Install Epson Stylus on Ubuntu

Posted on February 18, 2009 Gadget Paper

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My Epson CX7700 does not work with just connecting. Ubuntu recognized, but every time I asked it to print merely draw blank forever until you cancel printing and for the scanner told me that the device does not exist. Browsing the internet I found a solution on ubuntuforums.org used for other models of the Epson Stylus line:

To install the printer
First you need to download the drivers.

There, download the driver for your printer. I think you ask the operating system, simply select debian. The file is found in rpm format, but do not worry about it yet. I downloaded it to my model (Epson Driver, CX7700):

scx7700-pips-cups-2.6.3-1.i386.rpm

Use alien to convert the rpm into a. Deb package (you can install with Synaptic). To convert type in the console:

sudo alien-c-scx7700 pips-cups-2.6.3-1.i386.rpm

Then double click on the installer package created the installation packages will care. Now located in places where the mount point of your printer. We can find by typing in terminal:

ls / dev / usb *

In my case I got the following result:

/ dev/usbdev1.1_ep00 / dev/usbdev4.1_ep00 / dev/usbdev4.2_ep82
/ dev/usbdev1.1_ep81 / dev/usbdev4.1_ep81 / dev/usbdev4.2_ep85
/ dev/usbdev2.1_ep00 / dev/usbdev4.2_ep00 / dev/usbdev4.2_ep88
/ dev/usbdev2.1_ep81 / dev/usbdev4.2_ep01 / dev/usbdev5.1_ep00
/ dev/usbdev3.1_ep00 / dev/usbdev4.2_ep04 / dev/usbdev5.1_ep81
/ dev/usbdev3.1_ep81 / dev/usbdev4.2_ep07 / dev/usblp0

So my printer is mounted on / dev/usblp0. Remember to have the printer connected and turned on or the mount point will not exist. With this information, edit the file / etc / ekpdrc and replace / dev/usb/lp0 the point where your printer is installed (in my case is / dev/usblp0)

Now need to run a script that is located in / usr/local/EPKowa/SCX7700/scripts. In the terminal type:

cd / usr/local/EPKowa/SCX7700/scripts /
sudo. / setup-cups.sh

Reminds you that you must be connected and attached to the printer setup is done correctly. After they completed the writing process:

sudo. / inst-cups-install post.sh

Now create the PPD

cd / usr/local/EPKowa/SCX7700 /
sudo. / inst-rc_d.sh install

That process would be ready. You only need to add (from epson drivers) the printer from the top panel by going to System / Administration / Printers.