Re: Gutenprint and Epson Pro 7900

Robert Krawitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.printing.gimp-print.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 1/15/21 7:38 AM, Ronald Jensen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My brother is a Debian developer and he recommended me to use your Gutenprint software in my attempts to use my Epson Pro 7900 printer.
> 
> The black channel on the printhead is dead, so what I need is some kind of software that can ‘trick’ the printer to be using the green or orange channel for black.
> 
> Is that possible with your software?
> 
> If so, should I be installing CUPS to do so?
> 
> I am using Mac OS X

It's possible in principle, but it will require editing a few installed files to make it work (and
to top it off, I'm not sure what the correct values are to specify orange or green, so that will
take some experimenting).  Let us know if you'd like to proceed.


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