Struggling with new Epson allinone

[Leo Noordhuizen]

Tony, thanks very much for your efforts. I have to admit that I dont
udnerstand the whole cooperative scenario of printer, CUPS, and drivers with
configuration files.

When I use the 'lpoption -l' command I get the following:

PageSize/Paper Size: 4X6FULL T4X6FULL 2L T2L 4X7 T4X7 *A4 TA4
Quality/Quality: PMPHOTO_NORMAL PLATINA_NORMAL GLOSSYPHOTO_NORMAL
GLOSSYCAST_NORMAL *PLAIN_NORMAL PLAIN_HIGH PMMATT_NORMAL
Ink/Ink: *COLOR MONO

Which seems to indicate that this driver doesnt know the Duplex option. Its
odd in that case that with printer settings that option is available,
moreover because the printer itself HAS that functionality. Maybe I should
have bought an HP printer.

The question is, taking into account the price of the printer (69 euros),
how much effort I should invest before taking my losses.

I did already post on the messageboard you mention, so I will wait for some
response from there.

Again, thanks for your effort.

Leo Noordhuizen

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Tony Pursell
<ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk>wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 12:23 +0200, Leo Noordhuizen wrote:
> > I have used THAT driver...
>
> Sorry, I wasn't implying that you were not using it.  I just wanted to
> be sure.
>
> I have looked for some specification of what this driver provides and
> cannot find any.
>
> > It is quite odd: When I change 'One-sided' in 'two-sided' in
> > printer-properties/job options and 'Apply', the value is changed back
> > to One-sided.
> > Does this suggest something wrong in my configuration ?
> >
>
> I use a HP printer with the standard HPLIP driver and it offers me
> options, like duplex printing, that my printer just does not have.  If
> you run
>
> lpoptions -l
>
> you will get a list from CUPS of options that the printer driver
> (purports) to support and what the current defaults are (with an
> asterisk).  If duplex printing is not listed, you can be pretty sure it
> is not available.  But, from my experience, the converse is not always
> true.
>
> There is a message board on the Avasys site.  You could try asking about
> your problems there.
>
>
> >
> > Leo Noordhuizen
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Tony Pursell
> > <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> >         On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 18:01 -0500, Alex wrote:
> >         > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Leo Noordhuizen
> >         > <leo.noordhuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         > > Recentluy I bought a Epson Stylus Office BX525WD
> >         All-in-One printer/scanner
> >         > > as a replacement of my separate printer (Canon) and
> >         scanner (HP).
> >         > > I chose Epson because I had read comments that the support
> >         for Epson is
> >         > > better as that fro Canon printers. The Canon worked 'ok'
> >         but under Linux
> >         > > lacked a number of features available in the printer.
> >         > > Sadly the struggle seems not to be over.
> >         > > Printerdriver software was automatically loaded and seemed
> >         to be great;
> >         > > software to use the scanner I had to grab in 3 parts from
> >         the Epson website,
> >         > > guessing what software I would need, but at last it works.
> >         > > The problem however is that the printer seems to insist on
> >         printing EVERY
> >         > > simple print in the highest resolution, resulting in slow
> >         speed and wasted
> >         > > precious ink.
> >         > > On top of that the duplex function to print double-sided
> >         (one of my
> >         > > requirements) doesnt work either. (To be expected if the
> >         damn printer thinsk
> >         > > its printing a photo)
> >         > > I look forward hearing any suggestions.
> >         > > Thanks in advance ,
> >         > > Leo Noordhuizen - Eindhoven
> >         >
> >         > As far as I know (I may be incorrect), the highest-quality
> >         setting on
> >         > most printers uses no more ink than Normal, it just prints
> >         much
> >         > slower.
> >         >
> >
> >
> >         Head over to this page
> >
> >         http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-BX525WD_Series
> >
> >         to see if you have the best driver.
> >
>
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