epson tx420w won't print anything - pdftoraster failed

[tszanon]

Binary package hint: cups

Printer: Epson Stylus TX420W
Connection: USB

Problem: Nothing is printed, not even the test page.
Error message: /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftoraster failed

Ubuntu version: 10.10
Cups version: 1.4.4-6ubuntu2.1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: cups 1.4.4-6ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Wed Oct 27 20:29:57 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
Lpstat: device for Epson-Stylus-TX420W: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20TX420W
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Papersize: a4
PpdFiles: Epson-Stylus-TX420W: Epson Stylus TX420W, Photo Image Print System Lite
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=561ed96f-81d6-4108-a51f-7932a0538aca ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
 LANG=pt_BR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cups
dmi.bios.date: 05/28/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS M3N72-D ACPI BIOS Revision 0202
dmi.board.name: M3N72-D
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSM3N72-DACPIBIOSRevision0202:bd05/28/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM3N72-D:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

The Epson Stylus TX420W requires a proprietary printer driver from the manufacturer which can not be included in Ubuntu.
Problems with the proprietary driver should be reported to the manufacturer and not to Ubuntu.
Converting to a support request in case anybody can help you.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

According to the error_log it is really a problem of the proprietary driver. The proprietary filter does not find one of its libraries.

[andres rozo (jjandres)]

Navegando encontré esta pagina la cual indica de un driver desarrollado para Linux el cual a mi me funciono (incluso con WI-Fi), solo realice lo siguiente:

http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-TX420W_Series

Instalacion del LSB:
sudo apt-get install lsb

Y luego descargue el DEB para ubuntu.

Buena Suerte.

You can fix this issue with this open linux driver: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-TX420W_Series
In ubuntu only install LSB:
sudo apt-get install lsb
and download the .deb driver.

Good Lucky.

[tszanon (tszanon)]

Thanks, that's the driver I'm using now.

Pascal De Vuyst was very kind pointing me in the right direction (as you can see in Question 131966, linked at the top of this page). It seems that I needed a symlink for the driver to work.
The printer has been working fine since.