Epson Stylus C80

[Dave Barnett <dbarn@xxxxxx>]

Sirs:
        I just purchased an Epson Color Stylus C80 (recommendation of 
"www.linuxprinting.org"), and as my old Canon BJ200 has quit(BAD) I have 
no printer capability at present, because I don't know how to SETUP 
"apsfilter" properly for it.
        I tried "(3)driver supported by ghostscript" but I cant find the 
proper driver - then I tried "(12) Epson printer (official drivers)", 
and received two error messages
                                1. Please install "pips-sc80s" if you 
want to be able to print files of this type.
                                2. apsfilter fatal error: can't find 
apsfilter basedir.

        I'm lost, and hope someone can help.

        System:        Slackware 8.1 (apsfilter installed during sys. 
install- v 7.2.2)
                             196 MB memory
                             1GB free disk space
                             350 MHZ clock
        I don't mind, in fact I enjoy, fiddling with the system, and if 
I could just print ASCII for a while, 'til I got the GUI printing 
resolved, it would help - as is, I cant even print out "man page" notes 
for reference, or any "apsfilter "READMEs".

        Thanks, someone.

                                                            Dave        
    <dbarn@ot.com>