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Title: Epson XP-245
Post by: Derekg on September 30, 2020, 04:47:30 AM
Hello, I had to install Linux Lite on a new hard drive, but having trouble installing the software and drivers for my printer a Epson XP-245. If i go to the website below and fill in my printer details, and click the Printer Driver and Scanner Driver, i don`t know which version to download. Any help would be appreciated.

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http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/searchModule
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Paul74 on October 01, 2020, 04:12:14 AM
Hello Derekg,

With LL 5.0, there is a new version of CUPS.
Have you try to install  your printer/Scanner WITHOUT drivers from Epson site ?
I use a XP-335 and I don't need to load drivers from Epson site and it works correctly under LL 5.0 ; on the test page it is specified "driver : drvless.ppd"



For scanner, don(t forget to stop firewall prior to start SANE.
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Derekg on October 01, 2020, 05:49:26 AM
Paul74, I installed LinuxLite 5.0 this afternoon, and cheers i`ll give that a go. Also i can`t get the scanner to scan.
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Paul74 on October 01, 2020, 12:22:39 PM
Derekg,

In this case you will have some parameters to specify in ndifferent fils to get the scanner working !

In the directory /etc/sane.d :

1/ Modify the file  dll.conf and activate following lines :   
                                                            net
                                                            epson
                                                            epkowa
                                                            epson2

2/ Add or modify the file named  epkowa.conf to add scanner ip adress and port 1865 : (in the exemple below, it's my epkowa.conf file)
                                                            net 192.168.1.152 1865
                                                                  ----------------
                                                                  Replace by your printer ip adress

3/ Reboot the system and start Sane.
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Derekg on October 02, 2020, 09:04:13 AM
I have that file open on my screen, but how do i activate those lines ? And is this the other file i have to edit ?

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# epson2.conf
#
# here are some examples for how to configure the EPSON2 backend

# SCSI
scsi EPSON
# for the GT-6500:
#scsi "EPSON SC"

# Parallel port
#pio 0x278
#pio 0x378
#pio 0x3BC

# USB
usb

# For libusb support for unknown scanners use the following command
# usb <vendor ID> <product ID>
# e.g.:
# usb 0x4b8 0x110

# Network
#
# net 192.168.1.123
net autodiscovery
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Paul74 on October 03, 2020, 03:14:01 AM

1/ You vill have to edit the file "/etc/sane.d/dll.conf" and suppress the "#" for the lines containing :
    #net
    #epson
    #epson2
  and add a line to specify :
     epkowa

2/ Create the file  "/etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf" and specify :
     net aaa.bbb.c.d 1865

    Note : replace aaa.bbb.c.d by the ip adress of your printer, it's generally the form "192.168.1.nnn"

    To get printer adress :
     1/ Start your printer and wait to get it in ready mode
     2/ Use terminal and give the command      lpinfo -v | grep -P '://'

3/ Reboot your system

Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Derekg on October 03, 2020, 06:59:36 AM
I have edited the file "/etc/sane.d/dll.conf and saved it.  How do i create a conf file ? And if i have to use su and password, it gives me
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su: Authentication failure
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Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Paul74 on October 03, 2020, 08:53:40 AM
You need to use :
sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
and to specify your password when asked, be carefull, it's normal than the password doesn't appears !

And to create epkowa.conf :
sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Derekg on October 03, 2020, 09:03:29 AM
I tried what you said and get this.

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sudo: gedit: command not found
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: trinidad on October 03, 2020, 10:12:14 AM
Self explanatory. Gedit is not installed. Use sudo nano.

TC
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Derekg on October 03, 2020, 06:29:12 PM
I did exactly what you said to do, and created the epkowa.conf file and added my settings to net aaa.bbb.c.d 1865 and saved it. Rebooted my computer and did a test print, but it was firing blanks.

So i deleted that printer and added a new one, under select device and went through the setup. I did a test print and that worked.

I downloaded the scanner driver and followed the README guide, and when i type ./install.sh. It gives this error message.

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Hit:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease Fetched 107 kB in 2s (49.9 kB/s) Reading package lists...Done

Reading package lists...Done
Building dependency tree Reading state information...Done

E: Unable to locate package libboost-filesystem1.65.1
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libboost-filesystem1.65.1'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libboost-filesystem1.65.1'
E: Unable to locate package libboost-program-options1.65.1
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libboost-program-options1.65.1'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libboost-program-options1.65.1'
E: Unable to locate package libboost-system1.65.1
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libboost-system1.65.1'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libboost-system1.65.1'


Trinidad, it is not Self explanatory if you don`t know what your really doing !
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Paul74 on October 04, 2020, 01:54:05 AM
Use    sudo ./install.sh   from the directory where you download the driver.
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Derekg on October 04, 2020, 03:11:14 AM
I used sudo ./install.sh in the directory of the driver i downloaded, but still get the same error message.
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Jerry on October 04, 2020, 07:38:51 AM
This is getting over-complicated.

Undo ALL that you have done to date, I don't know why people are suggesting what they have so far. I'm sure the intent is good, but the research needs to be 100% accurate.
Don't do ANY of the below until you have undone previous work. Remove any Epson printers listed in Printers, then reboot before proceeding.

Download - https://download2.ebz.epson.net/imagescanv3/ubuntu/lts1/deb/x64/imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-20.04-3.63.0.x64.deb.tar.gz (https://download2.ebz.epson.net/imagescanv3/ubuntu/lts1/deb/x64/imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-20.04-3.63.0.x64.deb.tar.gz)

Extract package.

Open extracted folder. Right click Open Terminal here.

Code: [Select]
sudo su
enter password.

Code: [Select]
./install.sh
follow instructions.

If you get errors, it will be because you have missed a step or not followed the instructions provided to the letter.
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Jerry on October 04, 2020, 07:53:21 AM
The printer is already supported by the kernel. If for some reason the printer does not set up and self-config, do:

Code: [Select]
sudo apt-get install printer-driver-escpr
or

Printer driver: https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/10/49/18/41ef4e1bb2cb43759ae3173912fde3c37f9f4b98/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.7.7-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb (https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/10/49/18/41ef4e1bb2cb43759ae3173912fde3c37f9f4b98/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.7.7-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb)

Utility: https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/03/00/11/97/70/5377488cf4e01752ab830e31774ea3636b5b41f4/epson-printer-utility_1.1.1-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Derekg on October 04, 2020, 05:28:03 PM
Jerry, i did what you said and got no errors when installing the driver software. I rebooted my computer and did a test with the scanner, and it works so does the printing. Cheers for everyone that helped out.
Title: Re: Epson XP-245
Post by: Jerry on October 04, 2020, 08:03:12 PM
Great :)