On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Thanasis <thana...@asyr.hopto.org> wrote: > Anyone with experience working with epson inkjet printers? > > BX525WD is a multifunction device (printer, copier and scanner), and has > ethernet, USB and wifi connectivity. > > Can I use it with CUPS? Do I need any special USE flags? > I use the amd64 no-multilib profile. > I am interested in its printing function in the first place. > > I looked at epson home site for drivers and it pointed to > http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/download/lsb/epson-inkjet/escp/ > where one can find binary .rpm and .deb packages for the diver, and the > source code as > epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.src.rpm > > I downloaded the > http://linux.avasys.jp/drivers/lsb/epson-inkjet/stable/RPMS/x86_64/epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm > file and used rpm2tbz2 to get the file: > epson-inkjet-printer-workforce-635-nx625-series-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.x86_64.tbz2 > Among other files it contains a ppd file that seems appropriate for the > printer in question: Epson-Stylus_Office_BX525WD_Series-epson-driver.ppd.gz > I guess I could use that with CUPS, but to connect to the printer via > ethernet, what option (protocol?) should I select? > > CUPS web interface (http://localhost:631/admin/) > gives me those options: > > Local Printers: > SCSI Printer > HP Printer (HPLIP) > > Other Network Printers: > AppSocket/HP JetDirect > Internet Printing Protocol (http) > Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) > Internet Printing Protocol (https) > LPD/LPR Host or Printer > Windows Printer via SAMBA
Do you want to connect to the printer directly over the network? Try nmapping its IP address to find out which services it has enabled. As Jeremy noted, IPP is generally a very good option, but any of the available services should work if you're bouncing through a CUPS daemon. -- :wq
