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

[Chris Fowler]

I have had 2 Samsung B&W lasers for almost 20 years. The one on my desk sounds bad, but works. The other one died in a flood. They work with Linux. ML-2010 I think. 

Bought HP inkjet scanner that would see all black during a scan. Wife spent too much on ink. 

I saw a Samsung C1XXX in Fry's early AM everyday email and bought it for $180. Color laser. MFC. Sheet feed scan. FAX (don't need). I scan all the time using an app on my Note 5. I can print in Linux. The device supports google cloud print on itself. 

It is big. I would say it is a corporate printer in our bed room. 2' high. The kids can fit in the box it came in. I love it. 

> From: "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:11:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Epson ET-4550 Printer Drivers on Linux?

> Just remember that HP is prone to suddenly breaking their printers.

> http://boingboing.net/2017/01/24/hps-nonpology.html

> -- CHS

> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 5:08 PM, jslozier < jslozier at gmail.com > wrote:

>> Brother printers work will with Linux (I have one). If you are using
>> Arch there are drivers in the repository (I think in the AUR). My
>> printer's drivers were in the AUR.

>> jsl

>> On Wed, 2017-01-25 at 07:57 -0500, Neal Rhodes wrote:
>> > Thanks. Well, my situation - officially my wife and I have retired
>> > from our consulting business. Practically we will continue to
>> > handle dribbles of client issues for several years and do a few hours
>> > of work. And we have to do taxes.

>> > We now have a collection of 6 printers in the house, including 1 all-
>> > in-one, NONE of which work at present. (all have mysterious hardware
>> > issues.) To replace the color toner cartridges in the Dell 3100-cn
>> > and the drum which it just decided needed replacing is about $380.
>> > And then it might, or might not, actually print.

>> > We figure on needing to print perhaps 300-500 pages a year for the
>> > next 5 years. Thus a single all-in-one which does good color
>> > printing seems to make the most sense. With the new larger ink
>> > capacity in the below units they both seem like they would provide 5-
>> > 10 years of ink. The Brother is half the cost of the Epson and
>> > provides 1/4 of the ink. We don't much care about speed.

>> > Buying another laser seems like an unnecessary expense at this
>> > point.

>> > On Wed, 2017-01-25 at 01:11 -0500, Solomon Peachy wrote:
>> > > 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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