Epson Printer Frustration - Installed, Seen .. Not working!

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Re: Epson Printer Frustration - Installed, Seen .. Not working!

#31 Post by Richard »

Thanks.
My experience with HP laser printers is good.
But, they bricked the printer cartridges on my HP deskjet.
Then said they retracted but that didn't roll back the damage.

My next printer will not be an HP and probably will be a Brother,
so I want to be prepared. :)

PS: Yes, I know. I forgot to reread what I'd written, in case it was too cryptic.
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#32 Post by Richard »

Yes, Linux printing is an order of magnitude better than it was 10 years ago,
and it is still sometimes a problem for some. Epson gave me more problems than HP.

I kept a Windows partition for years just to be able to print when my original HP 1020 driver
took a vacation. Updates, power surges, the phase of the moon all seemed
to have an undue effect on that printer.

I hope Brother's printers will be as reliable as HPś.
For now, the HP P1102w is relatively cheap, fast & reliable.
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#33 Post by fehlix »

Just fixed a typo within my
Brother-Printer-Installer-Helper Script
here viewtopic.php?f=107&t=45181&start=20#p447475
Just in case you have already downloaded it, I've also fixed the attached tar. :footinmouth: ... and another one :eek:
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#34 Post by Richard »

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll update soon.
Done --for both typos fixed. :happy:
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#35 Post by WaltH »

I tried this Brother script several times without success. CUPS sees the printer (supposedly), as does the MX Printer Properties tool, but I am unable to print a test page. It was working in Antergos, but an update and suggested fix borked the system, which is why I decided to try MX-17. (I vaguely seem to recall having trouble getting wireless printing to work in a much earlier version of MX (or AntiX, can't remember for sure).

Possibly unique to my situation is that the printer is directly connected to my wife's computer (which is on Windows 10 but not shared via Samba), which is wired to our modem (using the original network name). We had some wireless access points installed, which led to the creation of a new wireless network, which my computer connects to. It cannot see original network, as that is now an Ethernet only network, I gather. The printer was working on Antergos under this arrangement, but I am unable to get it working now.

Buying a printer specifically for my computer is an option I'd rather not pursue as I really don't have desk space for it. Any other ideas?

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#36 Post by fehlix »

Which Brother model name? Can you access the printers own web-page via a browser?
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EDIT: Open a new thread for your issue please, with detailed description of the case.
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#37 Post by Marko2546 »

Thank you for the prompt response.
If you don't mind please let me know exactly what to do with these scripts as I'm coming from Windows and don't know programming.
Questions that come to mind are:
1. Do I cut and paste both scripts to the bios?
2. Do I need to uninstall the 2 drivers first?
3. If yes, how to uninstall?
Thank you again for your kind help.

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#38 Post by fehlix »

Marko2546 wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:30 am Thank you for the prompt response.
If you don't mind please let me know exactly what to do with these scripts as I'm coming from Windows and don't know programming.
Questions that come to mind are:
1. Do I cut and paste both scripts to the bios?
2. Do I need to uninstall the 2 drivers first?
3. If yes, how to uninstall?
Thank you again for your kind help.
Please don't post in different threads to the identical question. replied here: viewtopic.php?p=541245#p541245
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Re: Epson Printer Frustration - Installed, Seen .. Not working!

#39 Post by Seeker »

Hi Felix; I downloaded your script for getting and installing Brother printer/scanner (I hope) drivers. Now, how do I use this?! Do I go to terminal? If so, what commands to type in?

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#40 Post by fehlix »

Seeker wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:37 pm Hi Felix; I downloaded your script for getting and installing Brother printer/scanner (I hope) drivers. Now, how do I use this?! Do I go to terminal? If so, what commands to type in?
see answer to you duplicated question here :cool:
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