Epson and Avasys has unveiled plans for a service that will enable the automatic downloading of printer drivers for users of the Linux operating system.
The companies, both based in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, announced that the service is planned to start at the end of April 2011, enabling automatic downloads of printer drivers for a total of 268 Epson inkjet printer models launched since 2005.
Currently, in order to use Epson printers on Linux PCs, it is necessary to manually download the appropriate driver from the Avasys website. In order to improve the user experience for Epson printer owners using the Linux OS, Epson and Avasys collaborated with the Linux Foundation*3 to make the automatic printer driver download service possible. As a result, the automatic download function has been included in the Linux distribution*4 "Ubuntu*5 11.04", due to be released at the end of April 2011. For this distribution, users will be able to automatically download the driver just by connecting the printer, enabling much simpler set up.
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