[LUAU] TurboPrint - pretty freaking cool

[David Kiwerski]

I've been using Turboprint for several years now - ever since I switched 
from Epson to Canon printers at home.   The price is great, and the 
print quality is far superior to the default drivers.

Also, I've been using   http://www.77ink.com   for my print 
cartridges.   The quality is there, they come with the chips, and the 
prices are far better than anything else I've found so far.   They ship 
by US mail, 1st class, and I usually get them within 2 days ( slightly 
longer to Hawaii).

Dave


On 03/07/2011 10:34 PM, Jeff Mings wrote:
> Hello All!
>
>     I just discovered a commercial Linux package called TurboPrint.  I 
> have to share my experience.
>
>     I bought a new Epson Stylus Photo R2880.  This is a very nice 
> printer, but I wasted hours and hours trying to get color management 
> to work.  Gutenprint is a very cool system, but it wasn't close enough 
> to what I get from my camera and from GIMP under Lucid Lynx.  I have 
> been using Linux as my primary OS for at least 11 years, and I know my 
> way around.  I tried different color profiles, every imaginable 
> setting, etc., and it still wasn't right.  I tried printing from my 
> iMac, and from WinXP in a VM, but nothing really came close.
>
>     I read about TurboPrint in a Linux forum for Epson users, and 
> tried it.  It's very polished, and using the AdobeRGB1998 color 
> profile, I got the closest match so far.  I'm very impressed.  It 
> costs 30 Euro for a single PC license.  I was actually considering 
> purchasing Adobe Lightroom to solve my color management problem, so 30 
> Euro isn't bad at all.
>
>     I just wish I knew about this several days ago.  If you guys come 
> across anything really cool or interesting, please let the list know - 
> we can all use new info.
>
> Aloha,
> -Jeff Mings
>
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