Monday, February 19, 2007
My new printer.
So I was on Craigslist looking for a printer because my Epson C64 got clogged to death in the black ink cartridge.
I came across an R200 which can print to disc, and I thought that'd be cool, it was $80 and still sealed, and I ended up getting it for $75.
It's the same form factor as my old one, so it was no issue to put it on my desk. It takes 6 ink carts instead of 4, but they are the same, so my extras from the C64 I can reuse.
I plug it in and install the latest driver, but that says you need an Intel for this driver, and I only have a G4. So I go online and start reading the horrid reviews. I get scared. I find a driver called Gutenprint, and install that.
No printer. I install the driver from the disc. No printer. Now I'm really scared.
I check the computer USB port, it's find. Power light is on. Still no printer.
I check the USB in the back of the printer, it's not fully seated.
I plug it in, there's the printer. I plug the printer into the Airport network, there it is.
Awesome. I print a 4x6 photo on photopaper using the Epson driver, results: kinda crappy. I print the same one using the Gutenprint driver (freeware @ sourceforge) and it looked like it came outta Walgreens photolab. Yay!
I need to get some print-on discs to try that out and see if I can find a thin glossy paper to do button art on so we can do our button factory with original artwork.
Also, I can do personal buttons for you for this sale price of $0.60 each with a minimum of 10. Write me at my sister website: mauzen.com for details, I can send a photoshop template to you to put your art on.
I came across an R200 which can print to disc, and I thought that'd be cool, it was $80 and still sealed, and I ended up getting it for $75.
It's the same form factor as my old one, so it was no issue to put it on my desk. It takes 6 ink carts instead of 4, but they are the same, so my extras from the C64 I can reuse.
I plug it in and install the latest driver, but that says you need an Intel for this driver, and I only have a G4. So I go online and start reading the horrid reviews. I get scared. I find a driver called Gutenprint, and install that.
No printer. I install the driver from the disc. No printer. Now I'm really scared.
I check the computer USB port, it's find. Power light is on. Still no printer.
I check the USB in the back of the printer, it's not fully seated.
I plug it in, there's the printer. I plug the printer into the Airport network, there it is.
Awesome. I print a 4x6 photo on photopaper using the Epson driver, results: kinda crappy. I print the same one using the Gutenprint driver (freeware @ sourceforge) and it looked like it came outta Walgreens photolab. Yay!
I need to get some print-on discs to try that out and see if I can find a thin glossy paper to do button art on so we can do our button factory with original artwork.
Also, I can do personal buttons for you for this sale price of $0.60 each with a minimum of 10. Write me at my sister website: mauzen.com for details, I can send a photoshop template to you to put your art on.
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