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Re: Epson Stylus 400



On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Dana M. Epp wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if the Epson 400 Color Stylus can work under Linux. I
> can force it to do normal text, but I can not get it to do anything when
> in X, such as printing in Netscape or StarOffice. I installed the
> apsfilter, but I fear It does not work right for me. Any suggestions,
> help or direction would be appreciated.

Sorry, you are out of luck.  As far as I know, the EPSON Stylus COLOR 400
is a Windows-only printer.  Part of the printer code (ESC/P2, I guess) is
in the software instead of in the printer hardware.  Unless EPSON provides
those source codes (highly unlikely) and someone bothers to write a Linux
driver for it, this printer won't do much good for you.

If it is not too late, return the SC400 and exchange for a SC600 or SC800.
GhostScript 4.03 and especially 5.x support SC500, SC600, SC800, etc.

Hope this helps.

Anthony

(who is happily using the SC500 here, although I wish I had waited another
half a year to get the SC600 instead.  <grin>) 

-- 
Anthony Fok Tung-Ling            foka@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
Civil Engineering                http://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/
University of Alberta, Canada    Keep smiling!  *^_^*


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