[SOLVED] Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

[SOLVED] Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby blackheart » Feb 16th, '17, 22:54

Hey Community...

to introduce...i´m an "oldschool" Mandrake User, i started with that system..after the "downfall"..i came across PCLOS..then i got in touch with mageia, first time was number 3...but after installation...the system-config-printer stuff didn´ t work...so i thought to give the system a further chance...that was now..with version 5.1

First of all...i like it a lot (i also liked it in version 3) not to get emotional, but somehow it feels like home...;-)

but there is one small problem, due to the printer/scanner thing...
i need to say that i use linux now for more than a decade..but i never dived into that system that much, it was from the first time just an alternative to get rid off windoze...so more or less i´m still a bit better newbie ;-)

i have an Epson Stylus DX 4050...a Combi-Machine...Printer-Scanner-Copier ..so with Mageia 5.1 the sysconfig..etc. installation worked...but it couldn´ t find my one..the only thing i got was an DX 3850..with that driver the printer works fine in b/w also the scanner, but if i switch to coloured, the clours are mixed up in a crazy way...

so, if i do livecds i.e. mint or something...the device is recognized out of the box and works...so my question is, how can i update the sane database, especially for the scanner..or how can i update mageia itself to recognize the device fully?

Thanks at first..
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Re: Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby isadora » Feb 17th, '17, 14:33

A very warm welcome blackheart!!!! :)

Just moved your topic to the "Printer and Scanners"-section.

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Re: Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby Germ » Feb 21st, '17, 04:51

Hi blackheart,

The closest thing I could find in the database is a DX 4000. That driver should work with the 4050

http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Eps ... lus_DX4000
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Re: Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby Lebarhon » Feb 21st, '17, 11:06

Hi blackheart,

did you see the help?
https://doc.mageia.org/mcc/5/en/content ... drake.html
At the end:
Epson
Drivers are available from this page [http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX]. When indicated, you must install the iscan-data package first, then iscan (in this order). It is possible that the iscan package will generate a warning about a conflict with sane. Users have reported that this warning can be ignored.
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Re: Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby jkerr82508 » Feb 21st, '17, 13:44

Before installing the Epson packages, remove the Mageia sane-backends-iscan package. Doing so should avoid conflicts.

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Re: Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby blackheart » Feb 23rd, '17, 21:55

Hi there again!

Thanks to isadora for a warm welcome ;-)

Greetz to USA, France and Scotland :-)

Germ---i only got the 3850..and with that i had that fuzzy issues..but first of all, it works now...thanks for your help

Lebarhon--- i followed that help page / your post and what jkerr82508 mentioned...

So...it´s running now :-)

Thanks for your nice support!
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Re: Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby Germ » Feb 23rd, '17, 22:04

Glad you got it sorted. :mrgreen:
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Re: Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby blackheart » Feb 23rd, '17, 22:11

Hey...it´s a mandrake child...so, i ever was confident ;-)
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Re: Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby doktor5000 » Feb 24th, '17, 02:45

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks
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Re: [SOLVED] Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby blackheart » Feb 27th, '17, 03:49

Hey Doc....

did it...
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Re: [SOLVED] Mageia 5.1 Printer/Scanner Support

Postby blackheart » Feb 27th, '17, 03:50

Thanks at all...
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