[Gllug] Epson Stylus Photo 2100 && Linux?

[David]

On Saturday 13 November 2004 01:14, Mike Brodbelt wrote:

>
> While I don't have a photo printer, I have set up numerous printers in
> the past. FWIW, I'd start by making a list of everything that is listed
> as working perfectly, and then choose the ones that fit your needs. If
> you're buying a printer new for use with Linux, don't touch anything
> that doesn't work 100%.
>
> For photo printing, you'll want to use the gimp print drivers to get
> maximum quality. The printers supported by gimp print are listed at
> http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php3, and that
> page lists the Epson Stylus 2100 as fully operational, so I suspect
> you'll have no trouble with it. The information on linuxprinting.org
> refers to version 4.2.6 of the gimp-print drivers, whereas the gimp
> print site lists support in the beta for version 5.
>
> I'm also going to play devil's advocate for a moment here, and suggest
> that the best photo printing available for linux, both in terms of
> quality and price per print may well be something like
> http://www.photobox.co.uk. They use Frontier printers:-
>
> http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/proPhotoProductFrontier.jsp
>
> At roughly 100k usd a pop, running on crystal archive paper, they're
> likely to produce better output than you can :-). There's some more info
> at http://tartamillo.altervista.org/foto/frontier.eng.php, which you
> might find interesting. You could also look at Fotango, though I haven't
> personally used them, as they seem to offer only gloss prints, and I
> prefer matt.
>
> The Epson 2100 will cost about 450ukp up front, and about 100ukp per set
> of replacement ink cartridges (if you use genuine ones), plus approx 33
> ukp per 100 sheets paper cost. Looking at the quoted specs, the ink
> certainly won't do 100 A3 pages at top quality. I suspect you'll end up
> with a top quality A3 print costing somewhere between 3-5 ukp/page, and
> at that price good online services look pretty competitive, especially
> considering you don't have to lay out 450ukp for the printer, never get
> a paper jam, and setting up the printer only involves typing "ftp".
>
> My 2p worth.
>
> Mike.

Mike,
given your obvious knowledge of printing digital output under Linux, would you 
say that the extra capabilities of modern top-of-line cameras, with their 8 
megapixel CCDs, can be used by the Gimp and the drivers that are available ?

David Reed
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