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  • anyone have any experience with Epson printers on Solus?

Axios Dont need drivers from canon or nuttin.
All the new canons have the universal driver built in

Solus furnishes them for some models and this particular model of mine has a driver package offered at Canon so I'm under the impression it needs a driver.
@Sebastian

--to both, thanks, looks like this project will be all afternoon. I'm finding cups excruciating. I think I have to make a rule for 631 in ufw since its blocked in browsers, and amend fstab, what a mess. Will chase your links soon, thank you. this is going to be a bitch I can tell. all the easy stuff I exhausted 🙂

      I initially wanted to reply that my Epson ML-1630 laser printer worked flawlessly on Solus. Then I discovered that this printer was actually a Samsung 🙈
      When the toner cartridge was empty, I ditched it cause it wasn't impeccable anymore anyways.
      I didn't by a new printer. Ever since, if I need something printed, I go to the drug store 2 minutes from my place where they have a kodak copy station where you can print photos and scan and print PDF documents.
      So I prepare the document as PDF on my PC, and then transfer it with my smartphone via bluetooth or wifi to the copy station.
      Sure, I pay 10 cents per A4 page, but don't have to worry about paper and cartridge, let alone driver installation.
      I do have a scanner though.
      If you print a lot, 10 cents per page is a bad deal, though.

        brent You set it up with cups driverless ipp everywhere
        its that simple
        Make sure airscan is installed
        You just got tell cups to use the built in printer driver (ipp everywhere)
        (http://localhost:631) should bring up cups no problems shouldnt have to change a thing
        Under (system tools) its called (manage printing) from the budgie menu

        Just tell cups find printer then select options and save

            Axios
            If I go the cups route, for the first time in my life, does that technically make my usb printer a network printer now?

                brent No you should be able to set it either way usb or network what ever you want
                If you tell cups to find it should be selected however you got it hooked up otherwise you got do it manual.
                It will find it then you tell it what driver to use and some other options then save

                Did I understand that wrong?

                    Axios thanks axios, cant work on this for a couple hrs. appreciate your help. usb only my goal

                        brent Ah np just holler I will keep and eye out.
                        Cups is Kinda intimidating the first time but once it clicks its easy.

                          brent

                          There are Solus drivers but need a maintainer there is an issue for it. I had to set IPP Everywhere for my Canon as couldn't get USB to work.

                              banger You jogged my memory I couldnt get USB to work either on my canon
                              But thats when I first got it might try it again.

                              Glad you said something. Thanks

                                  I’ve just set my Canon TS3400 up today and initially it didn’t work. I needed to go into cups and set it to ipp everywhere and then it worked perfectly.

                                  Axios
                                  remember what you said here?** https://discuss.getsol.us/d/9703-how-can-i-print-to-a-canon-d570/15
                                  IT WORKED with limitations.
                                  The 330's are a down and dirty solution. There is no difference between something printed at 100% or 120% and quality not super crisp (compared to the old lady's) but it will do for now.

                                  Tried PCL and Generic and imageRunner stuff all nothing. Then you said "330's" --hot dog for now. Thank you @axios from 2023!!

                                  Still a means to an end. Will set up an second Canon to play with cups setup
                                  Axios xios @davezilla
                                  got me IP now what?

                                  now I gotta go to their web page or something? how do I find ipp address or that setup?
                                  thanks gents

                                  **Solus/Flarum forbid from me replying there, sorry you gotta make an extra tab

                                      @davezilla all my reading says ipp everywhere is effective but WIFI only, no usb cord allowed.

                                      I want to use a USB cord.

                                      Here's the weird things. In endeavour//arch the printer installed simply. had to check I had foomatic-dbs, the canon ufrii package, sane-backends...
                                      ...same packages in Solus.
                                      Except Endeavour found the driver in the add printer list and Solus did not. Same core packages. Well evidently not.

                                      Oh I hate cups but reading how-to right now.
                                      Going to give up and eat soon. At least I can find a scanner.

                                      brent
                                      Excellent revenge for something so vile, appalling and stupid. And, I'm sorry, so American (the "business model" that is).

                                          Sorry to hear that you bought a CANON printer, although back in the days I used to buy them, too (already on Linux).
                                          I was going to tell you of my wonderful EPSON WorkForce WF-7710 printer/scanner/fax machine that does A4, letters, cards, envelopes, even A3 prints - yes, it is a monster and I love it. I use it with a USB cable (laptop) and via wifi (laptop and smartphone).
                                          I have to admit though that I gave up on drivers and scanner software at some point and decided to invest in drivers that do every trick by the German company ZEDONET https://www.zedonet.com/en_p.phtml - the driver packages for Linux go by the name TurboPrint.
                                          They have driver packages (especially for Linux but also for MAC and Windows, see https://www.zedonet.com/en_home_company.phtml) for the home user and for professionals with easy-to-understand installation routines that just work. Their drivers don't cost a fortune and can be used on several machines for two years in a row (the ones I went for).
                                          The reason I decided to go for those drivers is that I stopped believing that everything in my little computing world must be free of cost: My computer's OS is for free, its software is for free, I am using secondhand hardware that makes things cheap, so why should I not invest a small amount in something that gets rid of the fact that a lot of Linux problems are just unnecessary and force me to try coding - WHAT???
                                          Even on SOLUS (which I have been using for many years and am a huge fan of!) printer/scanner drivers can be a feckin' pain up my neck that I don't want to waste time on. So there.
                                          A recommendation in nuce.

                                          SOLUSfiddler
                                          Ha! It is becoming vile and stupid and appaling but I figured Solus would be 5-6 days til I cracked it,

                                          I'm seeing DMG decompression tools in Linux for cracking a ppd out of a Mac package!

                                          Another day!

                                          when I looked back at old posts about this you were endorsing a German pay-for-your driver company. Do you remember it? That will be day 7🙂

                                              brent
                                              The German pay-for-your-driver company is described above your post. And, yes, I remember our old thread!

                                                Living in Southern Germany I will go to bed now, I enjoy these forum chats a lot!
                                                See ya again soon, brent!

                                                brent Brent sorry if I confused you so use to using network stuff and banger jogged my memory
                                                After looking into it if we had an updated UFRII solus package it would be good to go
                                                even for my mf733cdw to work over usb.

                                                    Axios I was congratulating you for giving me the solution (temporary). Nothing to apologize for. Maybe i didn't make myself clear (frustrated), I can print. You record is 2-0 victory with this very model. 🙂
                                                    Solus package does not have does not have a driver for my model (Image Class D570).

                                                    but the 330s are a good temp solution.

                                                        brent @axios like I said the 330's are fine I just have no control to shrink or oversize; some other controls are probably not there as well. Since my printer life is 90% black and white, 8.5X11, this is a good place to be in.

                                                        When I absolutely need the control/features a correct print driver will bring--will cross that bridge later.

                                                        Weird thing though. The .deb had two weird build files, neither decompressible. The RPM had a crapload of de-compressible files and folders but none of them said dot ppd. I wonder if they were faking me out with the file endings? Who knows🙂