epson 3880 and 4900

[James Griffin]

On 12/29/2013 00:43, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Dec 2013, Gary Aitken wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have experience using an epson 3880 or 4900 printer on fbsd?
>> I'm wondering about drivers in particular;
>> and access to configuration options on a per-image basis.
>> I see epson has drivers for mac and win but no *nix stuff,
>> and am wondering how others have dealt with this.
>
> Gutenprint (print/gutenprint, prints from GIMP) supports the 3880, and 
> maybe the 4900 series.  I've had some success with other Epson 
> printers, although it's difficult to get predictable results without 
> color calibration.  Actually, the latest version of GIMP and 
> Gutenprint might support that now, in which case I'd like to hear how 
> to set it up.
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Yes there have been many driver additions to gutenprint over the last 18 
months or so, even my canon has been added after a couple of years 
without being able to use it.

(sorry for posting to you directly just now, Warren - an accident)