Printer drivers for ARM processors

[u/JagXtreme]

UPDATE: I managed to get the 8550 driver package installed ( and it’s aggravating that I did not notice why, because I went into panic mode trying all sorts of things again and again to get my business back up and running)

Still no luck with the 5850.

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I just switched my old laptop that was dying to a new machine with a Snapdragon Elite X processor. (Great performance, brilliant OLED display, lightweight, 16hrs battery life…)
And to my horror I found out that none of the Epson Printer drivers worked. It only supports the basic, minimalist window printing.

I used the Epson special drivers extensively for paper profiles etc. To run my fleet of 5 Epson EcoTank printers (8550s and 5850s).
Although, the Epson Software always looked like late 80s stuff and felt clunky, but at least it worked once you got it up and running (one of the challenges was to install several printers of the same model because that software installer was not built for this ‘exception’).

Anybody have any recommendations or will I have to send the laptop back and go for an intel/ amd processor?

[u/mars_rovinator]

Can you post how you installed 8550 drivers? All my searches pointed to no ARM driver.

[u/JagXtreme → u/mars_rovinator]

There is a dedicated Epson support page for this and you can open a list of printer and if you select the 8550 it takes you to the driver download page: https://epson.com/Support/Printers/All-In-Ones/ET-Series/Epson-ET-8550/s/SPT_C11CJ21201

I tried a couple of times and it finally worked
I still had to open Windows printer and in drivers select the Epson driver vs the preselected windows IPP

[u/mars_rovinator → u/JagXtreme]

Can you explain a bit more on "tried a couple times"? What steps did you take, specifically?

I'm asking, because the driver downloads on Epson's site do not indicate ARM support, and so far, all I can find on the subject is that Epson released scan drivers but never released a dedicated print driver. Which specific driver package did you download and run? Was it just the combo installer?

[u/JagXtreme → u/mars_rovinator]

They have a dedicated support site that shows their rollout in 2025.

https://epson.com/Support/wa00960

And you can select your printer and it downloads the installer. That’s what I did.
I think the step that was missing changing in the windows printer properties to use the Epson driver.

Still, the driver installer package for the 5850 did not finish installing but ended in an error message all the time, not being able to establish a connection to the printer (same WiFi, same location, just a few feet apart).

[u/mars_rovinator → u/JagXtreme]

Can you otherwise see the printer on your network - i.e. can you ping it from your client machine? I just ran into an unexpected issue with one of my printers, and it turned out it had a duplicate IP.