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Re: Cups problems adding printer Epson in new Debian install

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I just had a similar issue yesterday with an HP Office Pro 7740. I ended 
up installing using the socket (port 9100) interface.

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Philippe

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The trouble with common sense is that it is so uncommon.
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On 8/18/24 12:44, sentiniate@virgilio.it wrote:
> New installation of Debian, on another partition, to replace the 
> previous one I had installed in 2005.
> In the meantime I had installed Mint, but it was an unpleasant 
> adventure, certainly my fault, however, almost everything went well.
> As usual I had problems with Cups.
> After installing the driver provided by Epson, Cups, while correctly 
> recognizing my printer, would not allow me to print the test page. I 
> tried taking the .ppd file from the partition where I have the other 
> Debian but, in spite of everything, it kept giving me several errors and 
> I could not print. Finally I read "CUPS Driverless Printing," 
> uninstalled the Epson driver (with also --purge) and tried again.
> Cups "Administration" sees the printer (4 instances of it!) and asks me 
> how I want to install it, I choose, at the prompt "add this Printer”, 
> EPSON ET-2810 Series (driverless).
> I go ahead.
> At the “connection” line it says: Connection: 
> ipps://EPSON%20ET-2810%20Series._ipps._tcp.local/
> I avoid checking the box: Sharing: Share This Printer (since I remember 
> it can be done at a later stage) and move on;
> in the new printer the ipps: that I wrote above is shown again and it 
> asks me: "Make" and lists only a number of brands, I select "Epson" and 
> go ahead;
> in the new screen there is a very short list of printers including mine: 
> EPSON ET-2810 Series, driverless, cups-filters 1.28.17 (en) , I select 
> this one and finally, click on "Add Printer";
> in the next screen it tells me: "Unable to add printer: cups-driver 
> failed to get PPD file" - see error_log for details.
> This is what /var/log/cups/error_log says:
> E [18/Aug/2024:17:27:03 +0200] [CGI] Unable to create PPD file: Could 
> not poll sufficient capability info from the printer 
> (ipps://EPSON%20ET-2810%20Series._ipps._tcp .local/, 
> ipps://EPSON318F07.local:631/ipp/print) via IPP!
> E [18/Aug/2024:17:27:03 +0200] copy_model: empty PPD file
> E [18/Aug/2024:17:27:03 +0200] [Client 101] Returning IPP 
> server-error-internal-error for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer 
> (ipp://localhost/printers/EPSON_ET-2810_Series_) from localhost.
> Since I have the PPD file that worked on the other partition with 
> Debian, I go back and insert the .ppd file and click "Add Printer" again:
> “Printer EPSON_ET-2810_Series_ has been added successfully
> Note:Printer drivers and raw queues are deprecated and will stop working 
> in a future version of CUPS.”
> It seems to have gone well this time, it asks me "Set Printer Options", 
> I accept the default options, this time it installs the printer.
> I click on "Maintenance" and select "Print text Page":
> I get this line in the "Jobs" section:
> EPSON_ET-2810_Series_-14 Unknown Withheld 1k Unknown stopped
> and, in fact, nothing is printed.
> Since to print I have to transfer the documents to my mobile phone via 
> Whatsapp, I know that the printer works but.... a question arises 
> spontaneously, why on earth with Android (which is also Linux) printing 
> works immediately (with the app from Epson) and with Cups (which if I'm 
> not mistaken is, or at least once was, from Apple) do I have to go crazy 
> like this?
> Thanks to anyone who wants to help me :-)
> Aldo
> P.S. my new Debian is Trixie
> 
> 
> 

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Cups problems adding printer Epson in new Debian install sentiniate@virgilio.it - 2024-08-18 19:00 +0200
  Re: Cups problems adding printer Epson in new Debian install Philippe Clérié <philippe@gcal.net> - 2024-08-19 16:50 +0200
    Re: Cups problems adding printer Epson in new Debian install Philippe Clérié <philippe@gcal.net> - 2024-08-19 19:20 +0200
  Re: Cups problems adding printer Epson in new Debian install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-08-20 05:00 +0200
    Re: Cups problems adding printer Epson in new Debian install sentiniate@virgilio.it - 2024-08-20 17:30 +0200
      Re: Cups problems adding printer Epson in new Debian install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-08-25 05:20 +0200
  (SOLVED PARTIALLY) Re: Cups problems adding printer Epson in new  Debian install sentiniate@virgilio.it - 2024-08-25 22:10 +0200

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