Automatic Printer Driver Download Service for Linux OS

Seiko Epson and AVASYS have joint hand to introduce industry’s first service for printer manufacturer that would allow an automatic downloading of printer drivers through simple connection of an Epson inkjet printer with a PC running Linux OS.

The new service will start at the end of April 2011, allowing automatic downloads of printer drivers for a total of 268 Epson inkjet printer models launch since 2005. The new service will ease the burden of manual download of appropriate driver from AVASYS website for Epson printers using PCs running Linux OS.
In order to launch this service Epson had to create a driver that complies with the standard Linux specification “LSB” (Linux Standard Base), while AVASYS had to develop an automatic Linux printer driver download solution form the Open Printing Database.