Re: [Gimp-print-devel] stylus 660, gs 6.01 and ink refill kits

[Robert L K. <rl...@al...>]

   Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 14:19:37 +0200
   From: Hrafnkell Eiriksson <he...@kv...>

   I just compiled gs6.01 with the latest gimp-print driver (3.1.3).
   I'm using a Epson Stylus Color 660.
   I choose -dModel=11 for it (thats the stylus 640).
   720 DPI Microweave does not work nor does 360 DPI mode
   (and my printer made funny sounds while trying, like the
   stepmotor that controls the position of the printing head was being
   driven to the end and further)
   720dpi  highest quality mode and 1440x720dpi highest quality
   just ejected 4 pages of paper before I turned it of and killed
   gs.

Evidently the 640 and the 660 are different, then (or some last minute
bug got introduced into the 640 code).  We don't actually have specs
on the 660; I just took a guess at using the 640 code.  I didn't see
anything blatantly wrong with the output.

Actually, the 640 driver doesn't support 1440 resolution (I thought
the printer didn't, but evidently it does, and the driver hasn't been
upgraded yet).  So that combination probably won't actually work.

   Do you use any standard images to test the quality of the output?
   If so, can they be found on the web (the project homepage)?

It's a bit catch as catch can.  I have a few things that I use for
that purpose.  I like people to use images of their own and report
their results.

   You guys must be experts on how to refill the ink Cartridge for
   epson stylus printers. 
   I bought a new black ink cartridge for my epson stylus 660 and
   thought it was waaay to expensive. So what do you reccomend to refill
   the ink cartridges? I haven't found anyone selling refill kits
   here in Denmark (that is, not yet, I've only looked on the web).

Refilling cartridges is messy (said from personal experience).  You
may have to mail order it from elsewhere.  Third party ink cartridges
are another possible option.

   Also, how do you clean the printer heads? Run vmware and the windows
   software from that?

My printer (Photo EX) has a cleaning button on the front panel.  Does
the 660 lack that?

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