Re: Epson WF-C5290 printer - connection issues.
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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