Reply To: (SystemD) Story of Bento antiX and an Epson printer driver

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January 20, 2022 at 2:41 pm #75631
melodie
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    ModdIt wrote:

    hi melodie,
    for most epson printers you do not need extra drivers, lot of support on open printing org.

    For the oddball ones which demand system D MX is probably a better bet than antiX as already
    setup to work with that.

    Maybe asking Epson why they add a crazy dependency makes sense. Be intewresting to see if they
    would give any support. OT: Brother is pretty helpful to linux users.

    I have another Epson printer (than the one I bumped into), and when I asked their staff to make their drivers better in order to be able to use the upper part to load several sheets to scan instead of being stuck with the flatbed, all they replied was “reinstall the drivers”. Which is stupid considering it was going to be the same drivers.

    So trying to discuss would not be helpful. Maybe raise crowdfunding to pay someone to rewrite the free open source drivers they provide would be the right call?