Eugenia wrote:   
      
   >No, it does not work. None of the C or   
   >R new lines of Epson printers work with   
   >BeOS.   
      
   >In fact, the engineer who wrote the   
   >printer stack & drivers for BeOS, has an   
   >R800 himself and he doesn't have   
   >drivers for it either, as he didn't write any   
   >for it, not even for personal usage. He   
   >uses OSX and Windows now, so...   
   >;-)   
   >Eugenia   
      
   Thank you Eugenia, you are always a champ. I knew or believe I knew   
   there were 3 different BeOS drivers for the Epson printers, so I hope   
   one of them could get it working. The print quality and the type of ink   
   lor it looked awfully sweet.   
      
   I am trying to just stay with BeOS and not go to an Apple computer even   
   for a secondary computer, although I have thought about it. There are   
   just too many things I like about BeOS, and for me it is just getting   
   better all the time in some ways. I just downloaded and installed the   
   latest open Nivida driver a few weeks ago and my Asus 7100 MX400 loves   
   it a lot more, than it did the other older Nivida driver. It made my   
   monitor rich in color, and much sharper and faster. Rudolf is doing a   
   great job on the video side.   
      
   You know there were only a few real things I thought I wanted or needed   
   more with BeOS 5 years ago in its user capabilities, and they all seem   
   to have gotten fixed or added, except for the ability to do great photo   
   quality printing. I have an 880C HP printer and it prints like a dream   
   for what it is with my webtv, but its quality looks terrible with BeOS.   
      
   Maybe is some dark cubbyhole of the BeOS universe there is someone   
   secretly working on a great driver for the R800, or some other printer   
   capable of that kind of photo quality printing. I can only dream, but I   
   am still a believer in BeOS and it does 99% of what I require.   
      
   It seems users of other systems are usually more impressed with how well   
   and fast my machine works, then I am with how their machines work. I am   
   not even running that much hardware either compared to what I could be.   
      
   I know I will get the D70 anyway soon  and then try to figure a way to   
   use a R800 or maybe another printer, of that quality. If I cant figure   
   away around it, then I guess I will just have to get a Mac for backup   
   and printing. No offense to the OSX fans.   
      
   Well Eugenia thanks for the help and I will see ya on the flip   
   side...Dwight   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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