Installing epsonepl driver in Ubuntu

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installing driver for Epson laser printer

Ubuntu 8.04: installing driver for Epson EPL-5900L, Epson EPL-5700L, Epson EPL-5800L, Epson EPL-6100L, Epson EPL-6200L

- download "epsonepl" driver from http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=69547 (Version 0.4.1 (current) worked in my case)

- install ubuntu package build-essential

- install commands as root, example with EPL-5900L:

Code:

cd /usr/src
tar zxvf /download-place/epsoneplijs-0.4.1.tgz
cd epsoneplijs-0.4.1/
./configure
make
make install
mkdir -p /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-ppds/Epson/
cp -av ../foomatic_PPDs/Epson-EPL-*-cups.ppd.gz /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-ppds/Epson/
cp foomatic/driver/epl5900l.xml /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/
cp foomatic/opt/epsonepl-* /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/
cp foomatic/printer/Epson-EPL-5900L.xml /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/
/etc/init.d/cupsys restart

- probably not necessary, but done in my case while searching the solution:

Code:

ln /usr/local/bin/ijs_server_epsonepl /usr/bin/
cp /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-ppds/Epson/Epson-EPL-5900L-epl5900l-cups.ppd.gz /etc/cups/ppd/EPSON-EPL-5900L.ppd.gz
gunzip /etc/cups/ppd/EPSON-EPL-5900L.ppd.gz

- interesting:

/usr/src/epsoneplijs-0.4.1/foomatic_scripts/install_customfoomatic
http://openprinting.org/show_driver....pson-EPL-5900L


- then I created a new printer named "EPSON-EPL-5900L" via the cups web interface on http://localhost:631

作者：klaus