Epson Stylus CX8400

[g45model21]

I just got an Epson Stylus CX8400 for my birthday and I don't know how to install it. How do I do that?

[perce]

I just got an Epson Stylus CX8400 for my birthday and I don't know how to install it. How do I do that?

Your printer should be supported, and maybe it's even plug and play. Have you tried to plug it in and turn it on? what happens? If nothing happens, you can go to the printer configuration menu under System > Administration it's straightforward to use.

[Maestro23]

And here is the entry for your printer at OpenPrinting.org

http://openprinting.org/show_printer...-Stylus_CX8400

[perce]

And here is the entry for your printer at OpenPrinting.org

http://openprinting.org/show_printer...-Stylus_CX8400

I checked there that the printer is supported, but I didn't point him to that page because I don't want him to download the driver from that page and try to install it (in the Windows way).

[EtniesBMX]

Default drivers for my Epson CX8400 working weren't working -- my printer kept spitting out blank pages. To make printing work, simply use the driver for the Epson CX7800. That's it.

Go to Menu>System>Administration>Printing

Click "Make and Model" and choose the Epson CX7800.

To make scanning work, go to menu>accesories>terminal, and type:
Code:

sudo apt-get install libsane-extra

Scanning and printing should now work for you. To scan, you can use the program XSane found here: Menu>Graphics>XSane Image Scanner

[Canadian_Psycho]

I tried your fix Etnies using the older drivers and it did work to get printing going. However, trying that command to get scanning to work rendered me a message saying "E: Couldn't find package lisbane-extra"

Any ideas?

Cheers

[Canadian_Psycho]

oops, never mind. I figured it out. There's a letter missing.

The command should be

sudo apt-get install libsane-extras

Cheers

[daveleo]

EtniesBMX .... thanks for the CX8400 steps.

but .... now XSANE is locking up at the "searching for drivers" window.... this happens both from GIMP and when running XSANE as a standalone.

i am this one step away from total ubuntu conversion !!!

any additional ideas???

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

There are drivers here that might work for Epson all-in-ones. I have a CX7800 and got the scanner working with a driver from that site.