software needed for an epson s20 printer,

Looks like its supported

http://linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-Stylus_S20

There is a complete walk through here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=964784

If you use Linux, you should have looked at what was supported and was going to give you less grief.

Hardware manufacturers do not embrace "Alternative" systems than Windows as the masses uses Windows so they make a lot more money supporting it. So others get left by the wayside unfortunately. Some companys fully embrace Linux (HP and Nvidia are great examples here) and even have sections of their team dedicated to developing Linux drivers.

Next time you buy hardware I STRONGLY suggest researching the hardware you propose to acquire to see how painful it will be to setup.

Most HP printers require next to zero config. The guide given by Andre Mangan seems sound

thanks,
for you helpful advice, however i've just had to sadly part with my epson printer
which loaded and worked first time with no problems, seemed to make sense another epson would be similar.
as for the guide given
yes it's probably great, but i'm only learning and need a bit more support and advice
of the how to kind
thanks
sandra

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Your question #69309 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
If you use Linux, you should have looked at what was supported and was
going to give you less grief.

Hardware manufacturers do not embrace "Alternative" systems than Windows
as the masses uses Windows so they make a lot more money supporting it.
So others get left by the wayside unfortunately. Some companys fully
embrace Linux (HP and Nvidia are great examples here) and even have
sections of their team dedicated to developing Linux drivers.

Next time you buy hardware I STRONGLY suggest researching the hardware
you propose to acquire to see how painful it will be to setup.

Most HP printers require next to zero config. The guide given by Andre
Mangan seems sound

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sorry this advice doesn't solve my problem, i did have an old epson printer which was bril and needed no configuration, however the advice given is good, but i'm a learning and need some really simple how to guide, i don't know how to install software packages, even though i have downloaded the sofware,
i just don't understand what to do next, i've tried but the terminal keeps rejecting it
could i have some guidance please
thanks
sandra

i've downloaded the 'fedora 9 rpms' as suggested to my desktop, there's
pips-st20-SuSE10.3-3.1.0-CG.tgz
pips-common-3.1.0.tar.gz
i've then gone to terminal, and typed in the instructions
as follows, however

sandra@sandra-laptop:~$ 'alien --scripts --keep-version pips-*.rpm'
bash: alien --scripts --keep-version pips-*.rpm: command not found
sandra@sandra-laptop:~$

all i get is command nor found , what should i do now?

Hello Sandra,
Yes, I agree that the HowTo from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=964784 is asking for alot from someone new to Linux.
The rpm packaging format is used by several Linux distributions but Ubuntu, being based on the Debian system prefers to use the deb packaging format which installs after a double click on the deb file.
Alien is a program that translates rpm into deb format.

Regarding your printer, the site given by actionparsnip "http://linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-Stylus_S20" does have some printer drivers listed and you can try one of these. I assume that you are using a 32 bit system rather than a 64 bit - 32 bit is the most widely used. So, you need to download the "x86 32 bit (DEB for LSB 3.2)" file and save it to your Desktop. Then double click on it and it will install. Hopefully that will drive your printer.

I understand, since your previous Epson printer worked in Ubuntu, your assumption that the new one would work as well. I have always used HP printers which mostly work out of the box. This is especially so with today's HP printers which have Linux driver support from HP. This information is provided just in case you can return the Epson to the retailer.

hello,
the continuing saga of the printer that won't print continues!!
it's one of those moments, were i feel happy with the success of installing the software, hurrah!!
but then it won't print, here's the info i've been given guys,
can anyone decipher this , and solve this problem??
or should i just give in??

Page 1 (Choose printer):
{'cups_dest': <cups.Dest object at 0xa005ac0>,
 'cups_instance': None,
 'cups_queue': 'Stylus_S20',
 'cups_queue_listed': True}
Page 2 (Check printer sanity):
{'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'usb',
 'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'usb://EPSON/Stylus%20S20',
                       'printer-info': u'EPSON Stylus S20',
                       'printer-is-shared': True,
                       'printer-location': u'',
                       'printer-make-and-model': u'Epson Stylus Scan 2000 - CUPS+Gutenprint (OpenPrinting LSB 3.2) v5.2.2 Simplified',
                       'printer-state': 4,
                       'printer-state-message': u'Printing page 1, 50%',
                       'printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
                       'printer-type': 8556556,
                       'printer-uri-supported': u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/Stylus_S20'},
 'is_cups_class': False}
Page 3 (Printer state reasons):
{'printer-state-message': 'Printing page 1, 50%',
 'printer-state-reasons': 'none'}
Page 4 (Print test page):
{'test_page_job_status': [(11, 'Stylus_S20', 'Test Page')],
 'test_page_successful': False}
Page 5 (Printer state reasons):
{'printer-state-message': '', 'printer-state-reasons': 'none'}

thanks
sandra

somehow or other i did eventually manage to solve the problem of installing my printer,
infact i took the epson back to the shop and swopped it for a HP,
which is now installed and prints beautifully
thanks for all the help and time spent sending answers