Cloudprint asking for firmware updates

[Chris Williams]

I have checked at http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ and http://askubuntu.com/ and cant find any mention of this. I have setup cloudprint on my Ubuntu 14.04 PC and Google sees the printers as does my Windows 7 PC. However, when I try to print, it tells me that it can' as the printer needs a firmware update:

Cloud-Ready Printer
Registered with Cloud Print
11 May 2015, 00:32:30
Last Updated
11 May 2015, 08:14:57
Printer ID
73f7f849-a73d-e194-fb62-90d8826ba4b0
Google Cloud Print Version
1.0
Supported Content Types
application/pdf
Proxy
purplewelshy-Armooo-PrintProxy
Tags
^recent
^own
^can_share
^can_update
^can_delete
__cp_printer_upgrade_needed__

It is an Epson stylus printer and the support pages for Google talk about giving the ip address of the printer, obtained from the printer control panel. The printer a stylus SX105, does not have a control panel. Cups, as I understand it, uses the loopback address, so this is no use.

Epson's site has nothing about firmware updates for this printer, hence, I can't print using cloudprint.

[Dave Steele (dsteele-gmail)]

There is a workaround mentioned upstream. Remove 'epson' from the printer name.

https://github.com/armooo/cloudprint/issues/111