Quite easy to get going under Warty (as well as Debian Sid).
Add a printer (System Configuration -> Printers, double click ‘Add Printer’). Select Local Printer, “USB Printer #1” as the port, then, select the model as Epson Stylus C64. Works fine.
I guess you can fiddle with quality settings and everything – but I haven’t yet.
This is the printer that was bought for mum – and it’s working fine for her.
now…. only to find a printer for me….
i print rarely, but when I do, i want it to work. Inkjets have not worked well for me in the past in this regard (spending 10 minutes running head cleaning and replacing cartridges because they’ve half dried up is not fun).
I’m thinking laser. Konica Minolta seems to have a 2430DL colour laser with network and GPL Linux drivers for $499USD (about $800AUD i think… finding prices today). You have to love it when they have a tux on their site :)
A duplexer would be nice too – i like having double sided print outs (yay – the greenie hippy in me is working hard).
I have a Brother HL-1430 B&W laser attached to Linux boxes. Only a few hundred AUD (at OfficeWorks). Is decently fast (14ppm) and works very well. Good quality print.
The only thing is that when I try to install my C65 under Warty, the driver you mention is not in the list. Any tips gratefully received.
You probably need the gimp-print package. It’s in the repository. I installed it ages ago for the previous printer… can do it from synaptic.