by BBOSAK2143 » Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:50 pm
Wish I would have got into this a few days back with you, apologize for that. On Epson's site all you have to do is look up the printer and download all the drivers for it. Generally there is 4 debs for them. So what you have to do is get them in one folder and do dpkg -i *.deb and then all four will install. I should have mentioned this on current OS I put together as will most likely benefit anyone having these Epson printers. I learned the hard way that have to install all at the same time and I mean to insure others will not go through as many hassles. Yes, lsb desktop has to be there, but most times when installing in the manner described will let you know then just do apt-get install for what it needs. I have the XP-300 myself and it does work very well. Of course at present am still out of ink, but scanning works great. I put all this stuff in when I am building my OS. Is the beauty of building your own, but there are a dozen drawbacks also. I also recommend saving those debs as generally for these drivers there is no change. Remember, I have been installing these drivers for the past 2 OS's and in-between experiments which is roughly around 4, so helps to hold on to those.
Am hoping at some point you may check out some of my rants as I do my best to offer whatever I learn. Wish you the best on everything and am glad you do have it all solved. Linux has a great wealth of programs for printers, so am sure you will do great with it.
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