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Epson Inkjet Printer Driver for Linux ManualCopyright (C) Seiko Epson Corporation 2009-2010.

This software is developed by Seiko Epson Corporation and distributed by AVASYS Corporation.

A table of contents

1. End User License Agreement (Terms of Use)2. Overview3. Support4. Supported Printers5. Notes/Limitations6. Usage Information

6.1. Installing the software6.2. Registration of Printer to CUPS6.4. Deletion of Software

6.4. Deletion of Printer from CUPS6.5. Printing method6.6. Printing Setting6.7. List of conflicting printing options

7. Trademark Notice

1. End User License Agreement (Terms of Use)

This package includes source codes which are distributed under GNULesser General Public License v2.1 (COPYING.LIB). This package also

includes objects codes which are distributed under the conditions ofSEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SOFTWARE LICENSEAGREEMENT(COPYING.EPSON). Please refer to each license files forthe details.

Seiko Epson Corporation reserves the copyright of the binary files whichare included in the sources. These binary files are distributed underSEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SOFTWARE LICENSEAGREEMENT.

This software is distributed free of charge and without warranty. NeitherSeiko Epson Corporation nor AVASYS Corporation will be held liablefor any loss or damages that may be incurred as a result of the use of thissoftware.

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2. Overview

Epson Inkjet Printer Driver is a printer driver software to print with highquality from Linux by using a Epson made inkjet printer.

This software is a special driver for CUPS (http://cups.org/).Epson Inkjet Printer Driver operates on Linux distributions whichsupports Linux Standard BaseHereafter LSB3.2 (x86/x86_64).This document explains setting method of Epson Inkjet Printer Driverand usage procedure.

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3. SupportThere is no official support provided for this software.

For information regarding printer hardware, repairs andreplacement parts, please contact your local Epson dealer.

Please submit any bug reports, patches, or testing results toAVASYS Corporation. We will take this information intoconsideration when developing new versions of the software.

If you have received this software through a Linux distribution,

please consult the distributor, they may offer direct support. Consult the AVASYS public forums or the forums provided by

your Linux distribution for questions regarding installation andusage of this software.

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4. Supported Printers

Epson Ink Jet printers.

For compatibility information regarding a specific printer or distribution,please see thehttp://avasys.jp/english/linux_e/.

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5. Notes/Limitations
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In order to install Epson Inkjet Printer Driver, you need to installthe package of LSB 3.2 beforehand.

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 registrationsof these printers need be deleted once. Then, a printer will beconnected again after this software is installed.

If a printer is registered correctly in CUPS, strings such as"Seiko Epson Corporation LSB 3.2" and "epson-inkjet-printer"are displayed in Make and Model as below.

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6. Usage Information

6.1. Installing the software

You can install the package of this driver software by using package manager,etc. Or you can also install this software package by opening a terminal andusing command lines input.Note:The following commands needs to be performed as a root privilege.

Installation of RPM package# rpm -i epson-inkjet-printer--..rpm

Installation of DEB package# dpkg -i epson-inkjet-printer--_.deb

6.2. Registration of Printer to CUPS

After installing this software (the printer driver), you connect and turn on theprinter. After a while, the product name of the connected printer isautomatically registered on CUPS.

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manually as follows.

1. You turn on a printer and you connect the printer to PC by a USB

cable2. You can connect to CUPS server (Port: 631) on browser

Example: When CUPS is on localhost, access the following URL.http://localhost:631/

3. Select [Add Printer]4. Enter a setting name of a printer on "Name" and select [Continue]

(Other items are not mandatory)5. Set USB as "Device" and select "Continue"

Example: If you use a printer which name is EP-901A, you see"Model" is displayed as below."EP-901A USB #1(EP-901A)"

6. Select Model Name as Model and select "Add Printer"Example: If you use a printer which name is EP-901A, you see

"Model" is displayed as below."EPSON EP-901A(en,en,ja,nl,fr,de,it,pt,es,ko,zh_CN,zh_TW)"

7. Instead of the above (6), you can specify a PPD file directly on[Browse]

Example: If you use a printer which name is EP-901A, you canspecify the follwing file./opt/epson-inkjet-printer-ep-

901a/ppds/EPSON_EP_901A.ppd.gz

6.3. Deletion of Software

You can uninstall the package of this driver software by using packagemanager, etc. Or you can also uninstall this software package by opening aterminal and using command lines input.Note:The following commands needs to be performed as a root privilege.

Uninstallation of RPM package# rpm -e epson-inkjet-printer-

Uninstallation of DEB package

# dpkg -P epson-inkjet-printer-

6.4. Deletion of Printer from CUPS

CGI (http://localhost:631/) for configuration is prepared on CUPS, so a printercan be configured on the browser. Enter the above URL on the browser anddisplay the screen of the printer configuration. Select Delete Printers on the
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printer configuration screen of CUPS, so it will be deleted.

6.5. Printing method

There are mainly 2 methods for printing.

Print by command line input

This method is to use lpr (or lp) commands of command line input andspecify a file directly for printing. Regarding the details of thecommands, please refer to lpr (1), lp(1) of the manual page.

Example: If you want to print the file which name is test.ps on A4size paper$ lpr -P -o PageSize=A4 test.ps

For the options to be used, please refer to the manual (Manual.txt) of thepackage.

Regarding formats of input files, CUPS supported formats such asPostScript, Text, PDF, and a variety of images, etc are available.Regarding the scope of the support, please confirm the documents ofCUPS. The documents of CUPS are available on the below URL.http://www.cups.org/documentation.php

Print by an application

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

Attention: The upper left of the paper is the origin for printing and a marginis taken for the right and left, the top and bottom of the papersize. In some cases of some applications, an edge of a paper iscut when a paper is printed.

6.6. Printing Setting

The attached tools of CUPS are used for setting. There are mainly 4 methodsas 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 menu, then select Administration Printing.

2. Select a printer3. Click Printer Option tab4. Enter settings of the printer

5. Click Apply
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Configure by web browser

1. Start a web browser2. Enter "http://localhost:631/" in URL and display the setting

screen of CUPS3. 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 lpoptions (1) for the details of the

tool.Option values differ from model to model. Therefore, please refer to amanual (Manual.txt) of the installed package. A manual is installed inthe 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 commands options before printing

In CUPS, settings can be changed by an option (-o) which functionssame as lpoptions with lpr or lp commands. Please refer to the manualpage of lpr (1) or lp (1) for the details.

6.7. List of conflicting printing options

Conflicting printing options can not be selected. In such a case, an error is

shown on CUPS. Therefore, please change to other options. Conflictingprinting options differ from model to model. Please refer to the manual(Manual.txt) of the installed package. A manual is installed in the followingpath./opt/epson-inkjet-printer--/doc/Manual.txt

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7. Trademark Notice

Any company names or products mentioned herein, are the property oftheir respective holders and are not explicitly marked with (TM), (R), or(C).

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