True On Sun, May 7, 2023, 4:28 PM Andrew M.A. Cater <amaca...@einval.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 08:51:29AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 09:26:33AM +0000, Schwibinger Michael wrote: > > > There are some other messages from the printer. > > > > > > Are they important? > > > > How on earth would we know whether the messages are important without > > seeing them? > > > > This is why nobody is offering you any more help. You are presenting > > yourself as either a troll, or as someone who is so fundamentally > > incompetent that helping you is impossible. > > > > OK. I'm going to have one more go at this. For the avoidance of doubt: > I'll assume that Sophie is genuine - maybe a teenager, certainly > someone whose first language is German. > > I'm going to assume good faith, despite some evidence to the contrary.** > > >From looking on Epson's website: > > 1. They do not support this printer under Linux officially. > > 2. The printer is listed as a printer supported only under Windows - lots > of variants. > > 3. It is listed as a GDI compatible printer - this is indicative of a > printer > that requires a specific Windows driver to compose the page. > > 4. It is compatible with older Epson printing protocols called Esc/P and > Esc/P-R. > > 5. Epson do have a filter program available to make this printer work > as an Esc/P printer under Linux using CUPS to manage the printer. > > 6. If CUPS setup is possible - you will need to read documents to be > able to set up CUPS. > > See: > https://www.epson.co.uk/products/printers/inkjet/consumer/ecotank-et-m1120/p/23162 > > See: https://download.ebz.epson.net/man/linux/escpr.html > > > Do you want my advice? Go find a local Linux users group, and ask them > > what kind of printers they're using. Then buy one of THOSE printers, > > and have the Linux users group help you set it up. > > > > This is possibly not the best advice: I would suggest that you find a > fellow student who uses Linux and is an enthusiast to help you out. > > ** Michael Tobias Schwibinger (or similar spelling) appears to be a > Dipl. Ing, interested in software, psychology and clown therapy / circus > skills and clown theory? > > In the hope that this can finally put an end to this neverending thread. > > With every good wish, as ever, > > Andy Cater > >
