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plbowler

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Registered: 2020-03-08

Posts: 5

Epson XP 4100 Printer

Howdy,
any suggestions for a Epson XP 4100?
I installed CUPS and asdded it that way but it prints gibberish.

I DL'd the Epson Linux Driver tarball but it says it needs lsp and I can't seem to locate that in pacman ir the AUR, I assume it''s prbably called something else now...
anyway, any suggestions?

Last edited by plbowler (2020-03-08 03:47:17)

Trilby

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Re: Epson XP 4100 Printer

Where did you download the tarball from?  How did you attempt to install it?  What exactly was the error message?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

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plbowler

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Registered: 2020-03-08

Posts: 5

Re: Epson XP 4100 Printer

thanks for the fast reply, I was able to get this sorking using CUPS and the Linux Tarball from the Epson site.

I installed the drivers form the tarball again and was missing automake 1.15, once I got that sorted the install worked.

the error I was receiving on the CUPS server I was able to correct by copyin the listed mssiing file to the location CUPS was complaing nabout from the extracted Epson tarball
thanks!

d_fajardo

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Registered: 2017-07-28

Posts: 1,687

Re: Epson XP 4100 Printer

I would have thought installing this driver from AUR would have worked and would have been simpler.

plbowler

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Registered: 2020-03-08

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Re: Epson XP 4100 Printer

very possibly!
thanks!

bestiomannaro

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Registered: 2020-04-25

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Re: Epson XP 4100 Printer

Hello, did you install the printer? How? I tried many times but no results even after installing the driver suggested by d_fajardo...

d_fajardo

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Registered: 2017-07-28

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Re: Epson XP 4100 Printer

@bestiomannaro
I suggest opening your own thread with the specific problem your encountering regarding this printer. I believe plbowler has it already installed from the beginning and was just seeking help with the driver.