![]() The LSB3.1 gutenprint package is required because Fedora’s gutenprint-5.0.2 package does not contain the driver for the Epson Stylus Photo R270, which is the driver used for the R280 too. Note that OpenPrinting is the new version of the old, but it’s under the LinuxFoundation’s web site now. Sudo yum -y remove gutenprint gutenprint-foomaticĪnd then download the LSB 3.1 gutenprint RPM package from the OpenPrinting web site and install it: Fortunately, you just have to remove gutenprint and gutenprint-foomatic packages ![]() That’s because the gutenprint package under Fedora is missing the driver support for this printer. This printer is supported under Gutenprint but under Fedora 9 it isn’t. The cheapest model at my local Office Max was the Epson Stylus Photo R280. ![]() Having had so much luck with the Epson and knowing Epson support was good in Gutenprint drivers, I went for a new Epson. So I decided to get a low end model for my home office. That left me without a printer (though my wife has two nice printers for her graphics design business). ![]() My Epson Style 740 finally gave out earlier this year, joining a Lexmark E210 laser printer that had given out before that. 14 Aug, 2008 in Fedora / Linux / Open Source tagged epson / Fedora / GIMP / gnome / graphics / Linux / printing / r280 / rpm / yum (updated 4993 days ago)
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