[SOLVED] Getting Epson WF2010 printer to work

newzedder wrote:I've recently acquired an Epson WF-2010 printer. Having set it up, Zorin found a driver from the Epson site and prompted download. Seemed to be rather fast, I do wonder whether it actually happened; but nonetheless the printer appears as "ready" in my Settings/Devices/Printers sector and is described as Generic ESC/P dot matrix printer. However, I can't get the computer to talk to the printer.
It is set up on a standard USB cable, computer-to-printer. I switched the printer off and re-booted Zorin, but this made no difference. I then removed the printer from Settings/Devices/Printers and repeated the install, but got the same result.
I'm going through the printer manual now, but can't see any particular clues as to the non-communication. Is anyone familiar with Epsons?
If it doesnt work on Linux, I'll have to install it on one of my older (cough) Windows OS, but it would be nice to solve the Zorin puzzle.

Code:

cd ~Downloads

Code:

sudo dpkg -i epson-inkjet-printer-201211w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb

newzedder wrote:Ah. Problem.
From the terminal:
Selecting previously unselected package epson-inkjet-printer-201211w.
(Reading database ... 363519 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack epson-inkjet-printer-201211w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking epson-inkjet-printer-201211w (1.0.0-1lsb3.2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of epson-inkjet-printer-201211w:
epson-inkjet-printer-201211w depends on lsb (>= 3.2); however:
Package lsb is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package epson-inkjet-printer-201211w (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-0ubuntu1+zorin4) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
epson-inkjet-printer-201211w

Where would I find package lsb?
Any thoughts, I'll catch up tomorrow; with thanks.

newzedder wrote:Got all that, with thanks. However it still looks like it isn't going to work:
I tried first the terminal command route:
Here's the terminal output, after putting in the sudo apt-get instruction:

Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
lsb-base is already the newest version (9.20170808ubuntu1).
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
epson-inkjet-printer-201211w : Depends: lsb (>= 3.2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Did that, and got the following:

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?

That all means nothing to me, so I suspect things won't go any further. But happy to be proved wrong.

Code:

sudo apt --fix-broken install

Code:

sudo apt-get install printer-driver-escpr

newzedder wrote:YYEEEESSSS! It works!
Ran the sudo apt instruction to fix broken install.
Then ran the sudo command for installing the driver.
Added printer to Devices/Printer sector.
Ran test sheet, and bingo, it printed out.

Phew, what a long-winded exercise.
I'm going to take a copy of this discussion and file it away, I'll never remember all the details, for any future
installation repeat.
Thanks for all that information, very valuable. Couldn't have done it without the forum.

Code:

sudo apt-get install printer-driver-escpr