For Sale: New Epson Stylus Photo R300M printer - $175 down from $229+shipping
Jon maddog Hall
maddog at li.org
Sat Aug 14 17:51:03 EDT 2004
Hi,
Right after Christmas we had a big discussion about printers, and about that time
my loyal, six-year old Cannon gave out on me.
I decided to buy an Epson Photo printer because:
o it could print to printable CDs and DVDs
o it seemed to be supported by Linux
o it had the capability of printing off picture CDs filled with photos even
when not attached to a computer. You simply plug in a USB-based CD drive
to the printer
o it could print directly from a wide range of memory cards, including the
new xD ones that fit in my Olympus
o it had a little monitor that allowed you to crop, chose pictures, etc.
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=37472318o
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=26323&infoType=Overview
I was ordering it right after Christmas so all of the local stores were out,
PC Connection was out of stock, etc. So I ordered it from CDW, who told me
that it was in stock. Wrong. Then they told me that it would be in "soon".
I waited two weeks, had to go on a trip. "It will be in when you get back".
Two weeks later, nada. So I canceled the order.
I went down to CompUSA and bought one, hooked it up and it worked great. I
even have it working through a D-LINK wireless printserver so I can access it
from any place in my house with my notebook. No wires. Cool.
Then a week later the CDW unit shows up. I call them up, give them heck,
and get an NRA sent to me. I go on another trip. When I get back I find out
that the NRA has expired, and I would have to get another one. I give up.
So now I have this Epson Stylus Photo R300M printer, still in its unopened
box, in my garage. I look on the Epson site and they have it marked at
$229., which is what I paid. I will let it go for $175., but you have to come
pick it up. I live in Amherst, NH.
Right out of the box it works great with SuSE 9.1, although you have to tell
CUPS that it is a 915 for some reason, but that is mentioned in the CUPS
documentation. With standard settings it prints a little light from Linux, but
I like that since it saves ink. I assume that by playing with the CUPs settings
that you can get it to print darker. Printing from the memory cards with
glossy paper, the pictures are just stellar.
I might add that I have had no problems with the ink stopping up even though I
only print about two or three pages at a time and I am often gone for a week or
two between print sessions.
md
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Jon "maddog" Hall
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