![]() Both the printer and the USB port itself will use different versions of the USB protocol. It's not unheard-of for certain devices to only work in some of the USB ports on your computer. In Ubuntu 20.04, there is also another 'meta' printer driver package called 'printer-driver-all' that appears to include the above 'gutenprint' driver package: sudo apt-get install printer-driver-all In my case, I had luck with the 'Gutenprint' drivers on Ubuntu 20.04: sudo apt-get install printer-driver-gutenprint If your printer still isn't working, you can try installing some of the generic 'printer driver' packages. If you decide to install the open source printer drivers from a repository, you can try adding the printer again through your distribution's settings panel and cross your fingers.įinally, there is also another collection of printing software and drivers for Linux called ' Turboprint'. Turboprint costs money to buy, and it's not open source, but it's good to know that there is at least someone actively developing printing software for the Linux platform. Turboprint does come with a trial version so you can test to see if it works with your printer before you buy it. ![]() Turboprint comes with its own dedicated and separate application for adding new printers. Well, it looks like we're now going to have to dive into the world of command-line debugging. The goal of the rest of this article will not be to help you debug every printer problem, but rather to make you aware of the concepts that are available to help you debug and analyze the problem. I have tried to organize this article so that topics are presented in a way that's well suited to someone learning about them for the first time. I have also assumed that many people are unlikely to read this entire article because they just want to fix their printer as fast as possible, and that they want the most applicable knowledge first. I'll will (and have so far) use the information here, and post my own setup when I'm done, if there's no one else out there with that experience.It may at times feel like the topics in this article jump around a lot, but there's just too much detail to cram it all into one section. What I was hoping for was someone who could say, "Forget the bundled software, do to set it up on wifi manually, install to connect to the scanner from, printing works with driver - at least that's how I set it up." I guess that's to make it easy for anyone else to setup, but when you're looking to use it with an unsupported (by Epson's documentation) OS, you're just stuck on your own. ![]() Updated: A little more information, like most printers (I expect) the documentation for the printer basically says, "don't use plug-n-play, run our setup CD from your Windows/Mac system", to do anything (set it up for network use even). I'd like to use it as a network printer/scanner being able to do both from my Windows and Ubuntu machines however, if it needs to be physically connected to a computer (preferably the Ubuntu machine) that is doable (again, then sharing print/scan functions to the network).īasically, I'm looking for someone who has used this printer/scanner (or similar) in a multi-platform environment to share how the set it up and how well it worked. It is a printer/scanner with ethernet/wifi/usb. Looking for a known good way to setup an Epson Artisan 800 on Ubuntu specifically or any linux box in general. Update for Ubuntu 10.04: Printing should work 'out-of-box', scanning still needs the newer sane backend.
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