Comment 18 for bug 34647

Instructions for getting the following Epson printer models working:

Epson EPL-5700L
Epson EPL-5800L
Epson EPL-5900L
Epson EPL-6100L
Epson EPL-6200L

(Based on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1558950 )

1. Download http://sourceforge.net/projects/epsonepl/files/epsonepl/0.4.1/epsoneplijs-0.4.1.tgz/download

2. Assure that you have build tools installed

sudo apt-get install build-essential

3. Extract the driver source and build it

mkdir /tmp/build-epson-driver
cd /tmp/build-epson-driver
tar zxvf [DOWNLOAD LOCATION]/epsoneplijs-0.4.1.tgz

./configure
make
sudo make install

4. Make missing target directories

sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-ppds/Epson/
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/{driver,opt,printer}

5. Copy driver files to required locations

sudo cp -v foomatic_PPDs/Epson-EPL-*-cups.ppd.gz /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-ppds/Epson/
sudo cp -v foomatic/driver/epl*.xml /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/
sudo cp -v foomatic/opt/epsonepl-*.xml /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/
sudo cp -v foomatic/printer/Epson-EPL-*.xml /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer

6. Copy the IJS server to the system-wide executable directory

sudo cp -v ijs_server_epsonepl /usr/bin/

7. Restart CUPS

sudo restart cups

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My 5900L works well in Precise Pangolin after that.