Digital BW, The Print

Which versions of Linux have been used so far to get the QuadTone
RIP running ?
More in general: to get Gimp-Print running ?

I've seen that Suse Linux from version 8.1 has CUPS as standard,
is that the same for Debian, Mandrake or Red Hat ?

Ernst

> Which versions of Linux have been used so far to get the 
> QuadTone RIP running ? More in general: to get Gimp-Print running ?
> 
> I've seen that Suse Linux from version 8.1 has CUPS as 
> standard, is that the same for Debian, Mandrake or Red Hat ?

I used Red Hat 8.0 for QTR 1.1, but I'm still struggling with 2.0.

I had to install and compile CUPS, GhostScript, Samba, Gimp-Print and
several other libraries to make it work, but I think v9.0 of Red Hat has
some of these things pre-installed. Samba isn't required but I use it
for windows networking.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel 
Staver" <daniel@p...> wrote:
> > Which versions of Linux have been used so far to get the 
> > QuadTone RIP running ? More in general: to get Gimp-Print 
running ?
> > 
> > I've seen that Suse Linux from version 8.1 has CUPS as 
> > standard, is that the same for Debian, Mandrake or Red Hat 
?
> 
> I used Red Hat 8.0 for QTR 1.1, but I'm still struggling with 2.0.
> 
> I had to install and compile CUPS, GhostScript, Samba, 
Gimp-Print and
> several other libraries to make it work, but I think v9.0 of Red 
Hat has
> some of these things pre-installed. Samba isn't required but I 
use it
> for windows networking.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no

Ernst and Daniel,

Most of the effort -- and Daniel is the one doing most of it --
is getting all the support software compiled and running.  The
stuff I've written is pretty generic shell scripts and C-code
that will port to any unix based system.

It was a job getting it all running on OS X, too.  But I can
distribute those binaries so its easy for anyone on a Mac.

As I find time and whatever Daniel's schedule permits, 
we'll try to combine what I needed to do on the Mac to 
get it running with what works on the Linux box.  And then
of course different Linux versions may have different issues
too.

I think this is all within reach, but its hard to predict when.

Roy

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Daniel Staver" <daniel@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:29 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: QuadToneRIP 2.0


> > Which versions of Linux have been used so far to get the
> > QuadTone RIP running ? More in general: to get Gimp-Print
running ?
> >
> > I've seen that Suse Linux from version 8.1 has CUPS as
> > standard, is that the same for Debian, Mandrake or Red Hat ?
>
> I used Red Hat 8.0 for QTR 1.1, but I'm still struggling with
2.0.
>
> I had to install and compile CUPS, GhostScript, Samba,
Gimp-Print and
> several other libraries to make it work, but I think v9.0 of
Red Hat has
> some of these things pre-installed. Samba isn't required but I
use it
> for windows networking.
>
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no

Daniel,

Sunday evening a friend will try to get QTR 1.1 running on my
SuSE system and possibly QTR 2.0. Don't think we will get as far
as that but I wonder whether you have 2.0 running now.

Ernst

> Sunday evening a friend will try to get QTR 1.1 running on my 
> SuSE system and possibly QTR 2.0. Don't think we will get as 
> far as that but I wonder whether you have 2.0 running now.

Yes, I managed to get QuadToneRIP 2.0 running on Red Hat 8.0. I did the
installation a few weeks ago, and there was just a couple of things that
didn't work, but were easily fixed thanks to good help from Roy:

- Added the -lm parameter in a couple of MakeFiles

- Changed the byte order in a toner curve file from Mac to PC format.

I got stuck in the calibration procedure and haven't had much time since
then for printing, but plan to do some more experiments this weekend.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

I know I said I solved this before, but this time it really worked. You
basically go in from the front of the printer and stick little pieces of
plastic between the little black compartments holding the wheels and the
wheels themselves. 

There was a recent thread over on the epson2200 group discussing this,
and ironically the solution was on the same page that I usually
reccommend people read for info on refilling the 2100, but in the CD-R
printing section, which I've never read:

http://anestoday.com/epson2200/cdprint.htm

All the way to the bottom you'll find info on modifying a credit card to
get rid of the roller marks.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ernst Dinkla" 
<E.Dinkla@c...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Staver" <daniel@p...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:29 PM
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: QuadToneRIP 2.0
> 
> 
> > > Which versions of Linux have been used so far to get the
> > > QuadTone RIP running ? More in general: to get Gimp-Print
> running ?
> > >
> > > I've seen that Suse Linux from version 8.1 has CUPS as
> > > standard, is that the same for Debian, Mandrake or Red Hat ?
> >
> > I used Red Hat 8.0 for QTR 1.1, but I'm still struggling with
> 2.0.
> >
> > I had to install and compile CUPS, GhostScript, Samba,
> Gimp-Print and
> > several other libraries to make it work, but I think v9.0 of
> Red Hat has
> > some of these things pre-installed. Samba isn't required but I
> use it
> > for windows networking.
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Staver
> > http://daniel.staver.no
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> Sunday evening a friend will try to get QTR 1.1 running on my
> SuSE system and possibly QTR 2.0. Don't think we will get as far
> as that but I wonder whether you have 2.0 running now.
> 
> Ernst

Ernst,

I highly recommend just starting at 2.0.  It should be much easier to
get running because I include all the gimp-print source code that
you need.  As Daniel says in his post there is just a minor Makefile
change needed. If your friend has done a bunch of Linux before he
can probably just edit it, but I'd be glad to send that your way if needed.

Roy