Epson xp-322 on arch linux

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Hey guys,

this is the third topic I open in a week in this section, but I really wanna switch to arch linux and in order to do so I need my printer. I really never managed to configure a printer in linux but this time I can't even find the printers menu in the system configuration menu.
I looked up for a driver on the epson website and I found a .tar archive. In addition, the epson requires you to install LSB > 3.2 but I couldn't find the package with packman or in the AUR (I mean, there is a version in the AUR but it's obsolete).

I tried installing this package
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/epson-inkjet-printer-201303w/
still I don't know how to use it.

This is the driver page I trried to download
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/epson-inkjet-printer-201303w/
The version I downloaded is the "epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.4-1lsb3.2.tar.gz", it didn't help at all.

What can I do now ??

Thanks in advice for helping this newbie

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Did you install CUPS?
To install packages from the AUR use an aur helper like Pacaur to automate installs.
Either way, to manually install a package:

1: Extract the thingyouwanttoinstall.tar.gx

~]$ tar -xvf thingyowanttoinstall.tar.gz

2: Move to the extracted directory and build the package

~]$ cd thingyouwanttoinsstall
~]$ makepkg

You should now have a new foo.pkg.tar.gz package in that directory
3: Install

~]$ sudo pacman -U thingyouwanttoinstall.pkg.tar.gz

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Thanks for claryifying it but I already knew how to install stuff from the AUR. CUPS however doesn't detect the printer.