate
> > Well, install the gimpprint driver for CUPS. In Debian > just go to dselect, select cupsys-driver-gimpprint and you > should get cups and all in there. Make sure to install > docs [cupsys-driver-gimpprint] and read them. They might > help... maybe your referring to woody? there is no such pac

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread nate
> > > are you using the browser interface to cups? i just installed an > epson stylus color 580 this morning using cups, and i'm pretty > sure that i saw a listing among the drivers for a c80. just point > the browser at http://localhost:631/ yeah and theres no entry for the c80 on my system. i

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 09:33:18PM -0800, nate wrote: > anyone have experience with this printer? its the first > printer i bought in 10 years and i bought it because > it was rated the best inkjet on linuxprinting.org > > but ive had little success using it under debian sofar. > closest i can get

Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

2002-01-19 Thread ben
On Friday 18 January 2002 09:33 pm, nate wrote: > anyone have experience with this printer? its the first > printer i bought in 10 years and i bought it because > it was rated the best inkjet on linuxprinting.org > > but ive had little success using it under debian sofar. > closest i can get is ins