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What programs do you need to use a printer? (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello, everyone! I'm helping my mom debloat her laptop and there is just a ridiculous amount of epson software.

Epson connect printer setup
epson event manager
epson photo+
epson power engage
epson printer connection checker
epson scan 2
epson scan pdf Extensions
epson scan smart
epson software updater
epsonNet print

how many of these can i delete and still have a functional printer? or better yet, is there a libre solution to using all of this junk in one app? thanks comrades

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Not sure about Epson, But I use Brother, and there are no apps. It works perfectly fine with the standard, built-in drivers in both windows and Linux. As for network printing, I just hooked it up to a raspberry pi running CUPS, and it worked pretty much out of the box.