Epson LX-300 Printer Driver

En algunos trabajos que tuve, me solicitaban configurar las impresoras matriciales lx-300, lx-300+, lx-300++, resulta que para las versiones superiores de Ubuntu ( 9.04, ... ) el driver que trae incluido no imprimía como yo quería arrojando basurita(ascii), pues aquí le traigo una solución a ese problema.

Pasos para la instalación:  

 

1. Open System → Administration → Printing → New Printer, in select connection Device chose Gutenprint parallel port #1, chose that for printer epson, so as to Enter device URL emerged epson:/dev/lp0 → clicked Forward
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3. To printer driver chose provide PPD file
4. Afterwards the direction would in file Epson-Dot Matrix-epson.ppd
5. Give the name printer LX-300 and clicked Apply
6. The clique in printer LX-300, the Make difference and his Model from Epson the Teat of Matrix Foomatic/epson to Epson the Teat of Matrix Foomatic/eps9mid with clicked the switch change
7. To this time chose driver from “Select Printer from Databese” afterwards chose Epson → Forward
8. In the Models part chose “Dot Matrix” whereas in the Drivers part chose “Epson the Teat of Matrix Foomatic/eps9mid” → Forward
9. Afterwards chose “Use the new PPD (Postscript Printer Description) the USA is” → Forward
10. Driver that just was used by → Apply
11. So that results print better in the Printer Options part the difference resolution to 240x216.dpi. → Apply

fuente: http://all-about-ubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/12/epson-lx-300-printer-driver.html