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  1. Bug #1536353
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Comment 34 for bug 1536353

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Richard Elkins (texadactyl) wrote : Re: [regression] Printer drivers install is broken as lsb package is not available anymore

Work-around for everyone, I believe. I uninstalled my suggestion of message #16 and followed this myself.

1. Append the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list (E.g. sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list):

 deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

2. sudo apt update; sudo apt install lsb

3. Go to http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX

4. Enter your product name and "Linux" as the O/S. Click on the search sysmbol. Accept conditions and download the latest "printer driver" DEB file for your CPU architecture. Mine (XP-410) was the Epson Printer Utility for AMD64, dated 2016-04-12.

5. Install the downloaded DEB file (E.g. using gdebi). My gdebi installation log looked like this:

Epson Printer Utility Driver for Linux
 This is a Printer Utility program for Epson Printer Driver.
 Using this software, you can check ink levels, view error and other status... on EPSON Printers.
 For detail list of supported printer, please refer to below site:
 http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX
 .
 (Converted from a rpm package by alien version 8.79ubuntu0.1.)
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package epson-printer-utility.
(Reading database ... 220307 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack epson-printer-utility_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking epson-printer-utility (1.0.0-1lsb3.2) ...
Setting up epson-printer-utility (1.0.0-1lsb3.2) ...
Install Message > Described entry of LITE in services.
Install Message > Backup file is /etc/services.bak.
Install Message > Start /usr/lib/epson-backend/setup to change setup.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

6. Using the "Add Printer" function from the "All Settings" application, add your printer. In my case, I found it on the Wifi network and the driver installation worked automatically.

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I hope that this helps the remaining folks with hardware and software installation issues due to the absence of the lsb packages.

It was easy to add the lsb packages to my 16.04 installation and I had no issues.