Struggling with new Epson allinone
Tony Pursell
ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk
Fri Jun 24 21:24:55 UTC 2011
On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 19:03 +0200, Leo Noordhuizen wrote:
> Tony, thanks very much for your efforts. I have to admit that I dont
> udnerstand the whole cooperative scenario of printer, CUPS, and
> drivers with configuration files.
>
>
> When I use the 'lpoption -l' command I get the following:
>
>
> PageSize/Paper Size: 4X6FULL T4X6FULL 2L T2L 4X7 T4X7 *A4 TA4
> Quality/Quality: PMPHOTO_NORMAL PLATINA_NORMAL GLOSSYPHOTO_NORMAL
> GLOSSYCAST_NORMAL *PLAIN_NORMAL PLAIN_HIGH PMMATT_NORMAL
> Ink/Ink: *COLOR MONO
For the record, I get
PageSize/Media Size: Card3x5 Hagaki Photo4x6 A6 Photo5x7 Card5x8 Oufuku
A5 B5 JB5 Executive 16k Letter *A4 ExecutiveJIS FLSA Legal EnvA2 EnvC6
EnvChou4 EnvMonarch EnvDL Env10 EnvChou3 EnvC5 EnvB5 Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT
Duplex/Double-Sided Printing: DuplexNoTumble DuplexTumble *None
InputSlot/Media Source: *Auto PhotoTray Upper Lower Envelope
LargeCapacity Manual MPTray
MediaType/Media Type: *Plain Glossy
OutputMode/Print Quality: NormalRGB NormalRGBC NormalRGBP NormalGray
NormalGrayP *DraftRGB DraftRGBC DraftRGBP DraftGray Photo PhotoP
OptionDuplex/Duplexer Installed: False *True
(I have put some blank lines in to make it more readable) Of these
options, only PageSize, MediaType and OutputMode are at all relevant to
my printer.
It looks like the Epson driver for Linux only tries to cover the
printing functionality.
I do double sided printing by printing odd numbered pages first then
turning them over and printing the even number pages on the back.
>
> Which seems to indicate that this driver doesnt know the Duplex
> option. Its odd in that case that with printer settings that option is
> available, moreover because the printer itself HAS that functionality.
> Maybe I should have bought an HP printer.
>
>
> The question is, taking into account the price of the printer (69
> euros), how much effort I should invest before taking my losses.
>
>
> I did already post on the messageboard you mention, so I will wait for
> some response from there.
>
>
> Again, thanks for your effort.
>
>
> Leo Noordhuizen
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Tony Pursell
> <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 12:23 +0200, Leo Noordhuizen wrote:
> > I have used THAT driver...
>
>
> Sorry, I wasn't implying that you were not using it. I just
> wanted to
> be sure.
>
> I have looked for some specification of what this driver
> provides and
> cannot find any.
>
> > It is quite odd: When I change 'One-sided' in 'two-sided' in
> > printer-properties/job options and 'Apply', the value is
> changed back
> > to One-sided.
> > Does this suggest something wrong in my configuration ?
> >
>
>
> I use a HP printer with the standard HPLIP driver and it
> offers me
> options, like duplex printing, that my printer just does not
> have. If
> you run
>
> lpoptions -l
>
> you will get a list from CUPS of options that the printer
> driver
> (purports) to support and what the current defaults are (with
> an
> asterisk). If duplex printing is not listed, you can be
> pretty sure it
> is not available. But, from my experience, the converse is
> not always
> true.
>
> There is a message board on the Avasys site. You could try
> asking about
> your problems there.
>
>
>
> >
> > Leo Noordhuizen
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Tony Pursell
> > <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 18:01 -0500, Alex wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Leo Noordhuizen
> > > <leo.noordhuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Recentluy I bought a Epson Stylus Office BX525WD
> > All-in-One printer/scanner
> > > > as a replacement of my separate printer (Canon)
> and
> > scanner (HP).
> > > > I chose Epson because I had read comments that
> the support
> > for Epson is
> > > > better as that fro Canon printers. The Canon
> worked 'ok'
> > but under Linux
> > > > lacked a number of features available in the
> printer.
> > > > Sadly the struggle seems not to be over.
> > > > Printerdriver software was automatically loaded
> and seemed
> > to be great;
> > > > software to use the scanner I had to grab in 3
> parts from
> > the Epson website,
> > > > guessing what software I would need, but at last
> it works.
> > > > The problem however is that the printer seems to
> insist on
> > printing EVERY
> > > > simple print in the highest resolution,
> resulting in slow
> > speed and wasted
> > > > precious ink.
> > > > On top of that the duplex function to print
> double-sided
> > (one of my
> > > > requirements) doesnt work either. (To be
> expected if the
> > damn printer thinsk
> > > > its printing a photo)
> > > > I look forward hearing any suggestions.
> > > > Thanks in advance ,
> > > > Leo Noordhuizen - Eindhoven
> > >
> > > As far as I know (I may be incorrect), the
> highest-quality
> > setting on
> > > most printers uses no more ink than Normal, it
> just prints
> > much
> > > slower.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Head over to this page
> >
> >
> http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-BX525WD_Series
> >
> > to see if you have the best driver.
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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