Save installed Epson Stylus SX130 driver(s) on 16.04

I've installed the printer just by plugging the usb cable in. It was installed automatically and works fine with printing. I didn't try scanning, yet.

Can the driver(s) be saved on hard disk or be extracted manually from the Ubuntu OS for the case that it's/they're not provided any more in future, when needed, for example after an upgrade?

What's it like in general regarding device drivers for Linux? Does a working driver only work for a specific or for all Ubuntu versions (16.04, 18.04...) or also for Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu... or even for all Linux versions (Debian, Mint...)?

Where can be displayed which driver is currently installed, because in [System Settings] [Printer] [Properties] I didn't find anything on that?

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You can download drivers from

For Ubuntu you will need a deb package. amd64 for a 64-but system, or i386 for a 32-bit one.

The drivers should install on Ubuntu flavors, Debian and Mint, but it is not guaranteed that they will work with future Ubuntu version.

The esiaest way to see the driver installed is to go to in your bowser.

Go to Administration -> Printer Management and you'll see which driver is installed.

You can also see all Epson related packages installed by running in a terminal:

dpkg -l | grep epson

epson-inkjet-printer-escpr is the driver.

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