Re: EPSON ET M 1120 new printer: If You can read this, you are using the wrong driver
On 5/1/23 08:36, Thomas Hochstein wrote:
Greg Wooledge wrote:
If you still have issues with your printer, I strongly advise you to ask
on the German mailing list, or whichever mailing list speaks your primary
language. I don't think anyone on this list is interested in continuing
to offer help to you.
They started on the German mailing list, about a year ago ...
.
The last epson I had that worked with linux was a 4 color C82, well over
a decade ago. Then it looks as if they started making windows only
printers because all the normal printer stuff was moved from the driver
in the printer and put into the windows driver, leaving only the ability
to put a drop of the chosen color at the chosen xy spot on the paper in
the printer. That and the constant battle to keep the nozzle unclogged
got tiresome and limited the last printer I bought to about 2 months
life. So that was replaced by a Brother color laser, which worked well
for around 4 years, then slowly lost its corona wire voltage, an easy
enough to diagnose problem for me as I am a CET, but brother refused to
sell me a board despite the fact that I am a CET, fully capable of
handling that high voltage item. So I brought home their biggest inkjet.
That was about 8 years ago, and it is still pumping out full color
images on paper up to tabloid size. A huge device, its also a scanner
for 11x17 tabloid. I also have a much faster HLL2320dw a B&W laser that
does duplex on copy paper at 19 pages a minute. And running on linux,
using the drivers they supply, both run to their full capabilities.
Obviously I am now a Brother fan and I believe in supporting the makers
who support us. Glaringly obvious in my previous post. But apparently
this person doesn't want to admit a mistake was made, and the only way
to solve it is to run an all windows house at much more cost than buying
another printer that is supported would be. Brother's consumables cost
less per page than epson so you get the difference back over time and
reams of paper.
This may be a duplicate of what wallmart had for sale at $31.95 3 or 4
years ago, and which I saw the epson label and drove the cart right on by.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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