[ale] Epson ET-4550 Printer Drivers on Linux?

Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet.org
Wed Jan 25 01:11:07 EST 2017


On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 09:20:33PM -0500, Neal Rhodes wrote:
> We are looking at either an Epson ET-4550 eco-tank printer or a Brother
> MFC-J5830DW . 
> 
> My recollection is that the Brother drivers installed in Centos 6
> without drama.   It looks like the Epson has a generic driver for
> linux.  

Brother lasers are drama-free.  They Just Work.  Epsons are a little 
more complicated though.

I'd not consider an inkjet and a laser to be in the same class; what do 
you intend to use this printer for?

 - Solomon
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