Printer Driver difference?

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Printer Driver difference?

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I have an Epson Workforce 845 printer. Have been using it with the proper Epson driver through Mint 13, 14 and 16 and it has worked fine, supporting the Duplexer function.

I am now using both Mint 16, and trying Mint LXDE. Same driver on both distros. Mint 16 supports the Duplexer function, while LXDE does not even show that option. Am I missing something here? Thanks.
--Don

I should mention I am using latest driver from Epson site, not Avasys.
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Re: Printer Driver difference?

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Possibly you do not have all the required drivers. I noticed a very recent (2014) driver on the list here:

http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/searc ... archModule
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No, the latest driver for this printer is an all-in-one. Works fine on all the other Mint releases! Marked on your site as "Linux latest"! But thanks for the site check!
--Don
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No - not the one marked as the "latest" but the one issued 10th March, 2014 - version 1.4.0

By the way, Avasys no longer provides distribution of Seiko-Epson drivers.
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Well, I loaded 1.4 and not only does it not support the duplexer function, it loacked up the machine solid and even Alt,>F2 wouldn't kill it. Don't think that is the answer.
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Sorry about that, Don, I gave the information in good faith.
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No doubt Kyphi. Grateful for any help, since I was getting nowhere. But right now, I'm wishing for Avasys back :roll: Thanks again!
--Don
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I would add one more item to my problem. I'm so used to having to go find the driver for this printer that it didn't even occur to me to see if the "built-in" to the basic system might have a driver. So I removed those that I had loaded, and attempted to use what was shipped with the install. Lo and behold, it did have a driver which it loaded. It STILL does no offer support for the duplexer. Have to believe AVASYS had a better handle on this printer that the Epson folks.
--Don
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Duplex setup for Epson 845

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we switched to Cinnamon (from Mate); and the configure printers option in Cinnamon: to me: seems non-existent;

we set up our Canon (which does duplex) with Mate;

if printing with LibreOffice, one can configure the printer there with the command
./usr/lib/libreoffice/program/spadmin
that opens a small GUI: do you want to try that? There is a duplex option there ............... (Properties)
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Hi pdc, Yes LibreOffice has always had the duplex option available. Sadly, it won't help me much, since little that I print goes through LibreOffice. And I just hate killing that many trees. I find it funny that L.O does know it's there, but the Epson driver doesn't. Warped sense of humor, I guess. But thanks for the info. I hadn't yet tried L.O.
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Duplex setup for Epson 845

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I was curious what our adobe programme looked like when I entered the print command:

(It also offers the CLI version); so I enclose the screenshot; it allows a duplex select

and the command line for our MG3100; that the adobe programme displays when the print GUI is called
lpr -P MG3100USB -o Resolution=600dpi -o ColorModel=rgb -o PageSize=A4 -o PageRegion=A4 -o MediaType=plain -o InputSlot=front2 -o CNExtension=2 -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble
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Hi pdc, and thanks, but I'm not looking for a "workaround" solution. Either it works properly, or I'll look for another Mint solution which has worked so far. Best printer I've had in years, and I want a solution similar to what I've had with other Mint releases. Guess I'll see what Update pack 9 brings, or go with the next long term release of Mint Mate.
--Don
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