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Mitchor n00b
Joined: 23 Jan 2013 Posts: 1 Location: France, Paris
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:41 am Post subject: [Howto] Epson WF 4535 configuration |
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As i spent a few hours on this... i share this small howto and hope that it will save your time.
This is for a Linux 64bits arch, but it should be quite the same for 32 bits (let me know) :
Step 1 : download the 2 following rpms from EPSON website :
epson-inkjet-printer-201113w-1.0.2-1lsb3.2.src.rpm
epson-inkjet-printer-201113w-1.0.2-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm (should be only for arch x86_64)
Just enter your printer model number + select linux as OS, then select the "full featured driver".
Then transform rpm to tar archive :
Code: | $ sudo emerge -1 app-arch/rpm2targz
$ rpm2tar epson-inkjet-printer-201113w-1.0.2-1lsb3.2.src.rpm
$ rpm2tar epson-inkjet-printer-201113w-1.0.2-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm |
Step 2 : install the static content :
for 64 bits arch :
Code: | $ sudo tar xvf epson-inkjet-printer-201113w-1.0.2-1lsb3.2.x86_64.tar -C / |
for 32 bits arch, (please confirm in this thread if it's OK) :
Code: | $ sudo tar xvf epson-inkjet-printer-201113w-1.0.2-1lsb3.2.src.tar -C / |
Step 3 : then compile and install the filter
Code: | tar xvf epson-inkjet-printer-201113w-1.0.2-1lsb3.2.src.tar
tar xvzf epson-inkjet-printer-filter-1.0.0.tar.gz
cd epson-inkjet-printer-filter-1.0.0
libtoolize --force --copy
aclocal
autoconf
automake
chmod +x configure
./configure --prefix=/opt/epson-inkjet-printer-201113w
make
make install
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But ... the filter is not installed in the right directory (!?), so move it with :
Code: | sudo mv ./lib/cups/filter/epson_inkjet_printer_filter ./cups/lib/filter/
sudo chown root:root -R /opt/epson-inkjet-printer-201113w |
Step 4 : configure cups
/etc/init.d/cupsd restart
go with a browser into cups interface : http://localhost:631
add printer
cups should recognize your network printer
choose the correct ppd file in /opt/epson-inkjet-printer-201113w/ppds
Et voilà!
Note : if you encounter problems, you can debug by recompiling the filter with --enable-debug flag for configure.
It will create the file "/tmp/epson-inkjet-printer-filter.txt" when cups call the filter |
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Crenshaw Guru
Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 474 Location: Poland
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Excellent howto. I would note that with 201212w-1.0.0 version of driver it installed filter in /opt correctly. |
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Havin_it Veteran
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 1247 Location: Edinburgh, UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:37 am Post subject: |
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Thanks and welcome Mitchor, a very useful debut post
Just wanted to append link to a post about network scanning on Epson (the thread title is a different model but it covers all modern Epsons I think, certainly works for WP-4535-DWF over Ethernet).
Also, there are bugs for the printer driver and network scan plugin that folk may be interested in. (Maybe someone's even interested enough to sign up as maintainer? ) |
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mirix n00b
Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 1
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