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Printing with Ubuntu

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Natchen007 -  
 Natchen007 -

Hello,

I recently bought an "Orange Pi Zero3 1Go" to set it up as a print server for my Epson SX218 printer.

I chose "Ubuntu Linux (Orange Pi 1.0.2 Jammy)" to install on the orange pi Orangepizero3_1.0.2_ubuntu_jammy_desktop_xfce_linux6.1.31.7z

Let me specify that this is an ARM64 version of Ubuntu.

I downloaded and installed the drivers:

So far everything is going well. When I add my printer on Ubuntu, it detects it via USB, it finds the driver since I installed it, I start a test page and then it says "Print error" (nothing comes out of the printer).

So, if you could help me, that would be very nice.

Thank you

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Natchen007
 

EDIT :

I managed to install the printer and it works by doing :

sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-escpr

So by installing a more recent driver

Thanks anyway ????
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jns55
 

Hello,

"He finds the driver since I installed it."

Are you sure?

Your links don't work...

Moreover, when we look at the description of the Linux driver, we see:

[Support OS]
- Ubuntu 9.04 (32/64bit)
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32/64bit)
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (32/64bit)
- openSUSE 11.1 (32/64bit)
- openSUSE 12.2 (32/64bit)
- openSUSE 13.1 (32/64bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (32/64bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (32/64bit)

That's old stuff. I doubt your version of Ubuntu is supported. That could possibly be the cause of the error.

That's the problem with printers: after a few years, manufacturers no longer bother to release updates for the Linux driver.

There might still be a possibility by installing the .ppd file of the driver directly in cups, but I'm not sure it will work.
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Natchen007
 

Thank you, I had already tried with the ppd file but it was missing a print filter.

But otherwise, isn't there a specific OS made for print servers on Orange Pi / Raspberry?

Thanks
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