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Anyone with experience working with epson inkjet printers? |
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BX525WD is a multifunction device (printer, copier and scanner), and has |
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ethernet, USB and wifi connectivity. |
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Can I use it with CUPS? Do I need any special USE flags? |
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I use the amd64 no-multilib profile. |
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I am interested in its printing function in the first place. |
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I looked at epson home site for drivers and it pointed to |
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http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/download/lsb/epson-inkjet/escp/ |
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where one can find binary .rpm and .deb packages for the diver, and the |
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source code as |
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epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.src.rpm |
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I downloaded the |
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http://linux.avasys.jp/drivers/lsb/epson-inkjet/stable/RPMS/x86_64/epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm |
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file and used rpm2tbz2 to get the file: |
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epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.x86_64.tbz2 |
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Among other files it contains a ppd file that seems appropriate for the |
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printer in question: Epson-Stylus_Office_BX525WD_Series-epson-driver.ppd.gz |
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I guess I could use that with CUPS, but to connect to the printer via |
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ethernet, what option (protocol?) should I select? |
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CUPS web interface (http://localhost:631/admin/) |
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gives me those options: |
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Local Printers: |
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SCSI Printer |
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HP Printer (HPLIP) |
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Other Network Printers: |
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AppSocket/HP JetDirect |
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Internet Printing Protocol (http) |
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Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) |
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Internet Printing Protocol (https) |
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LPD/LPR Host or Printer |
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Windows Printer via SAMBA |
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