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

[Hrafnkell E. <he...@kv...>]

Hi again

On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 09:56:15AM -0400, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
> 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.

OK, do you guys have a good contact with Epson? Can you get the
specs? Should I send someone an email and try asking for them?
The printer is as far as I know a escp2 printer so it might
just be a question of getting the correct init string? Or what?
(The easy software printpro driver for CUPS for the printer has
the name rastertoescp2)

Could I find something out by taking the output from the windows
or printpro driver and try to parse that into escp2 commands?
 
> 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.

Ok, but the driver didn't barf on me. Shouldn't it do that?
The 660 has 1440 resolution.
 
> 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.

Yes, I just found something called http://ink2u.co.uk/ in the UK.
Their prices are nice (a black epson cartridge costs 25% of the price
I gave for the printer).
 
> My printer (Photo EX) has a cleaning button on the front panel.  Does
> the 660 lack that?

Uhm no :) Stupid me :)

Off to eat more easter-chockolate :)
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