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  Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-28 14:30 +0200
    Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-07-28 15:20 +0200
      Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-28 21:50 +0200
        Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-28 22:20 +0200
          Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-07-28 23:50 +0200
            Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-30 05:00 +0200
              Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-07-30 13:10 +0200
                Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-30 14:00 +0200
          Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-07-29 01:10 +0200
            Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-29 05:10 +0200
              Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-29 05:20 +0200
              Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2020-07-29 06:50 +0200
              Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-07-29 16:50 +0200
              Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-30 05:10 +0200
                Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-07-30 13:10 +0200
                  Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-30 13:50 +0200
                    Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-07-30 15:50 +0200
                  Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-30 14:20 +0200
          Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2020-07-30 06:10 +0200
            Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues. rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-30 13:00 +0200

#225420 — Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

Greetings all,

I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's
drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing
works.
The printer is clearly detected, and all I can get is the message:
`AttributeError: 'Printer' object has no attribute '_ppd'' and the
insistence that `/usr/lib/cups/filter/epson-escpr-wrapper2' is required.
The manufacturer's driver is listed in the ppd selection:
`Epson-WF-C5290_Series-epson-escpr2-en.ppd', but simply doesn't work.
I've hunted everywhere for a solution.
There's an escpr driver in the repositories but it's not the required
one.
There appears to be no `2' version as yet.
Anybody have any idea what's happening here?
Thanks for any time and trouble taken.

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#225421

On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote:

> Greetings all,
> 
> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's
> drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing
> works.

Please put the device on the network and give the outputs of

  avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp

and

  avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp

avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package.

-- 
Brian.

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#225430

On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote:
> 
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's
>> drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing
>> works.
> 
> Please put the device on the network and give the outputs of
> 
>   avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
> 
> and
> 
>   avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp
> 
> avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package.

No output from either, I'm afraid.
-- 
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by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

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#225434

On 29-07-2020 05:44, Weaver wrote:
> On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote:
>> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings all,
>>>
>>> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's
>>> drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing
>>> works.
>>
>> Please put the device on the network and give the outputs of
>>
>>   avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
>>
>> and
>>
>>   avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp
>>
>> avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package.
> 
> No output from either, I'm afraid.

Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
Yet CUPS finds it and the drivers I allocate.
-- 
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by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

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#225443

On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote:

> On 29-07-2020 05:44, Weaver wrote:
> > On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote:
> >> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote:
> >>
> >>> Greetings all,
> >>>
> >>> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's
> >>> drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing
> >>> works.
> >>
> >> Please put the device on the network and give the outputs of
> >>
> >>   avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >>   avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp
> >>
> >> avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package.
> > 
> > No output from either, I'm afraid.
> 
> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
> Yet CUPS finds it and the drivers I allocate.

We do not know the CUPS command you are using. Perhaps you can say?
I would use 'lpinfo -v'.

-- 
Brian.

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#225516

On 29-07-2020 13:04, Weaver wrote:
> On 29-07-2020 07:43, Brian wrote:
>> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> On 29-07-2020 05:44, Weaver wrote:
>>> > On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote:
>>> >> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Greetings all,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's
>>> >>> drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing
>>> >>> works.
>>> >>
>>> >> Please put the device on the network and give the outputs of
>>> >>
>>> >>   avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
>>> >>
>>> >> and
>>> >>
>>> >>   avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp
>>> >>
>>> >> avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package.
>>> >
>>> > No output from either, I'm afraid.
>>>
>>> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
>>> Yet CUPS finds it and the drivers I allocate.
>>
>> We do not know the CUPS command you are using. Perhaps you can say?
>> I would use 'lpinfo -v'.
> 
O.K., I'm beginning to work through the situation, and some of it
appears to be the recent adjust ment in `su' with Buster.
Logging in now by way of `su -' and lpinfo -v gives me:

root@Base:~# lpinfo -v
network http
network ipps
file cups-brf:/
network socket
network ipp
network beh
network https
direct hp
network lpd
serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200
direct usb://EPSON/WF-C5290%20Series?serial=583343373030303338
file cups-pdf:/
direct parallel:/dev/lp0
direct hpfax

lpstat shows two print-outs in queue:

root@Base:~# lpstat
Epson-WF-C5290-51       root              1024   Tue 28 Jul 2020
21:51:37
Epson-WF-C5290-52       root              1024   Tue 28 Jul 2020
21:51:53

So, it looks like a driver problem, still.


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by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

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Terrorism, the new religion.

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#225531

On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 19:57:53 -0700, Weaver wrote:

> O.K., I'm beginning to work through the situation, and some of it
> appears to be the recent adjust ment in `su' with Buster.
> Logging in now by way of `su -' and lpinfo -v gives me:
> 
> root@Base:~# lpinfo -v
> network http
> network ipps
> file cups-brf:/
> network socket
> network ipp
> network beh
> network https
> direct hp
> network lpd
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200
> direct usb://EPSON/WF-C5290%20Series?serial=583343373030303338
> file cups-pdf:/
> direct parallel:/dev/lp0
> direct hpfax

There aren't any network URIs. Is the Epson WF-C5290 on the network?
 
> lpstat shows two print-outs in queue:
> 
> root@Base:~# lpstat
> Epson-WF-C5290-51       root              1024   Tue 28 Jul 2020
> 21:51:37
> Epson-WF-C5290-52       root              1024   Tue 28 Jul 2020
> 21:51:53
> 
> So, it looks like a driver problem, still.

Maybe. But you don't need any drivers!

https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting

-- 
Brian.

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#225536

On 30-07-2020 21:05, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 19:57:53 -0700, Weaver wrote:
> 
>> O.K., I'm beginning to work through the situation, and some of it
>> appears to be the recent adjust ment in `su' with Buster.
>> Logging in now by way of `su -' and lpinfo -v gives me:
>>
>> root@Base:~# lpinfo -v
>> network http
>> network ipps
>> file cups-brf:/
>> network socket
>> network ipp
>> network beh
>> network https
>> direct hp
>> network lpd
>> serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
>> serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200
>> direct usb://EPSON/WF-C5290%20Series?serial=583343373030303338
>> file cups-pdf:/
>> direct parallel:/dev/lp0
>> direct hpfax
> 
> There aren't any network URIs. Is the Epson WF-C5290 on the network?
>  
>> lpstat shows two print-outs in queue:
>>
>> root@Base:~# lpstat
>> Epson-WF-C5290-51       root              1024   Tue 28 Jul 2020
>> 21:51:37
>> Epson-WF-C5290-52       root              1024   Tue 28 Jul 2020
>> 21:51:53
>>
>> So, it looks like a driver problem, still.
> 
> Maybe. But you don't need any drivers!
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting

Yes, I configured it for that in the end, but it still wasn't working.
I'm not even sure why it's working now.

-- 
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by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

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#225449

On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote:

> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.

How about 'ippfind -T 5'?

-- 
Brian.

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#225462

On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote:
> 
>> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
> 
> How about 'ippfind -T 5'?

Nothing!
Just a return to the prompt.
-- 
`Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

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#225463

On 29-07-2020 13:05, Weaver wrote:
> On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote:
>> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
>>
>> How about 'ippfind -T 5'?
> 
> Nothing!
> Just a return to the prompt.

Or, perhaps what I should have done is this:

https://imgur.com/2ZMiwa0
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by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

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#225466

On 7/28/20 11:05 PM, Weaver wrote:
> On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote:
>> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
>> How about 'ippfind -T 5'?
> Nothing!
> Just a return to the prompt.
Same thing happens when tried on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
--doug

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#225497

On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 20:05:56 -0700, Weaver wrote:

> On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote:
> > On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote:
> > 
> >> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
> > 
> > How about 'ippfind -T 5'?
> 
> Nothing!
> Just a return to the prompt.

The printer is on the network with ethernet or wireless. Two network
commands fail. I think you need to look at your setup. Firewall?

-- 
Brian.

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#225517

On 29-07-2020 13:05, Weaver wrote:
> On 29-07-2020 09:07, Brian wrote:
>> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 13:17:33 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>
>>> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
>>
>> How about 'ippfind -T 5'?
> 
> Nothing!
> Just a return to the prompt.

But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'.
But when a test page is sent, the advice comes back:
`Printing Stopped'.
-- 
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by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

Registered Linux User: 554515

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#225530

On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:02:43 -0700, Weaver wrote:

> But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'.

ipp-usb? You've lost me. You are on stable, aren't you?

-- 
Brian.

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#225535

On 30-07-2020 21:05, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:02:43 -0700, Weaver wrote:
> 
>> But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'.
> 
> ipp-usb? You've lost me. You are on stable, aren't you?

No, I'd only use that on a server.
Unstable is what I've always used.
-- 
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by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

Registered Linux User: 554515

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#225546

On Thu 30 Jul 2020 at 04:42:17 -0700, Weaver wrote:

> On 30-07-2020 21:05, Brian wrote:
> > On Wed 29 Jul 2020 at 20:02:43 -0700, Weaver wrote:
> > 
> >> But now ipp-usb advises `Printer Added'.
> > 
> > ipp-usb? You've lost me. You are on stable, aren't you?
> 
> No, I'd only use that on a server.
> Unstable is what I've always used.

I think that anyone addressing an issue here is entitled to assume a
user is on stable *unless* he explicitly says otherwise. Differences
between stable and unstable can often determine the type of response
given.

Anyway, you have apparently surmounted your difficulties.

-- 
Brian.

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#225541

You're welcome!  (Sometimes I get lucky ;-)

It looks like you didn't send this to the list -- I'm going to redirect this 
to the list in hopes that somebody may be able to shed some light (or a fix) on 
the issue of needing to recycle the power on the printer.

On Thursday, July 30, 2020 07:48:52 AM Weaver wrote:
> On 30-07-2020 20:58, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > Maybe it is worth recycling the printer power just before your next
> > attempt at printing?
> 
> Amazing!
> That did it, although I've turned the power of at the printer, and
> rebooted a number of times since installation, this time it made a
> difference.
> Prints beautifully.
> If I only knew what happened so I could supply a synopsis.
> Thank you very much for that!

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#225518

On 29-07-2020 06:17, Weaver wrote:
> On 29-07-2020 05:44, Weaver wrote:
>> On 28-07-2020 23:18, Brian wrote:
>>> On Tue 28 Jul 2020 at 05:22:36 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings all,
>>>>
>>>> I've just bought the above printer, downloaded the manufacturer's
>>>> drivers, got the URI from lpstat -l -e, picked the ppd, and nothing
>>>> works.
>>>
>>> Please put the device on the network and give the outputs of
>>>
>>>   avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>   avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp

And after all alternatives are exhausted, including ensuring port 631 on
the firewall is enabled, lpstat -p delivers:

root@Base:~# lpstat -p Epson-WF-C5290
printer Epson-WF-C5290 is idle.  enabled since Thu 30 Jul 2020 13:21:48
	File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/epson-escpr-wrapper2" not available: No such
file or directory

Which simply tells me the same as before.
The manufacturer supplied driver is not what the programme wants to
enable the printer, and demands this alternative that doesn't exist
anywhere.
>>>
>>> avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package.
>>
>> No output from either, I'm afraid.
> 
> Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
> Yet CUPS finds it and the drivers I allocate.

-- 
`Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful'.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.

Registered Linux User: 554515

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#225529

Top posting because this is sort of "off the wall" and may not be directly 
relevant to anything previously mentioned as possible solutions.

I use a Canon BJC-3000 printer (on the order of 20 years old).  It worked 
absolutely fine until 2 or 3 (or maybe even 5 years ago).  

(Aside: I keep the printer turned on all the time, but it does sometimes go off 
due to brief power glitches.  It is connected directly to my everyday driver 
via a USB port.)

Now, about half the time (maybe more often), when I try to print something 
nothing happens.  What I've found that I have to do is turn the printer off and 
then back on again.  Then it goes through it's power on cycle and afterwards 
prints (I ususally have to resend the print job.)

Sometimes it seems to depend on what application I print from, but I don't 
print very often so I haven't pinned this down.

I assumed that it has something to do with some deterioration in the printer, 
but maybe it has to do with some revision in the driver or CUPS software.

Hmm, now I have to check if I'm actually using CUPS ... yeah, cupsd is running 
and I'm pretty sure that is the mechanism of printing.

Maybe it is worth recycling the printer power just before your next attempt at 
printing?

On Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:03:57 AM Weaver wrote:
> And after all alternatives are exhausted, including ensuring port 631 on
> the firewall is enabled, lpstat -p delivers:
> 
> root@Base:~# lpstat -p Epson-WF-C5290
> printer Epson-WF-C5290 is idle.  enabled since Thu 30 Jul 2020 13:21:48
> 	File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/epson-escpr-wrapper2" not available: No such
> file or directory
> 
> Which simply tells me the same as before.
> The manufacturer supplied driver is not what the programme wants to
> enable the printer, and demands this alternative that doesn't exist
> anywhere.
> 
> >>> avahi-browse is in the avahi-utils package.
> >> 
> >> No output from either, I'm afraid.
> > 
> > Ippfind delivers on nothing, also.
> > Yet CUPS finds it and the drivers I allocate.

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