EPSON Inkjet Printer Driver ESC P-R for Linux

End User License Agreement {Terms of Use)

This software is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL). Refer to the file “COPYING” for more information about the GPL. This software is distributed free of charge and without warranty. Seiko Epson Corporation won’t be held liable for any loss or damages that may be incurred as a result of the use of this software.

Overview

This software is a filter program used with the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) on the Linux platform. The software offers high-quality printing with Epson colour inkjet printers. This product can only be used with printers that support the Epson ESC/P-R language.

Support

There is no official support provided for this software.

• For information regarding printer hardware, repairs and replacement parts, please contact your local Epson dealer.
• If you have received this software through a Linux distribution, please consult the distributor, they may offer direct support.

Supported Printers

• Epson Ink Jet printers.

Supported Processors

• Intel and AMD processors (64bit)
• Mrch32 (ARMv?)

Notes/Limitations
If a printer is connected before this software has been installed, printer drivers other than this software might be registered on CUPS in some cases. If printer drivers other than this software are used, the registrations of these printers need be deleted once. Then, a printer will be connected again after this software is installed.

Usage Information

Installing the software
You can install the package of this driver software by using the package manager, etc. You can also install this software package by opening a terminal and using command lines input.

Note: The following commands need to be performed as a root privilege.

• For Redhat based distributions: # rpm -i epson-inkjet-printer-escpr--.rpm
• For Debian based distributions: # dpkg -i epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_ <version<-.deb

Registration of Printer

• Using commands Execute the following command with root privileges. # lpadmin -p [PRINTER_NAME] -v [DEVICE_URI] -P [PPD_FILE] -E

Options

• p: Specifies the setting name of the printer
• E: Enables the printer
• v: Specifies the driver and connection
• P: Specifies the setting file (PPD file)

Example: With the EP-901A printer # lpadmin -p ep901a -v usb:/EPSON/EP- 901A -P /opt/epson-inkjet-printer­escpr /ppds/EPSON/EPSON-EP-90 lA-epson- escpr-en.ppd.gz -E For details of lpadmin, see lpadmin(8).

Using a browser
CUPS is provided with a CG! for settings so that you can set your printer using a browser. To add a printer, follow the steps below.

Note: The following menu items might differ depending on the CUPS version and the environment used.

1. Turn on the printer, and please be connected to the PC with a USB cable.
2. Connect to CUPS Server (Port: 631) with the browser Example: When CUPS is on localhost, access the following URL. http://localhost:631/
3. Select [Add Printer]
4. Enter the setting name of a printer on “Name” and select [Continue] (Other items are not mandatory)
5. In “Device”, USB, and select “Continue” Example: With the EP-901A printer, “Model” is displayed as follows. “EP-901A USB #1(EP-901A)”
6. In “Model”, set “EPSON-ESC/P-R Printer Driver for Linux”, and select “Add Printer” Example: With the EP-901A printer, “Model” is displayed as follows. “EPSON EP-901A, EPSON-ESC/P-R Printer Driver for Linux (en,en,ja,nl,fr,de,it,pt,es,ko,zh_CN,zh_TW)”
7. Instead of steps (6), specify the PPD file directly from “Browse”

Example: With the EP-901A printer, you would specify the following file ./optjepson-inkjet-printer-escpr/ppds/EPSON/EPSON-EP-901A-epson-escape- en.ppd.gz

This completes adding a printer for this software.

Deletion of Software

You can uninstall the package of this driver software by using the package manager, etc. You can also uninstall this software package by opening a terminal and using command lines input.

Note: The following commands need to be performed as a root privilege.

• Uninstallation of RPM package

  • rpm -Epson-inkjet-printerescpr

• Uninstallation of DEB package

  • dpkg -Pepson-inkjet-printerescpr

Deletion of Printer from CUPS

CG! (http://localhost:631/) for configuration is prepared on CUPS, so a printer can be configured on the browser. Enter the above URL on the browser and display the screen of the printer configuration. Select “Delete Printers” on the printer configuration screen of CUPS, so it will be deleted

Printing method

The formats that can be printed are as follows.

• Postscript
• PDF
• Text
• Various image files

There are mainly 2 methods for printing.

Print by command line input This method is to use lpr (or Ip) commands of command line input and specifies a file directly for printing. Regarding the details of the commands, please refer to lpr (1), lp(l) of the manual page.
When printing with the defaults

• $ lpr -P PRINTER_NAME
• $ Ip -d PRINTER_NAME

With printer_name = ep901a, ink = MONO, media = LGL

• $ lpr -P ep901a -o ink=MONO -o media=LGL
• $ Ip -d ep901a -o ink=MONO -o media=LGL

The method of printing depends on the implementation of CUPS. For more details, see the CUPS documentation.

Print by an application
This method is to use printing functions, which are prepared in various applications, for printing. Some applications have various settings. Please refer to the manual of each application for the details.

Printing Setting

The attached tools of CUPS are used for setting. There are mainly 4 methods as the setting methods by CUPS. The methods are explained as below.

Configure by an attached GUI tool of a Linux distribution

1. Click [System] on the menu, then select “Administration”-“Printing”.
2.  Select a printer
3. Click the “Printer Option” tab
4. Enter the settings of the printer
5. Click “Apply”

Configure by a web browser

1. Start a web browser
2. Enter “http://localhost:631/” in the URL and display the setting screen of CUPS
3. Click ” Manage Printers”
4. Click “Set Printer Options” of the applicable printer and display the setting screen of the printer options.
5. Select settings and click “Set Printer Options”

Configure by command line input
This method uses the printing setting tool of CUPS which is lpoptions. Please refer to the manual page of options (1) for the details of the tool. Option values differ from model to model. Therefore, please refer to a manual (Manual.txt) of the installed package. A manual is installed in the following path. /opt/Epson-inkjet-printer--/doc/Manual.txt An example of a setting is the below.

Example: If you want to change setting to Paper type= plain paper, Paper size = A4 $ lpoptions -p Printer name -o MediaType=PLAIN -o PageSize=A4

• Set command options before printing In CUPS, settings can be changed by an option (-o) which functions the same as lpoptions with lpr or Ip commands. Please refer to the manual page of lpr (1) or Ip (1) for the details.

Items to be set

The following items can be set with this software.

• Ink :
  • Enables the printer
• Paper size
  • Select the paper size for your document.
• Print Quality
  • Select the media type and its print quality for your printing.

Details of setting items
Following is a list of setting options available for this software.

Ink

• Setting name for optional settings : Ink
• Setting name in the browser : Ink

Paper size

• Setting name for optional settings : PageSize
• Setting name in the browser : MediaSize

Print Quality

• Setting name for optional settings
  • : MediaType
• Setting the name in the browser
  • : MediaType

How to set
There are three methods for print settings.

Using commands
Use options. For details of the command, see options (l).

Example: For the registered printer name ep901a To specify ink = COLOR, page size = A4, media type =

$ options -p ep901a -o ink=COLOR -o PageSize=A4 -o MediaType=PLAIN_NORMAL

• Use a browser Select “Configure Printer” from the printer window to display the setting window.
• Specify options when printing As with lpoptions, set options with -o. For details of the commands, see lpr(l) and lp(l).

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