Printer Drivers Install Crashes (Epson) - Cinnamon - LM17

[Steven]

I am using Linux Mint 17 RC Cinnamon. I reproduced this bug on the same computer running Linux Mint 16, as well as another running Linux Mint 16. They were all in the same LAN.

When I add a printer I open the "Printers" application. I then select "Add" printer, then "Network Printer", it then finds my Epson WF-3540. I then choose the IPP network printer via DNS-SD. It searches for drivers, and finds "epson-inkjet-printer-201212w" driver, and attempts to install it. I have attempted this multiple times and it freezes at around the middle of the progress bar. If I manually download the .deb files from epson's website and install them with gdebi it works.

[Prisoner_24601 (prsnr24601)]

I can confirm that this also happens with the Epson WF-3530 under Mint 17 RC 64-bit Cinnamon. Using GDebi also works. I'm connecting to the printer via wireless. The WF-3530 is an all-in-one and I installed the scanner software direct from Epson. The scanner worked before the printer sw install.

[Prisoner_24601 (prsnr24601)]

Sorry. I should note that I had no problem installing the printer driver in Kubuntu 14.04 64-bit.

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Hi,

Please give the output of "ubuntu-drivers list".

Also, can you reproduce this issue with Ubuntu 14.04 (not Kubuntu).

[Steven (steven-williams)]

There is NO output of "ubuntu-drivers list", both as root and without.

[Steven (steven-williams)]

Yes. This bug is reproduced in Ubuntu 14.04 Unity x64.

[Pete Dunipace (peted)]

I can confirm that this bug also exists in Linux Mint RC Mate 64-bit

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Can you run the tool from the command line to see if any errors come up?

The command is "system-config-printer"

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

It seems to be a problem on Epson's download server.

Looking at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1073949 it seemed like it happened before.

[Steven (steven-williams)]

There aren't any errors with system-config-printer. The driver works fine if "deb http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/ lsb3.2 main" is added to apt, and the driver for my printer (Epson WF-3540), epson-inkjet-printer-201212w can be downloaded and installed with apt-get. The apt-get method works fine.

[Kenneth Browne (kbrowne01518)]

@Steven
After many failed attempts including adding the deb line to my repositories I finally got it working. Thanks mucho. I think when I tried it before the "lsb3.2 main" part at the end was left out. That must be why I received an error message "lsb not configured"

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