![]() ![]() ![]() I can’t use TurboPrint because they don’t support my printer and don’t have plans to do so in the future, they told me. On the plus side: in Windows I’m unable to tell my printer not to cut roll paper automatically - it always cuts, even with the option Do Not Cut selected, in the printer and in the driver! The Linux driver works as expected here. In these cases I’m forced to print via Windows (I don’t have a Mac). Worse (and in some cases a show stopper) is that I can’t tell the Linux driver to not use color management, which is important when you embed a printer/paper profile in your photo. More important is that the Linux driver for my printer lacks some functionality compared to the Windows driver, for example the Draft mode for print quality, that is Windows-only. pkgs. This name should not contain spaces or any special characters. The queue name is a short but descriptive name used on the system to identify the queue. Alternatively, the Web interface or one of several GUI applications can be used. pkgs.gutenprintBin Additional, binary-only drivers for some printers. CUPS can be fully controlled using the lp and cups CLI tools. Commonly used driver packages include: pkgs.gutenprint Drivers for many different printers from many different vendors. So you can’t call Epson in case of printing problems. where YOURDRIVER is the driver package appropriate for your printer. I own an Epson from the SureColor series and a Linux driver is available indeed, but they are unsupported, that means not official. What a funny situation, to have to pay to install aftermarket proprietary software for a printer whose manufacturer certainly has already made similar software ![]()
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