THEKIDFROMTHEREDBANK  This software is great. THANK YOU! Now I don't have to buy a new printer. (Just because the manufacturer (HP) is to lazy to supply new drivers and wants customers to throw away printers after 2 years.  
(Version 5.2.4)

GPATPANDP  Hurrah For these DRIVERS !!!

...I still own/use a very reliable Epson Printer I bought brand new in 1997. I grew SOOOOO dag gone sick and tired of having to finagle and coerce the system drivers to work each and every time I updated to the newest version of OSX 10.5 (10.5.7 this time around). In these tough economic times (in case anyone has forgotten), WHY in tarnation should I have to run out and buy a new printer when mine works perfectly fine if/when/ever the system drivers will operate correctly.

Out of sheer frustration, I came SOOOOO close today to scrapping my whole updated system in favor of reverting to my OSX 10.5.6 (of which I had absolutely no issues printing at all once I spent a few days finagling and coercing it to work from the previous update) system backup because this time around I just could not get them to work in OSX 10.5.7. Then "whola !" I discovered these drivers upon which I happily got rid of those old pieces of junk and feel quite certain that I will never have to revisit this nonsense ever again. ***Whew*** !!! :)  
(Version 5.2.4rc1)

THREEDEE912  I have to say, printing has gotten MUCH faster on my Epson R200 with the last few Gutenprint updates. It used to take FOREVER to print a single page on "Standard" quality. Now it only takes a few seconds!

Plus it has drivers for my old HP LaserJet too!

Only thing that annoys me is the "Common Settings 1, Common Settings 2, Extra Settings 3" or whatever, as it's difficult to find a specific setting hidden in all of the generic-named menus.  
(Version 5.2.3)

SUNDAYS  Good update for Epson.

But since apple use GP and Cups to print, my old HP does not work correctly.

I use instead a generic postscript driver.  
(Version 5.2.2)

MANNYAM  I have an Epson RX-580 and I lost the driver CD, so for me to print directly onto a CD, I had to search forever for the drivers, with this I am able to print from the print dialog without the need for extra software and it has many extra features that arent available in the stand Epson drivers. Works great!  
(Version 5.2.2)

SMACTRON  This release doesn't seem to have the Brother HL-2040 even though it has CUPS 1.1. What gives?  
(Version 5.1.4)

RONL  This made it possible for me to continue using an older Epson printer (which still prints excellently and which I had recently bought cartridges). Thank you! Also their forums are extremely helpful. And to think these are free!  
(Version 5.1.4)

AYMAN  Tried everything to make my Epson CX4700 with out any luck.

After installing GutenPrint; Worked like a charm.

WOW  
(Version 5.1.3)

CHRIS.JEROME2110  These Printer, and Also Scanner Vendors too, are notorious for releasing broken, or crappy drivers for their printers on the Mac Platform even while the System 7/OS 9 era,

Now, it's either:

• Non-intel or universal binary drivers

• Printers and/or Scanners with no ColorSync/ICC Profile support.

• Scanners with no TWAIN/Apple Image Capture support.

These comanies really need to get with the Times.

Hurray for good old open source!! Open source to the rescue again!

The biggest offenders are Canon, and EPSON!!!, Don't know about HP nowadays.

I'm so Glad I bought a Brother Color Laser Printer a few month's back, and since I've never looked back. The Color is exellent, and so is the Print Quality too. No drivers, or any other incompatible nonsense to worry about, just a good old text based PPD File, Compatible ANYWHERE!!!.  
(Version 5.1.2)

TIMBO13  haha, typical.

Great to see a intel compatible version of this. Just a little too late for me though. We have a hp laserjet 1010 and have been unable to print to it from our MBP's. We are receiving a new HP laser which is compatible with Mac OS X today. The same day the intel compatible version of these drivers are released which work with our old, no obsolete hp laser... Isn't life ironic. sigh.  
(Version 5.0)

GARYI  seriously though with the cheap prices of printers today and the exceptional quality, why waste your time trying to get really old kit to work?  
(Version 5.0)

OLIPOWER  I tried this for my Epson 1290 stylus photo, for which Epson only offers a broken 2 year old driver.

However, Gutenprint was SO SLOW. Printing 5 lines of text in a white shadowed box took it literally 15 minutes. The sound from the printer indicated that the printer had smoked a joint too many. Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz

(I know printers don't smoke weed, but it was as slow as the slowest max cannabis smoking dopehead)...

And then the printer dialog settings for Gutenprint:

Something more un-useability one has to look for for a looong time. Instead of meaningful labels for the sub dropdown menu items, it simple said:

Special features 1

Special features 2

Special features 3

Special features 4

etc etc

So setting up the color etc was a real no go.  
(Version 5.0rc2)

T.PLOETZ  I tried to get my EPSON DX 3850 running under Mac OS X 10.4.2 but it failed. Searched the whole internet (well, almost) and the only thing I found was a release note of gutenprint 5.0 rc 2 which should include support for my printer. But, where do I get the rc 2? All I can download is the rc 1 which, apparently, does not support the DX 3850. Anybody else having this problem? Is there a work around, e.g. use an alternative but similar printer driver. Any suggestions urgently welcome!  
(Version 5.0rc1)

CHARLES DYER  GutenPrint 5.0 rc 1 produces text output on Epson C84, HP DJ5550, and HP PSC1350 which is as good or superior to that produced by the drivers provided by the vendors. The smaller the font, the better the output compares. Testing included text from Safari, TextEdit, Pages, MS Word, Graphic Converter, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, Preview, and, via Classic and Apple's LW8 driver in Classic, Word Perfect 3.5e and QuarkXpress 5.0. Font sizes which are unreadable using the vendor drivers show clearly using GutenPrint. Fonts tested include Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, Palatino, Optima, Tahoma, Tekton, and Belwe. Font sizes tested went down to 3 point. (Geneva 3-point is hard to read without a magnifying glass; with a magnifying glass, vendor driver output is difficult to make out. GutenPrint output is clear.)

GutenPrint produced far superior graphics output to that of graphics output produced by vendor drivers, with the exception of graphics printed from MS Word, where the results were the outputs were identically poor, suggesting that the problem lies with MS Word. Colour and grayscale output from Graphic Converter, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, MS Word, Acrobat, and Preview, using .DOC, .GIF, .TIF, .PNG, .PDF, and .JPG formats (not all applications could use all formats) was tested. All test files had text, all had hairlines, all (except the .GIF) had gradients, all had photorealistic and hand-drawn elements. (I combined several pictures from Google's Test Picture site.) The pictures were converted to various formats using Graphic Converter, except the .DOC, which was a .JPG imported to Word using MS's picture import feature.

GutenPrint is now faster than GIMP-Print had been. The lowest-quality GP output is as good as standard-quality Epson and HP output and is delivered faster. Standard quality GP is between standard and high quality HP and Epson output. It is delivered slower than standard quality vendor driver output, but faster than high quality. High quality GP output is very slow, much slower than high-quality vendor output. It is also superior to high-quality vendor output. You can tweak GP printing further by going to and changing settings. If you don't know what you're doing you may get unexpected results.

In short, GutenPrint is at least very good if you print mostly text, and is vastly superior if you print graphics.  
(Version 5.0rc1)

GARBAGE  My Epson C60 is alredy supported by MacOS 10.3.7 but I installed this to see if their were any worthwhile improvement.

I got printing problems & had to remove it.

The whole subject of printing services on unix like OS's (Linux, BSD including MacOS) is enough to give you Migraines for a year!!!

It's better to stick with the gimp-print supplied by Apple unless you have no other choice.  
(Version 5.0.0b2)

ANONYMOUS  Works pretty well, good job.  
(Version 5.0.0b2)

GARBAGE  I was nervous about installing this but found it to be worthwhile installing even if your printer is already recognised. Better/ more features than the default Apple Cups drivers.  
(Version 5.0.0b2)

ANONYMOUS  I was greatly impresses with ease of the install along with the additional tools it has provided me for all the printers I have hooked it up to. I would suggest this to anybody even if your current drivers work you may find even more capabilities after you in stall this version... Way to go guys! Panther 10.3.5 on an Ibook 800 w/640mb.  
(Version 5.0.0b2)

UMAROMC  For the unfamiliar;

after decompressing use the Terminal to 'cd' to that directory then type: ./configure

Just follow the instructions after that...

Gimp-Print... ees AWEsome... :)

I don't think you need to install Ghostscript if you're on 10.3, though- only 10.2  
(Version 5.0.0b1)

METAJOE  I can't recommend this enough..I was not consistently able to access Printer Features of my Epson 750 Photo Stylus with Epson's driver, or with the one supplied by the Panther installation.

I downloaded Gimp Print 4.2.6, and in less than 10 minutes, had those printer features back, as well as accurate color! If you've had issues with not being able to select "Ink Type" and "Dither Algorithm," et al, you know what kind of dismal color output you can get from an otherwise fine Epson inkjet.

Many thanks to the developers of Gimp Print!  
(Version 5.0.0b1)

ANONYMOUS  same as robert all I get is the souce code.. and it doesn't build

anyway it just was for trying.. at the moment even if I read other comments if you really need a perfect print (I'm using a epson 1270) the original drivers are much better...

I rest in the hope the team project will in the future realise a really powerful driver 'cose they'r making a great work it just need to be finalized for real photo exploitation..

(sorry for my broken english)  
(Version 5.0.0a3)

MAL COOKE  Really puzzled at the comments that os9 prints better photo than osx I and many others pro photographers find the opposite is true. I get almost perfect colour match screen to print from osx and my HP 1220c and an epsom c60 and other printers you have to make sure to use the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 as the print output in photoshop ore any other colour output program. Inkjet printers as profiled for this colour space. Setting up the screen profile to sRGB and then calibrate colorsync and all should work out great. The paper you use will also affect the result a lot.  
(Version 5.0.0a2)

ANONYMOUS  gimp-print works pretty well. I too own a 740 and the official OS X driver works better, except the big margin. Pictures are darker with gimp-print. gimp-print works better with other models. That's it we must try between OS X driver and gimp-print.  
(Version 5.0.0a1)

ANONYMOUS  Excellent software. I tried many other things to get my Epson 740 to print over ethernet, but with little luck.

Thank you !

NV  
(Version 5.0.0a1)

ANONYMOUS  OS X is a great step forward except for printing, it is the worst. This project is great, it does Apple, Epson, HP, Canon, Lexmark's job. But it can't match a driver in OS 9. That's sad we nedd to use Classic to print a decent picture because it is impossible in OS X. Gimp print is good for black and white prints, tha's all. The Mac was the best choice for a photographer, it's sad that's history.  
(Version 5.0.0a1)

JAY ROYAL  Couldn't print a photo properly on my Epson C80... The printer moved most of the *expensive* glossy paper through before starting. Found and installed Gimp-Print 4.2 and amazingly all was corrected. Thanks, guys!  
(Version 4.3.18)

PC  Likewise, cannot print under this new version. Solved by downgrading to the previous version ... 4.2.6Pre1 which still works its magic.  
(Version 4.3.17)

CHRISCHRAM  Strange! Under 4.3.17 all I can print is the test page in CUPS. No Applications can print anymore. I went back to 4.2.6-pre1 and everything works again.  
(Version 4.3.17)

VINCE  "Like so much Unixware that's ported to Mac OS X, this one doesn't work either. The net effect of installing it with hopes of speeding up my Epson Color 740 which was already supported by Mac OS X, was to lose it. Dumping it and restarting restored my USB printer fortunately. (3/3/2003, Version: 4.2.5)"

Anonymous who wrote this can't have installed or properly set it up. My 740 runs beautifully with stunning output for a five year old printer!! In fact the Apple included printer driver wouldn't work at all and I had contemplated buying a new printer. Thanks to GimpPrint and GhostScript I have a brand-new, top-quality printer!

  
(Version 4.3.17)

CRAIG BLOWFIELD  Thankyou Gimp-Print! I'm now using my printer for more than just lettters and invoices. I can now use my printer with confidence knowing that I am going to waste lots of ink and paper trying to get an output that I am happy with.   
(Version 4.3.17)

ANONYMOUS  I am like Ted, I would be unable to use my printer without Gimp-Print. Mine is an Epson. Gimp-Print rules. It is one of the best piece of software you can install on OS X (and Linux). Thanks a lot to the Open Source community.  
(Version 4.3.17)

DAVID  Nice options for control over "printer features." Sharing pritners with Linux machines is a nice bonus. :) Love it!  
(Version 4.2.6pr1)

ANITA WILDERMUTH  I had great difficulty installing Gimp on Epson 3000 and Mac OSX10.2.5 until the last version of CUPS, I found it last night, had an uninstaller to get rid of all the old drivers first, before installing the new version.

Now it works just fine. I do need to align the heads better and can't figure out how to do that. Any help here??? After a month of no printing , hearing the hum of it working again was a good sound.   
(Version 4.2.6pr1)

DOOD  Better then iProof-X. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT!  
(Version 4.2.6pr1)

TED  I would be unable to use my HP printers without this software. The price...well, it's pretty darn good.  
(Version 4.2.6pr1)

PATGMAC  Very simple to install and setup. Many PC-only printers now work. Had to use an Epson PK4 USB/parallel adapter with my Brother printer. The Keyspan adapter didn't work.   
(Version 4.2.5)

JAN  Running on Epson3000 with NO problems, doing GREAT JOB! We love Gimp-Print, in our studio.  
(Version 4.2.5)

WOLF  Very useful if you use any printer that is not supported by OSX (almost any printer). Even this does not support everything.

Not too difficult to use if you follow the instructions for setup using PrintCenter.

Another essential item that would be better being installed by Apple.   
(Version 4.2.5)

ANONYMOUS  This software is great!

it got my epson 1280 to print in a remote location on my wireless network  
(Version 4.2.5)

PALOS  I was waiting forever for a printer driver for Epson 875 DCS. (Epson has a driver for 875 DC which doesn't work for DCS). Up until someone suggest getting the Gimp-Print. Of course, being new to Mac OS X Jaguar, I have to tweak a little bit of everything. But now my printer works perfectly!  
(Version 4.2.5)

GATTOGATTO  I use it with an Epson SP 2200 and I love it. It gives me all the features that Epson's programmer are not able to implement (they blame it on apple) and the quality is very good .

Could have a better interface though (it's not a big deal to me anyway).  
(Version 4.2.5-pre1)

NICK DATOS  You have to be a computer programmer/genius to make it work. I am neither so it woudn't work. A useful addition to the driver would be some sort of installer which could sus out the system and set things up. The comment in the manual: "if you don't understand TCP/IP ask one of your friends who does" is neither appropriate or helpful  
(Version 4.2.4)

ANONYMOUS  Very good piece. The output is even better than the one of the original driver. Thanks   
(Version 4.2.4rc1)

WOLF D. HOERMANN  For more than a year I was waiting for an OS X compatible driver for my Epson Stylus Color 1520 and up to now Epson failed providing one. Yesterday I installed Gimp-Print 4.2.4pre1 together with Ghostscript 7.05. Although I don't know anything about Unix the software installed without any problems and after applying the tips given in "How to print with Gimp-Print in Mac OS X 10.2" and the FAQ documention, it took me about 20 minutes until my printer worked perfectly. I am really happy now and I want to thank the people who developed this excellent software and made it available to the public.

Wolf   
(Version 4.2.4pre1)

WOLF  Got me up and running again. The interface is a little obtuse, but it does work when figured out.  
(Version 4.2.3)

JEFF - N8NOE  This software got my Brother MFC-8300 Working under 10.2.1!.. WOW!! I still have my job, MANY THANKS!!... Easy to work with also, Very good for Non-Unix people!.. Great Job  
(Version 4.2.2)

RON WEST  This does all claimed! It is 100% better driver for the Canon printer (BJC 8200) I have than what Canon supplies! Also, be sure to get the EPS Ghostscript 7.05.5-0.ppc for printing PostScript.  
(Version 4.2.2)