Epson Stylus C92 on Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10)
Yesterday I bought a Epson Stylus C92 printer (finally!). I will share about how to install it on Ubuntu.
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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.
Ubuntu’s printer support is awesome when the underlying drivers are there. Fortunately for me, my Brother DCP-560CN multifunction is supported under linux by Brother itself, so a quick download of drivers and I was away.
How is the Epson anyway in terms of print quality, cost to run etc? I’d always avoided them in favour of the “cheaper to run” models.
Its ink is very cheap, but it is a little noisy. I didn’t test it about quality, but it seems good.
Hi
I installed the same printer last weekend to my mom. Yes – the default C88 drivers don’t work, but this printer works fine with C68 drivers. Change the drivers and you can see that.
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you right is working also with ubuntu 7.04 and the c68 driver
wow..thanx for this useful information dude…