Category:Epson printer

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Epson Inkjet Printers

Stylus PHOTO 830

• Recognised and configured 'out of the box' in M9.0 , M9.1 - good results with print-outs

Stylus COLOR 670

• Recognised and configured since (at least) Mdk 8.2 - some options of the driver are not fully working.

Stylus COLOR 880

• Bought second-hand, previous user was running as USB but I had a spare parallel cable that fitted so I'm running as parallel. Recognised immediately by Mandriva Linux 9.2, good quality printing in both black and colour.

Stylus C41UX

• Cheap entry level colour inkjet printer
• USB connection only
• Automatically configured by Printerdrake since Mandriva Linux 9.1
• Can check ink levels using mtink utility packaged with Mandriva Linux 9.1 and above
• Uses the gimp-print driver

Stylus C41SX

• Cheap entry level colour inkjet printer
• Parallel port connection only
• Automatically configured by Printerdrake since Mandriva Linux 9.1
• Can check ink levels using mtink utility packaged with Mandriva Linux 9.1 and above
• Uses the gimp-print driver

Stylus C43UX

• Cheap entry level colour inkjet printer
• Newer than the C41UX but almost identical hardware and software
• USB connection only
• Automatically configured by Printerdrake since Mandriva Linux 9.2
• Uses the same ink cartridges as the Stylus C41UX/SX
• Can check ink levels using mtink utility packaged with Mandriva Linux 9.1 and above - Select the Stylus C41UX option.
• Uses the gimp-print driver

Stylus C43SX

• Cheap entry level colour inkjet printer
• Newer than the C41SX but almost identical hardware and software
• Parallel port connection only
• Automatically configured by Printerdrake since Mandriva Linux 9.2
• Uses the same ink cartridges as the Stylus C41UX/SX
• Can check ink levels using mtink utility packaged with Mandriva Linux 9.1 and above - Select the Stylus C41SX option.
• Uses the gimp-print driver

Stylus C44plus

• Works perfectly over USB with driver from Turboprint.de. See EpsonC44HowTo for setup instructions.

Stylus C61/C62

• 4-ink home printer with a high resolution output (Epson claims 5760x720 dpi)
• USB and Parallel port connections
• Automatically configured by Printerdrake since Mandriva Linux 9.1
• Can check ink levels using mtink utility packaged with Mandriva Linux 9.1 and above - Select the Stylus C62 option.
• Uses the gimp-print driver

Stylus C82

• Recognized and configured "out of the box" in 9.0 and 9.1
• Excellent printout using gimp drivers

Stylus C84 photo edition

• Good colour rendering in all settings White line problem in normal quality using Foomatic+Gimp-Print(recommended)

Stylus CX3100 (All-in-One)

• Recognized and configured out of the box in 9.2 and 10.0 using cups . Scanner is detected and set up by XSane and available from Kooka. Ink levels can be monitored using the mtink utility in the System > Configuration > Printing menu.

Stylus CX5200 (All-in-One)

• Recognized and configured out of the box in 9.2 using cups . Scanner is immediately available in kooka.

Stylus Scan 2500 (All-in-One)

• Works fine over USB connection in MDK 9.0 ; should work similarly well for later releases.

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