Hello everybody, I am not very sure whether I should post here, or in the hardware forum. Or, as I discovered Ubuntu about a week ago, perhaps in 'Absolute beginners', although absolute begins to be exaggerated as I installed Cairo-Dock after writing a script to handle screen copies. So, here is the problem. I have an Epson LQ 100 printer that runs jolly good on Windows, but on Ubuntu it takes about an hour to print a test page, and after that the resolution is so low that it is hardly readable. This is the only problem I saw on that machine. I tried several drivers that other people were satisfied with, the last one is Epson LQ 570+.

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This one is a little less slow, but still not quick enough, and the resolution is still so low. The language used by the printer is Epson ESC/P2. The system is Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, the memory size 494 MB, the processor is Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.4 Ghz. Any idea what to do? As you have just 494Mb, I imagine that you use Windows XP. Ubuntu 12.04 is made for machines with rather more memory; at least 1Gb is recommended (more if you use 64-bit). It is possible that the lack of memory is compounding your problem Try loading (part of the official Ubuntu family but for low-spec computers) on a Live CD and see if the printer works a bit better.

Or even, an unofficial but mature Ubuntu distro for even lower-spec computers.Well, this sounds as bad news. For Windows, on another machine, I have 1 GB, but the machine with Ubuntu has just arrived a week ago, installed by volunteers. Should have to redo everything from the beginning? During a good week I installed everything that had to be automated.

Thank you for your answer, it really seems to have to be considered. OpenPrinting is the source for open source printing this sort of listing would be close to your printer.some might suggest you treat yourself to a new printer.go on.you deserve it.Christmas is coming.splash out. Hum, I also visited that site last week, and maybe it was there I downloaded the LQ570+ driver.

But after doing other operations on the system I am more receptive to some keywords, and now that I know that cups is part of the system, I discovered a directory of documentation on the topic of printers. So, very nice to come there back at the good moment, that leads me to read the documentation. On the machine itself And supposing nothing there gives anything convincing, I shall have to give more priority to Paddy's answer. Perhaps it can be more simple (take less time) to take the problem the other side, and install more memory, if possible.

Well, this sounds as bad news. For Windows, on another machine, I have 1 GB, but the machine with Ubuntu has just arrived a week ago, installed by volunteers.

Should have to redo everything from the beginning? During a good week I installed everything that had to be automated. Thank you for your answer, it really seems to have to be considered.Hmm, if you didn't install Ubuntu yourself and you rely on volunteers, first see if you can get your printer working.

If your computer works satisfactorily, perhaps you need to leave it as it is. If, however, you find that your computer runs too slowly for you, then you can consider changing to Lubuntu. The good news is that you can install it 'over' your Ubuntu — not perfectly, but pretty well — through the Ubuntu Software Centre. In that case, you will have a choice of which one you want to use every time you log in! But wait until you know whether or not your computer is fast enough for you before deciding. Well, some news about this. During printing, I opened the system monitor, that showed me that about one third of the memory was free.

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