Re: Printer software Epson 640/Redh. 6.2 [Bad Solution?]

[Wolfgang Pfeiffer <wolfg pfeiffer t-online de>]

On Sep 1, 2002, 15:41 (+0200) Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:

> Has anyone managed to print with an Epson Stylus 640 on a Redhat 6.2?
> (Kernel: 2.2.19-6.2.16)
>
> If yes:
> Which software/drivers (if possible: RPM's ...) did it?
>
> I have tried printtool/ (rhs-)printfilters ....  and ... and .. :
> nothing of it has worked so far ...

If I read my logs correctly a Redhat updated ghostscript version
(ghostscript-6.51-16.1.6x.1.i386.rpm) was the culprit ...

(Bad?) Solution:
I installed old ghostscript packages ('Alladin') from
http://www.typhoon.dircon.co.uk/html/ghostscript.html
and Epson Stylus 640 now works here, at least more or less ...

Problem is:
the previous, here, as it seems, non-working
ghostscript-6.51-16.1.6x.1.i386.rpm was a RedHat security bugfix:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-083.html
So I can't be sure, whether I have the problem (again?) on my machine
that the RedHat fix was meant to get rid off ...

<funny?>But at least I can print now ...</funny?>

BTW:

Did anyone understand what Redhat was saying when they described on
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-083.html what the real problem
was with the old ghostscript?  I didn't ..

Regards
Wolfgang


Bye
Wolfgang

>
> TIA
>
> Best Regards
> Wolfgang
>

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