Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.
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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