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|| Epson || Stylus C42UX || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe. || 09-Jan-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C45 || Gutenprint || Yes || Yes || 6.06 || Works perfectly || 20 July 2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C60 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe. Does not seem to work over parallel port connection but does work over USB || 21-Oct-2004 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C64 || ?? || No || Yes || 5.04 || Works out of box, but prints much slower than Windows. || 9-Sep-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C66 || ?? || No || Yes || 5.04 || Is identified as Stylus C64. Essentially the same printer but a year or two newer. The driver is the same, as are the ink cartridges. Needs Gimp-Print. || 8-Sep-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C80 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe repository. || 04-Nov-2004 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C82 || ?? || No || Yes || 5.10 || mtink is a tool for Epson printer to check ink level and clean noozle. || 09-Sep-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C84 || ?? || No || Yes || 5.10 || Using this printer over the network, with Netgear PS121 USB print server, with no problems. Have not yet tested direct USB connection. See setup instructions [http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu:Chronicles#Printer_Setup here] || 30-Jan-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 400 || stcolor, gutenprint || No || Yes || 6.06 || Works better with gutenprint || 10-10-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 440 || stcolor || Yes || Yes || 5.10 || Auto-detected by printer utility || 06-Nov-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 480sxu || Gimp? || Yes || Yes || 5.10 || Auto-detected by printer utility. USB printer is just as cranky on Linux as it is under Windows. || 11-May-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 640 || st640ih.upp || Yes || Yes || 5.10 || Linux too light; samba + Windows looks great || 03-Dec-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 660 || Foomatic/st640ih.upp || Yes || Yes || 5.10 || Linux printing comes out too light, Windows is fine - works with samba || 28-Dec-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 740 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. || 14-Aug-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 760 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. For admin tasks, install escputil (mtink does not seem to work in Ubuntu) || 23-Dec-2004 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 880 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. || 21-Oct-2004 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 980 || Gimp ?? || Yes || Yes || || I did {{{$ adduser cupsys shadow}}} in order to use the {{{localhost:631}}} interface and that was it, it worked. || 08-Sep-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3100 || ?? || No || Yes || || || 06-Abr-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3200 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. When Gimp-Print version does not list this device explicitly as supported, pretend that you have the C62. || 20-Nov-2004 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3600 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. When Gimp-Print version does not list this device explicitly as supported, pretend that you have the C62. || 20-Nov-2004 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3810 || ?? || || Partial || 5.10 6.06 || Works in 6.06(Dapper) out of box but detects it as 3800 so select 3810 from list during install. For 5.10 update to gutenprint 5.0.0rc2 driver (by now synaptic might work or you might have to compile) see [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=825349] || 16-Sep-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3900 || ?? || || Partial || 6.06 || Works in 6.06(Dapper) out of box but need to select 3800 from list during install.|| 3-Nov-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX5200 || ?? || Yes || Yes || 5.10 6.06 6.10 || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. || 10-Dec-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX5400 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. Use the CX5200 driver if CX5400 is not listed. || 04-Feb-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX6500 || ?? || Yes || Yes || || To enable the scanner you need to add the product ID and device ID to /etc/sane.d/epson.conf, ie set the usb line to usb 0x04b8 0x0813. You can get the IDs with sane-find-scanner -q. || 02-Oct-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX6600 || stp-escp2-cx6600.5.0.ppd || Yes || Yes || 6.10 || To enable the scanner (for non-root): add the vendor ID (0x04b8) and product ID (0x0813) to /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules || 09-Oct-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus DX4850 || gutenprint || No || Yes || 6.10 || Needs the DX4800 gutenprint driver, but is correctly recognized. Works only with the gutenprint 5.0.0 release, which is not yet in Ubuntu 6.06 but in 6.10. The scanner works perfectly out of the box in both 6.06 and 6.10 || 16-Sep-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Photo R200 || ?? || No || Yes || 5.04, 5.10 || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. || 04-Feb-2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Photo R210 || ?? || No || Yes || 5.04, 5.10 || I still not sure for using this printer on Ubuntu 5.10. I test using network printer which connect to win2k|| 22 nov 2005 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Photo R300 || gutenprint || Yes || Yes || 6.06 || Was detected but needs to be installed with sudo explicitly on the commandline: ''''sudo gnome-cups-add'''' and giving the password in the terminal(!) || 27-Sep-2006 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Photo 830U || ?? || Yes || Yes || 6.06 || It was not detected automatically until I added a new printer, when it appeared correctly|| 13-Sep-2006 ||		 || Epson || AcuLaser CX11NF || cups/external || No || Yes || 6.10 (Edgy) || Printing works without problems [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1905673#post1905673 Forums], I have problems with scanning over the network || 2006-Dec-19 ||
|| Epson || Stylus D68 Photo Edition || Turboprint 1.94-4 || Yes || Yes || 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) || Works perfectly || 2006-Dec-14 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C42UX || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe. || 2005-Jan-09 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C45 || Gutenprint || Yes || Yes || v6.06 (Dapper) || Works perfectly || 2006-Jul-20 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C60 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe. Does not seem to work over parallel port connection but does work over USB || 2004-Oct-21 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C64 || ?? || No || Yes || v5.04 (Hoary) || Works out of box, but prints much slower than Windows. || 2005-Sep-09 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C66 || ?? || No || Yes || v5.04 (Hoary) || Is identified as Stylus C64. Essentially the same printer but a year or two newer. The driver is the same, as are the ink cartridges. Needs Gimp-Print. || 2005-Sep-08 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C80 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe repository. || 2004-Nov-04 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C82 || ?? || No || Yes || v5.10 (Breezy) || mtink is a tool for Epson printer to check ink level and clean noozle. || 2005-Sep-09 ||
|| Epson || Stylus C84 || ?? || No || Yes || v5.10 (Breezy) || Using this printer over the network, with Netgear PS121 USB print server, with no problems. Direct USB connection works. See setup instructions [http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu:Chronicles#Printer_Setup here] || 2006-Jan-30 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 400 || stcolor, gutenprint || No || Yes || v6.06 (Dapper) || Works better with gutenprint || 2006-Oct-10 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 440 || stcolor || Yes || Yes || v5.10 (Breezy) || Auto-detected by printer utility || 2005-Nov-06 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 480sxu || Gimp? || Yes || Yes || v5.10 (Breezy) || Auto-detected by printer utility. USB printer is just as cranky on Linux as it is under Windows. || 2006-May-11 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 640 || st640ih.upp || Yes || Yes || v5.10 (Breezy) || Linux too light; samba + Windows looks great || 2005-Dec-03 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 660 || Foomatic/st640ih.upp || Yes || Yes || v5.10 (Breezy) || Linux printing comes out too light, Windows is fine - works with samba || 2005-Dec-28 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 740 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. || 2005-Aug-14 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 760 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. For admin tasks, install escputil (mtink does not seem to work in Ubuntu) || 2004-Dec-23 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 880 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. || 2004-Oct-21 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Color 980 || Gimp ?? || Yes || Yes || || I did {{{$ adduser cupsys shadow}}} in order to use the {{{localhost:631}}} interface and that was it, it worked. || 2005-Sep-08 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3100 || ?? || No || Yes || || || 2006-Abr-06 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3200 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. When Gimp-Print version does not list this device explicitly as supported, pretend that you have the C62. || 2004-Nov-20 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3600 || ?? || No || Yes || || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. When Gimp-Print version does not list this device explicitly as supported, pretend that you have the C62. || 2004-Nov-20 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3810 || ?? || || Partial || v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper) || Works in 6.06(Dapper) out of box but detects it as 3800 so select 3810 from list during install. For 5.10 update to gutenprint 5.0.0rc2 driver (by now synaptic might work or you might have to compile) see [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=825349] || 2006-Sep-16 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX3900 || ?? || || Partial || v6.06 (Dapper) || Works in v6.06 (Dapper) out of box but need to select 3800 from list during install.|| 2006-Nov-03 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX5200 || ?? || Yes || Yes || v5.10 (Breezy), v6.06 (Dapper) & v6.10 (Edgy) || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. || 2006-Dec-10 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX5400 || gutenprint || Yes || Yes || v6.10 (Edgy) || Works out of the box in v6.10 (Edgy). || 2006-Dec-18 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX6500 || ?? || Yes || Yes || || To enable the scanner you need to add the product ID and device ID to /etc/sane.d/epson.conf, ie set the usb line to usb 0x04b8 0x0813. You can get the IDs with sane-find-scanner -q. || 2006-Oct-02 ||
|| Epson || Stylus CX6600 || stp-escp2-cx6600.5.0.ppd || Yes || Yes || v6.10 (Edgy) || To enable the scanner (for non-root): add the vendor ID (0x04b8) and product ID (0x0813) to /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules || 2006-Oct-09 ||
|| Epson || Stylus DX3850 || gutenprint || Yes || Yes || v6.10 (Edgy) || Printer was properly recognized and installed, did not (yet) succeed in getting the scanner to work || 2007-Mar-10 ||
|| Epson || Stylus DX4850 || gutenprint || No || Yes || v6.10 (Edgy) || Needs the DX4800 gutenprint driver, but is correctly recognized. Works only with the gutenprint 5.0.0 release, which is not yet in Ubuntu 6.06 but in 6.10. The scanner works perfectly out of the box in both 6.06 and 6.10 || 2006-Sep-16 ||
|| Epson || Stylus DX5000 || gutenprint || No || Yes || v6.10 (Edgy) || Needs the DX4800 gutenprint driver, but is correctly recognized.The scanner works with the Avasys drivers (see [http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Epson_DX5000 the german Wiki] for a how-to). Cardreader works out-of-the-box. || 2007-Feb-13 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Photo R200 || ?? || No || Yes || v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy) || Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. || 2005-Feb-04 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Photo R210 || ?? || No || Yes || v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy) || I still not sure for using this printer on Ubuntu 5.10. I test using network printer which connect to Win2K|| 2005-Nov-22 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Photo R300 || gutenprint || Yes || Yes || v6.06 (Dapper) || Was detected but needs to be installed with sudo explicitly on the commandline: ''''sudo gnome-cups-add'''' and giving the password in the terminal(!) || 2006-Sep-27 ||
|| Epson || Stylus Photo 830U || ?? || Yes || Yes || v6.06 (Dapper) || It was not detected automatically until I added a new printer, when it appeared correctly|| 2006-Sep-13 ||

Summary

Make

Model

PPD/Driver

Supported

Works?

Ubuntu Version

Comments

Last Updated

Epson

AcuLaser CX11NF

cups/external

No

Yes

6.10 (Edgy)

Printing works without problems [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1905673#post1905673 Forums], I have problems with scanning over the network

2006-Dec-19

Epson

Stylus D68 Photo Edition

Turboprint 1.94-4

Yes

Yes

6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

Works perfectly

2006-Dec-14

Epson

Stylus C42UX

??

No

Yes

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe.

2005-Jan-09

Epson

Stylus C45

Gutenprint

Yes

Yes

v6.06 (Dapper)

Works perfectly

2006-Jul-20

Epson

Stylus C60

??

No

Yes

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe. Does not seem to work over parallel port connection but does work over USB

2004-Oct-21

Epson

Stylus C64

??

No

Yes

v5.04 (Hoary)

Works out of box, but prints much slower than Windows.

2005-Sep-09

Epson

Stylus C66

??

No

Yes

v5.04 (Hoary)

Is identified as Stylus C64. Essentially the same printer but a year or two newer. The driver is the same, as are the ink cartridges. Needs Gimp-Print.

2005-Sep-08

Epson

Stylus C80

??

No

Yes

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe repository.

2004-Nov-04

Epson

Stylus C82

??

No

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy)

mtink is a tool for Epson printer to check ink level and clean noozle.

2005-Sep-09

Epson

Stylus C84

??

No

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy)

Using this printer over the network, with Netgear PS121 USB print server, with no problems. Direct USB connection works. See setup instructions [http://pykeylogger.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu:Chronicles#Printer_Setup here]

2006-Jan-30

Epson

Stylus Color 400

stcolor, gutenprint

No

Yes

v6.06 (Dapper)

Works better with gutenprint

2006-Oct-10

Epson

Stylus Color 440

stcolor

Yes

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy)

Auto-detected by printer utility

2005-Nov-06

Epson

Stylus Color 480sxu

Gimp?

Yes

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy)

Auto-detected by printer utility. USB printer is just as cranky on Linux as it is under Windows.

2006-May-11

Epson

Stylus Color 640

st640ih.upp

Yes

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy)

Linux too light; samba + Windows looks great

2005-Dec-03

Epson

Stylus Color 660

Foomatic/st640ih.upp

Yes

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy)

Linux printing comes out too light, Windows is fine - works with samba

2005-Dec-28

Epson

Stylus Color 740

??

No

Yes

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe.

2005-Aug-14

Epson

Stylus Color 760

??

No

Yes

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe. For admin tasks, install escputil (mtink does not seem to work in Ubuntu)

2004-Dec-23

Epson

Stylus Color 880

??

No

Yes

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe.

2004-Oct-21

Epson

Stylus Color 980

Gimp ??

Yes

Yes

I did $ adduser cupsys shadow in order to use the localhost:631 interface and that was it, it worked.

2005-Sep-08

Epson

Stylus CX3100

??

No

Yes

2006-Abr-06

Epson

Stylus CX3200

??

No

Yes

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. When Gimp-Print version does not list this device explicitly as supported, pretend that you have the C62.

2004-Nov-20

Epson

Stylus CX3600

??

No

Yes

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository. When Gimp-Print version does not list this device explicitly as supported, pretend that you have the C62.

2004-Nov-20

Epson

Stylus CX3810

??

Partial

v5.10 (Breezy) & v6.06 (Dapper)

Works in 6.06(Dapper) out of box but detects it as 3800 so select 3810 from list during install. For 5.10 update to gutenprint 5.0.0rc2 driver (by now synaptic might work or you might have to compile) see [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=825349]

2006-Sep-16

Epson

Stylus CX3900

??

Partial

v6.06 (Dapper)

Works in v6.06 (Dapper) out of box but need to select 3800 from list during install.

2006-Nov-03

Epson

Stylus CX5200

??

Yes

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy), v6.06 (Dapper) & v6.10 (Edgy)

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe repository.

2006-Dec-10

Epson

Stylus CX5400

gutenprint

Yes

Yes

v6.10 (Edgy)

Works out of the box in v6.10 (Edgy).

2006-Dec-18

Epson

Stylus CX6500

??

Yes

Yes

To enable the scanner you need to add the product ID and device ID to /etc/sane.d/epson.conf, ie set the usb line to usb 0x04b8 0x0813. You can get the IDs with sane-find-scanner -q.

2006-Oct-02

Epson

Stylus CX6600

stp-escp2-cx6600.5.0.ppd

Yes

Yes

v6.10 (Edgy)

To enable the scanner (for non-root): add the vendor ID (0x04b8) and product ID (0x0813) to /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules

2006-Oct-09

Epson

Stylus DX3850

gutenprint

Yes

Yes

v6.10 (Edgy)

Printer was properly recognized and installed, did not (yet) succeed in getting the scanner to work

2007-Mar-10

Epson

Stylus DX4850

gutenprint

No

Yes

v6.10 (Edgy)

Needs the DX4800 gutenprint driver, but is correctly recognized. Works only with the gutenprint 5.0.0 release, which is not yet in Ubuntu 6.06 but in 6.10. The scanner works perfectly out of the box in both 6.06 and 6.10

2006-Sep-16

Epson

Stylus DX5000

gutenprint

No

Yes

v6.10 (Edgy)

Needs the DX4800 gutenprint driver, but is correctly recognized.The scanner works with the Avasys drivers (see [http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Epson_DX5000 the german Wiki] for a how-to). Cardreader works out-of-the-box.

2007-Feb-13

Epson

Stylus Photo R200

??

No

Yes

v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy)

Needs cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Universe.

2005-Feb-04

Epson

Stylus Photo R210

??

No

Yes

v5.04 (Hoary) & v5.10 (Breezy)

I still not sure for using this printer on Ubuntu 5.10. I test using network printer which connect to Win2K

2005-Nov-22

Epson

Stylus Photo R300

gutenprint

Yes

Yes

v6.06 (Dapper)

Was detected but needs to be installed with sudo explicitly on the commandline: 'sudo gnome-cups-add' and giving the password in the terminal(!)

2006-Sep-27

Epson

Stylus Photo 830U

??

Yes

Yes

v6.06 (Dapper)

It was not detected automatically until I added a new printer, when it appeared correctly

2006-Sep-13

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