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Epson Stylus Photo R300
 
Color inkjet printer, max. 5760x1440 dpi, works Partially
Recommended Driver: gutenprint (Home page)
Generic Instructions: CUPS, no spooler
 

Miscellaneous

Printer supports direct text printing with the 'us-ascii' charset.

Comments

For this printer basic support is available in Gimp-Print 5.0.x, fine tuning, testing, and support for printing on CDs still has to be done.

This printer has slots for all common types of photo memory cards. so one can print photos without PC. The front panel has a graphical user interface which gives many options for printing from photo cards. There is also a a little color LCD monitor included for choosing the photos to print. Photo download works with kernel 2.4.21 or later. The memory card can be simply mounted as a USB-mass-storage device then. A USB port in the printer allows also to connect PictBridge-compatible cameras, ZIP or CD-ROM drives for photo printing.

6-color CMYKcm printing, printing on inkjet-printable CDs and DVDs possible (not yet supported by Gimp-Print).

Consumables/Refills: 6 separately exchangeable ink cartridges

Drivers

The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:

Recommended driver:

 
gutenprint  (driver home page)
 
Top Quality Printer Drivers for inkjets, dye sublimation printers, and PCL lasers
Supplier: Gutenprint project
License: GPL (free software)
User support:Gutenprint mailing list at SourceForge (voluntary)
Color output   Type: CUPS Raster
Text:||||||||||  90Graphics:||||||||||  100System Load:Unknown
Line Art:||||||||||  90Photo:||||||||||  100Speed:||||||||||  60