Archive for January, 2008

Yesterday I bought a Epson Stylus C92 printer (finally!). I will share about how to install it on Ubuntu.

First unpack it (the manual told to do so)…

Uh, another important thing the manual says is: Do not drink the ink!

After “unpack” as the manual says, plug the USB on the computer.

Wait 2 seconds.

Alright! Ther printer is now installed.

However, the C92 driver still isn’t on the foomatic package (accordind OpenPrinting database). Gutsy installs it with C88 driver, so it doesn’t works.

I tried to follow the instructions provided by OpenPrinting (ex-LinuxPrinting.org), and tried what they say on some foruns, but still doesn’t work.

So I installed TurboPrint. The driver works very well, but I’m not fully satisfied ’cause it’s not free software. I believe that soon it will be on foomatic or gutenprint.

So do this: download the turboprint driver (you could just click on “open with”, if you want to). Open the downloaded .deb file (will appears a window like that):

Click on “Install Package”.

After install it, you must just change the driver on the printer setup. Go to System > Administration > Printing. Select the printer e click o “Change” to change the driver:

After it, select Manufacturer and the option Epson_StylusC9x:

Go next and next… Your printer might be correctly installed on this moment. Print a test page and hug someone near you.