Re: Epson XP-860: available printer driver won't print in duplex

[Ed Greshko]

On 02/09/18 23:09, Temlakos wrote:
>  On 01/30/2018 06:20 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 01/30/18 19:13, Temlakos wrote:
> >> On 01/29/2018 10:52 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >>> On 01/30/18 11:27, Temlakos wrote:
> >>>> Recently I bought an Epson XP-860, to replace the XP-810 that finally
> quit on me
> >>>> after many long years of service.
> >>>>
> >>>> But when I went to install a printer driver, I found that duplex printing
> is
> >>>> simply
> >>>> not available.
> >>>>
> >>>> It might or might not be significant that the recommended printer drivers
> are
> >>>> Epson
> >>>> XP-820 CUPS/Gutenprint drivers, regular and simplified.
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried installing the Epson Printer Utility from the Epson site. But
> that doesn't
> >>>> seem to do anything to make full duplex available.
> >>> You installed epson-inkjet-printer-escpr?
> >>>
> >> No, that I did not. Should I? What configuration options should I specify?
> >>
> >>
> > Yes, I believe you should.  And when you configure the driver you should specify 
> the
> > ppd file Epson-XP-860_Series-epson-escpr-en.ppd.gz.
> >
>
>  And where is that file available? I have searched high and low using what I think
>  is a reputable and powerful search engine, under every kind of phrase. All I get is
>  a link to an rpm file I already have, and have already installed. I looked
>  specifically for the link to download the ppd file you named, and have not found
>  it. Anywhere. 
Look in /usr/share/ppd/Epson/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr



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