Installing Epson Stylus Printers SX400 and DX7400 o

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I always get my Epson SX400 (and before that the DX7400) to work like this. This has worked on Suse 10.3, 11 and 11.1

Download the appropriate driver from avasys *Download***All-in-Ones* [AVASYS CORPORATION].

Go to the terminal and extract the pipslite file with this command as su

rpm -U pipslite-X.X.X-X.rpm

Make sure your printer is turned on and (still as su) enter

pipslite-install

Start CUPS, and click "Administrator" -> "Add Printer" and enter a name -> continue

Choose
Epson Inkjet Printer #1 (Photo Image Print System Lite)
-> continue

choose Epson from the Menu and click continue
choose the "Epson Photo Image Print System Lite" Driver and click add.
Enter root password and setup your default printer options.

For printing nozzle check patterns, cleaning ink levels etc. use

escputil

type in the terminal:

escputil -n

= nozzle check

escputil -c

= clean print heads

escputil -i

= check ink level

escputil -m

= for all available options