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Date:      Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:13:26 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Joe McGuckin <joe@monk.via.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: EPSON Color ink-jet printers supported?
Message-ID:  <19981120171326.J427@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811200553.VAA07511@monk.via.net>; from Joe McGuckin on Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 09:53:22PM -0800
References:  <199811200553.VAA07511@monk.via.net>

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On Thursday, 19 November 1998 at 21:53:22 -0800, Joe McGuckin wrote:
>
> I guess the subject says it all. I'd like to get one of these tree-killers
> for printing out full color artwork, digital photos, etc.
>
> EPSON claims to have Postscript support, but I'm suspicious that all
> the the intelligence might be in the Windoze drivers - not the printer
> itself.
>
> Has anyone had any success making FreeBSD work...

I have a Stylus 740 Color.  It comes with 2 CDs full of junk and
almost no useful information.  The Epson web sites are also useless.
But Ghostscript supports it as a Stylus 500 Color, though the results
are a bit pale.  I've been meaning to play around with it when I get
the time.

Greg
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