Re: Color printing problems

[Alf C Stockton <alf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas,
What is the advantage in using the newer ghostscript ?
I am using gs 5.5 with apsfilter and stp driver on my Epson Stylus Color
680 and am a very happy user. The digital photos come out great.
So why should I change ? or for that matter should I consider changing
ghostscript at all ?

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Andreas Klemm wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 06:02:44PM +0100, Marco Iora wrote:
> > Where is this driver docu? I read devices-5.50 in the setup dir but i can't
> > find nothing about my problem there.
>
> 1. gs 5.50 is _OLD_
> 2. get newest gs sources and fonts from ftp server: V 7.x
> 3. you should look for 3rd party drivers, that needs to be
>    compiled in into gs.
>
> Look at the FreeBSD gs port to get an idea, what 3rd party driver
> are popular these days and where they are available.
>
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/print/ghostscript-afpl/Makefile
>
> Or get a Linux Distribution, which comes with a tuned gs port.
>
> Or get FreeBSD, which is Linux binary compatible for nearly
> everything and where the ports offer you greater flexibility,
> what to install additionally to your unix machine without
> polluting your installation with too much and without missing
> something a Unix should have ... its simply a real Unix with
> a long history ...
>
> 	Andreas ///
>
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