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Which drivers to use for printer?

snolds

Mon May 12, 2014 2:13:04 am

I have an Epson printer that Zorin can't automatically find the drivers for. I went to Epson's site, found the drivers for my printer but I'm not sure exactly which version of the drivers to download.
I have a 64 bit system and here are the available downloads:

epson-inkjet-printer-201308w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm
epson-inkjet-printer-201308w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_i386.deb
epson-inkjet-printer-201308w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm
epson-inkjet-printer-201308w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb
epson-inkjet-printer-201308w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.src.rpm

I'm pretty sure its either number 3 or number 4 but wasn't sure if I needed the .rpm or .deb file. I'm a linux newb in case it's not obvious.
Liking Zorin so far though.

Anonymous

Mon May 12, 2014 2:18:12 am

snolds wrote:I have an Epson printer that Zorin can't automatically find the drivers for. I went to Epson's site, found the drivers for my printer but I'm not sure exactly which version of the drivers to download.
I have a 64 bit system and here are the available downloads:

epson-inkjet-printer-201308w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm
epson-inkjet-printer-201308w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_i386.deb
epson-inkjet-printer-201308w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm
epson-inkjet-printer-201308w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb
epson-inkjet-printer-201308w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.src.rpm

I'm pretty sure its either number 3 or number 4 but wasn't sure if I needed the .rpm or .deb file. I'm a linux newb in case it's not obvious.
Liking Zorin so far though.





>>> epson-inkjet-printer-201308w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb <<<

Wolfgang02

Mon May 12, 2014 7:57:04 am

Always use .deb files :D Never use .rpm

Swarfendor437

Mon May 12, 2014 11:52:34 am

Wolfgang02 wrote:Always use .deb files :D Never use .rpm


For educational purposes it is possible to convert .rpm's to .deb files using 'alien'

On an .rpm distro, you convert .deb to .rpm using 'worm' ;)

That, said, no guarantees that the conversion process will always run smoothly!

Wolfgang02

Tue May 13, 2014 10:47:58 pm

That is handy to know :D thank you Swarfendor437

Wolfman

Wed May 14, 2014 5:32:03 am

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1778&p=6447&hilit=what+packages+can+I+install#p6447