Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work 18 October 2023, 13:35:18 GreetingsI've been trying to get this darn thing to work.It's an epson xp-620 series, a printer+scanner thing which I use wirelessly, the scanner works like a charm and I didn't even need to install anything aside for a scanning utility, but printing is not as straightforward. Worth noting everything works fine out of the box for my wife on linux mint.I visited https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS and checked if cups was installed, it is. (OPENRC by the way).The wiki is kind of just runes to me up to the driver section so I thought I'd check that.https://www.openprinting.org/driver/epson-escprThis is the driver I should install, but in that page they only have a deb and an rpm so I can't even compile it. I checked the aur and the only two packages with escpr fail to install.I know I'm kind of a dummy and this is likely trivial but I would appreciate it a lot if someone could help me out and explain how to go about it in a way even a dummy can understand so that I get to learn something Quote Selected
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #1 – 18 October 2023, 14:14:12 I doubt you really need to install any more driver/module. Linux has generic printer modules that should simply work. CUPS has some optional dependencies check them out here I would look if these pkgs are onboard 'libusb', 'xdg-utils', 'ipp-usb'. If are not present on your system you should install those and see if works.Code: [Select]pacman -Qi cupsto check more details Quote Selected
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #2 – 18 October 2023, 14:36:52 All the packages you listed were installed, I checked pacman -Qi cups and installed the only thing that was not listed as installed but was an optional dependency.Even after that I can't print. The printer is there as an option but everything under it is greyed out. Quote Selected
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #3 – 18 October 2023, 17:06:54 Do you have cups-openrc package installed? If you have it try start the service or check the status.Try install all optional dependencies not only those that I've mentioned previously. Quote Selected
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #4 – 18 October 2023, 17:20:09 I installed all the dependencies, even optionals yes. Mhm... I can't figure out how to start it/check if it's running/enable it.I know the command is rc-service nameofservice start but I can't seem to guess the name of the service.I assumed cups but it's not.EDITIt's cupsd and it was already running. Quote Selected
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #5 – 18 October 2023, 18:03:41 Do you have cups-pdf package installed? You need to have 'gutenprint' and 'foomatic-db-gutenprint-ppds' installed in your system see herethen issue Code: [Select]# cups-genppdupdate and restart cups You can install 'usbutils' then issue lsusb command to see if your printer is detected. Quote Selected
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #6 – 18 October 2023, 18:49:17 Installed all that, restarted cupsd and still no luck. Also is it needed to check lsusb if the printer is wireless? Quote Selected Last Edit: 18 October 2023, 18:59:37 by RememberToRecycleKids
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #7 – 18 October 2023, 21:24:23 I would try via usb first but if you want it thru wireless there may be an issue with the wireless connection. I see linuxmint has also 'foomatic-db-engine' so I would install that too and those under it listed here You should give it a try. Also a reboot would be a good idea after so many packages installs. Quote Selected
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #8 – 20 October 2023, 10:58:06 Have you tried this?https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr Quote Selected
Re: Can't get a printer (epson xp620 series) to work Reply #9 – 28 October 2023, 15:51:50 Sorry for disappearing into the void (no I didn't switch to void).I had some real life problems to sort. Getting back to this, I tried to install epson-inkjet-printer-escpr but it doesn't install. The aur has also a epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2 which also doesn't install.foomatic-db-engine also did not help, even installing all the other related packages. Like before, the printer is there but refuses to work with me, flagged as refusing jobs. Quote Selected