Linux Printer Drivers!!!

[ksherman]

WHERE ARE THEY???? i cant use my printer (epson c80) until i can get some!!!! HELP!!!!:Q

 

[Spyro]

What distro are you using?

 

[cleverhandle]

This entry at www.linuxprinting.org says the printer is supported by gimp-print, which is a driver set that works with CUPS. So install the gimp-print and cups packages, use the CUPS web interface, and you should be good to go.

 

[drag]

use CUPS.. it is da-bomb when it comes printing... Most distros have it as a package or something. It's what mac OS 10.2.+ uses, so you know it's does good quality. I used it once in Linux for what I had this ancient printer. I needed to use it to print out resumes for a job search, cups did a hundred times better job than windows did, but I suppose your milage will vary. BTW epson does activily supports cups drivers.
The drivers are all in the form of .ppd files.

(If anybody is using mac os 10.2 or above, try typing in 127.0.0.1:631 into your browser)

 

[lowtech1]

Originally posted by: ksherman
WHERE ARE THEY???? i cant use my printer (epson c80) until i can get some!!!! HELP!!!!:Q

CUPS should support your printer, because it working status rating is perfect, however you could also try Ghostscript.

CUPS EPSON Stylus Color/Photo driver work perfectly for my old Stylus 660 & 760.