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Epson Stylus Color 740
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2 2256 04-11-2005
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Description: This printer has served me well for over 4 years. I only recently got it working with Linux.

CUPS with the gimp-print driver is very easy to setup and works very well with this printer.
Keywords: Stylus Color 740 Epson
Connection Type: USB


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Old 10-01-2004, 01:56 AM   #1
imroy
 
Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.8.1
Distribution: Debian unstable/sid



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Works great with CUPS and the gimp-print driver. With photo paper or coated paper the results are surprisingly good for a 4-colour printer.

NOTE: Avoid cheap ink! I used non-Epson ink for a while and then had a lot of trouble with blocked nozzles. I've managed to fix it with a lot of work and now only use genuine Epson ink.
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Old 04-11-2005, 10:41 AM   #2
titanium_geek
 
Registered: May 2002
Distribution: it died/ macosx
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.3-4mdk
Distribution: mandrake 10


The printer seems to be aging a little, with problems such as diagonal pulling in paper, splotches of ink occasionally, etc.

Works in linux fine, for the standard student essays, not for artists or publishers.

Problems:
didn't like printing from the gimp
sometimes takes a while to start printing a document
sometimes won't work - had to go into config, remove and redetect the printer. This happened several times, this is a minor hiccup and doesn't take long to follow perscribed steps.
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