Re: Things and such

Robert L Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>    From: Roger Leigh <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:22:06 +0100
>
>    The R300 output was horrible.  Scans of the EPSON Windows driver and
>    Gimp-Print output are here:
>
>    http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/gimp-print/images/epson-r300-bad.jpeg
>    http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/gimp-print/images/gimpprint-r300-bad.jpeg
>
>    There are visible white lines across the page at 1440 DPI.  This also
>    affected the EPSON driver--Glen Petrie thought it might be a bad
>    printer.  The colour was wrong, though.  Comparing the test pattern
>    with the EPSON specs and print-escp2-data.c, the nozzle layout looks
>    OK, and it should be identical to the R200.  Has anyone else had
>    success with either model?
>
> I have an R300, and it produces excellent output for me.  You were
> using beta1?  What kind of paper?

A4 glossy photo paper (HP paper, rather than Epson, IIRC).  I guess
the printer had a faulty printhead, given that the Epson Windows
driver output was also bad (though the testpattern looked OK bar a
little ink spreading).


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Roger Leigh

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