Driver Packages for Some Epson Printers

[rcrsn51]

This project has been discontinued. The information was out of date and unreliable.

[shinobar]

Download the pipslite-1.5.0.pet and install your CUPS printer as usual.

So great, thanks!
I have never got success with my EPSON PX-A720 even installed avasys epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.0.1-1lsb3.2_i386.deb.
But lastly got it with your pipslite-1.5.0.pet.
Lucid Puppy Quickset edition (LupQ-511)

The CUPS wizard did not show my model on the list. So, i chose the file '/usr/share/cups/model/Epson/Epson-PX-A720-epson-pipslite-en.ppd.gz.

Now my printer can use from all my computers on my home LAN both Puppy/Windows.
Made 2 printer entries, 'lp' with pips driver for linux, 'rawprint' without driver for Windows.
Puppy's on my LAN has a file '/etc/cups/client.conf' with content:

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ServerName printserver.mydomain

(I have my DNS server for my home LAN. You can do it with fixed IP without local DNS.)
Windows on my LAN installed windows driver provided from EPSON and use the '\\printserver\rawprint' on the samba share.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60836

[rcrsn51]

Glad to help. This package is just a rebuild of the pipslite_1.5.0-2_i386.deb from Avasys.

[Old Woman]

My printer, Epson Stylus Photo R220 is not included in the list. I need to be able to monitor the ink levels and hoped you package would make life simpler. Thanks!

Lucid Pup 5.2

[rcrsn51]

I'm assuming that you have already installed your R220 using the Gutenprint driver? Gutenprint comes with a little command line program that lets you manage your Epson printer. Open a terminal window and type

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escputil -h

Then check your ink levels with

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escputil -i -r /dev/usb/lp0

[Edit] The version of escputil in some Puppies may not work with newer Epson printers. Try the updated version below.

[Old Woman]

I used the CUPS printer wizard which comes with Puppy. The printer has stopped working because it's presumably out of one of its inks. I've no way of knowing which one. I downloaded gutenprint.pet from one of the forums, but I don't know how to proceed from there. Typing the commands you suggest just gives stuff about no warranty.

[rcrsn51]

You already have the Gutenprint driver package in Puppy. It's what you used to install your printer the first time. So you don't need to install another package.

However, it turns out that the version of Gutenprint in Lupu does not contain the escputil program. So I have attached it below.

Is your printer USB or parallel? If it's USB, the command I gave above should show you the ink levels. It works with my Epson Stylus Color 777.

Are you typing it correctly with spaces in the right places?

Also, some Epsons will refuse to start at all if they have run out of ink. You might see an error light blinking. In which case, the above command will not work.

When you installed the printer the first time, could you print a test page?

[Old Woman]

Thank you. I knew the printer was out of ink, but I didn't know which one (there are 6 separate inks). The windows software will tell you when an ink cartridge is empty. I gave up and installed the printer on my husband's windows laptop, just to use the epson status monitor. I was able to identify which ink needed changing, and, sure enough, the escputil command worked in Puppy after that. But this computer is used by my learning disabled son, who will never know what to do when his printer stops working. I was hoping for a simple gui which would send a message :"cyan (or whatever) ink empty"!

Still, at least the printer's back in business!

[gungsukma]

How can I print with Epson TM-U220D?
It is a black and white dot matrix printer and I connect it via USB to my laptop.

I choose "Add Printer" and CUPS asks me about Device and Device URI and I don't know how to fill it.

I am newbie in Linux and Puppy.

I am using newest Wary.
I have downloaded Lupu and Slacko,too but not try it yet.

Thanks.

[rcrsn51]

I think that you are out of luck. Epson does not supply Linux drivers for their dot-matrix printers. For older models, you can sometimes get a generic driver from openprinting.org. But their site has been down for a while.

I googled this and found a discussion that claimed you could send data directly to the printer with

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echo "Hello" > /dev/usb/lp0

But I don't see how that has much practical use.

[gungsukma]

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echo "Hello" > /dev/usb/lp0

The code above is working.

Well, what I need to do is displaying a text file from web server using web browser, then print it. [/quote]

[rcrsn51]

When you install the printer in CUPS, select the Epson group. You may see some models at the top of the list called something like "24-pin". Try them.

[rcrsn51]

Here is an Epson 24-pin driver.

[shinobar]

How a nice!
epson_inkjet_printer_escpr-1.1.0.pet on Wary-500-01j allows me to use EP-704A, Epson's new model.

It was easy to add the printer from the cups web interface.
All test print was ok from cups, seamonkey, abiword and epdfview.
(guess it does not using pdftops in this case.)

[rcrsn51]

(guess it does not using pdftops in this case.)

Thank you for testing. Wary 500 has the older GTK so printing works correctly. The problem with pdftops first appears in Wary 520.

[gungsukma]

"24 pin" doesn't work with TM-U220D
Not sure if I do the right steps.

btw, there is a driver to download I found in
https://download.epson-biz.com/modules/ ... =32&pid=42
I tried* it but got pdftops error.

*) by extracting it to get ppd file and filter file, not by running the install.sh

[gungsukma]

about "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops failed", I think I should

- install cups_pdftops_filter-1.3.11.pet downloaded from
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... &start=120
- restart cups
/etc/init.d/cups restart

I will try it later

[rcrsn51]

*) by extracting it to get ppd file and filter file, not by running the install.sh

You will definitely need the pdftops patch. You may also need the files from the "backend" folder of your tmu-cups download. Some printers will only work correctly if they run through their own backend. When you run CUPS, you should see it as an additional device.

[gungsukma]

Description: TM-U220D
Location: Here
Printer Driver: Epson 24-Pin Series, 1.3
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: parallel:/dev/usb/lp0

"Epson 24-Pin Series" is working now because I've changed Device URI from "socket://localhost" to "parallel:/dev/usb/lp0"

Thank you.

[rcrsn51]

"Epson 24-Pin Series" is working now because I've changed Device URI from "socket://localhost" to "parallel:/dev/usb/lp0"

I'm glad to hear that you got it working, but that's not the conventional URI for a USB device. When you ran "Find New Printers" (under the Administration tab) was this device not detected? Maybe that's why the TMU package comes with its own backend.

Now that I have seen the TMU driver, I am really surprised that the old Epson dot-matrix driver would work at all.

I did some tests and the URI "parallel:/dev/usb/lp0" is actually a neat trick for installing a USB printer that may not be properly detected by CUPS.