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Help Wanted: Epson ET-7750 with Cahcy OS.

2026-06-13 13:14 UTC

Hi guys, I need some help with my printer, an Epson Ecotank ET-7750. I installed printer support during the installation, both normal CPUS and the HP stuff. But my printer isn’t recognised by the system automatically. If I try to add it with the tools in KDE Plasma or CPUS, it doesn’t recognise the driver correctly, it always wants to make it into a dot matrix printer. If I give it the commands to print, it does print when I set it as a dot matrix printer. But the bitmap is always a garbled mess. Basically it says in plain text “bitmap start” and then prints out meaningless symbols as if you were to take a picture and load it into a text editor. I came from PopOS 22.4 LTS and then I installed cachy this year. The printer did work perfectly with PopOS and they also use cups for printing. Am I missing a package? Can you guys help me please?

Replies (2)

  • @SanderZeldenthuis@nord.pub 2026-06-13 13:26

    I’ve never used that printer or Cachy OS. That being said, I don’t think installing HP printer software will help with an Epson printer. Epson do have printer drivers for linux and you can look up your specific printer download here https://download-center.epson.com/search/

    Open ##3309394

  • @yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 2026-06-13 13:58

    The gutenprint package might have the driver you need. Otherwise, the AUR is your best option.

    Open ##3309526