I need help adding a printer
I have just installed The Debian GNU/linux distro and I'm trying to set up my printer.
The printer is an Epson stylus CX6600. I understand that there is not a specific driver for this printer and that I must use the same driver that is used for the Epson Stylus C84 printer.
When I try to install the driver by going to System -> Printers and log in as root, the foomatic gui starts up. I click on the Add icon and Forward and a table shows the printer as Epson Stylus CX6600 as USB printer #1 so I select it and press Forward. The next screen is the Printer Identification screen and everything shows up correctly so I press Forward again. The next screen is the “Choose printer make and model” screen so I select “Epson” in the first column and in the second column I choose Stylus C84 (I've also tried C84, C83, C82, CX6400 and maybe a few others) and press Forward. This takes me to the “Choose printer driver” screen where it is supposed to show me a list of possible drivers to choose from but in every case there is no list at all.
I've also tried going to Settings -> Printing Manager. This opens without asking me for the root password. From here I click on the Add icon at the top of the screen and select Add Printer/Class from the pop-down menu. This takes me to the Add Printer Wizard Introduction screen where I click Next again. On this screen I select the Local printer (parallel, serial, USB) radio button and click Next which takes me to the Local Port Selection screen. This screen shows a tree fo all the ports that printers could be located on with my Epson Stylus CX6600 showing up as being attached to USB printer #1 which is correct so I select it and click on Next to go to the Printer Model Selection screen. Here I select Epson in the first column and Stylus C84 in the second column and click Next. Now I'm on the Driver Selection screen where I have a choice of two drivers, Epson Stylus C84 – CUPS + Gimp-Print v4.2.7 [English] or Epson Stylus C84 (Foomatic + gimp-print)[recommended]. I selected the recommended driver and click on Next. This takes me to the Printer Test screen where I can test the printer with the driver I've just selected. When I click on the Test button another screen pops up asking me to supply my Username and Password and it already has my login Username entered. I entered the same password that I used to login and clicked on the OK button at which time another box pops up stating “Authentication failed (user name=robert) Do you want to retry?”
I've also tried CUPS but it asks me for a User Name and Password as soon as I click on the Add Printer button and it won't accept any password I put there either.
Any ideas about what I'm doing wrong? Is there anything else I can try?
I'm very new to Linux so please explain in the simplest terms possible.
Thanks in advance for any help given.
Robert
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