Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

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.