In this particular setup, the printer is shared from its USB port using one of those utterly disgusting Apple Airport Extremes that don’t even have an http user interface for configuration. Don’t buy Apple’s networking equipment! The hardware may be of good quality and well designed but the devices are, thanks to their software, obfuscated and very limited in terms of functionality. Why do people even buy routers that require special software for both the initial setup and any later configuration changes? There certainly are cheaper an more functional printer and file servers for home networks.

I configured the E232 as an HP Jetdirect device (port 9100 on the IP address used by the Crapple Airport Extreme and printer sharing). Printing works fine using these settings.

[via:Linux Forums]

My 32 bit Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) system didn’t automagically configure the Epson Perfection V10 USB-scanner my employer keeps at the office, but following instructions posted on Ubuntuforums.org appears to have solved the problem.

I also made backup copies of both the current Epson drivers from avasys.jp and the Ubuntuforums post, see http://misc.nybergh.net/pub/drivers/epson_perfection_v10_linux/.

EDIT: The same procedure successfully installs the V10 on Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04 LTS) as well.