I just wonder if anyone can help me set up this NEW printer. I managed to set it up in Windows with a minimum of fuss but am finding it difficult in opensSUSE 13.1 I have running on an older laptop.
YAST does not seem to find it and when I put in the address (192.168.1.225) which was obtained from my Android Epson iPrint facility I am faced with a list of many epson printers but not this one (ET-4500). I’m not sure I’ll even make it work connecting it directly via a USB cable as I can still not find it listed. I even downloaded an epson rpm which appeared to install automatically with YAST but am no wiser yet as to what to do next?
Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
I’m assuming that you managed to download and install the ‘epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.5’ RPM from Epson successfully. Confirm that you have the package installed with
rpm -qa|grep epson
In an effort to assist you, I checked that once the package was installed, the ET-4500 Series was available to choose from via CUPS.
Since you’re attempting to detect/configure a network printer, it will make things easier for you to have the firewall inactive. You can do that with
sudo systemctl stop SuSEfirewall2
Now, you can use YaST to configure your printer, or via the CUPS http interface instead (using a browser)
http://localhost:631/admin
With the latter enter your root credentials when prompted, and follow the prompts given.
Many thanks for your suggestions deano, I followed the rpm -qa|grep instruction which did not throw up any errors, although wondered if I should be su to do that? Then issued the sudo systemctl stop SUSEfirewall2 instruction only to be told that no firewall was active. However, the http://loalhost:631/admin has just come up and I cannot see the printer listed yet. Many thanks again for your help.
Regards,
Ron
No, it won’t throw any errors (and you can do as regular user), but if it didn’t return anything then you DON’T have the epson RPM package installed yet. So, don’t proceed until it is. If you know the directory you downloaded it to eg ~/downloads, then you can install with zypper using ‘sudo zypper in /path/to/your/epson…rpm’
Hi deano,
I tried the above, perhaps ignorantly using su to circumvent having to find the absolute path to the rpm. The following output is the paste from a bash Konsole.
At least there was some reaction, but i don’t really understand what is happening.
ron@linux-esprimo:~/EPSON> sudo zypper in /EPSON/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.5-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm
root’s password:
Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible.
Problem retrieving the specified RPM file:
Malformed URI:
Please check whether the file is accessible.
Problem with the RPM file specified as ‘/EPSON/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.5-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm’, skipping.
No valid arguments specified.
ron@linux-esprimo:~/EPSON> su
Password:
linux-esprimo:/home/ron/EPSON # ls
epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.5-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm imagescan-bundle-opensuse-13.2-1.1.9.x64.rpm.tar.gz
linux-esprimo:/home/ron/EPSON # zypper in epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.5-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
‘tmpRPMcache:epson-inkjet-printer-escpr=0:1.6.5-1lsb3.2’ not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of ‘epson-inkjet-printer-escpr = 0:1.6.5-1lsb3.2’ found.
Resolving package dependencies…
Nothing to do.
linux-esprimo:/home/ron/EPSON #
Try the whole Path.
zypper in /home/ron/EPSON/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.5-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm
If bash-completion is installed, you can use the TAB key to make the completion of the Path/File…
Type in:
zypper in /ho
now press TAB
The completion will do something like this:
zypper in /home/
The Cursor is after the last / so you can complete it with typing ro and pressing TAB:
zypper in /home/ron/
Tip: A lazy way to get the path easily (without having to type it explicitly), is to navigate using Dolphin, and drag the said file to konsole, choosing ‘Paste Location’. It will result in the full path appearing in konsole. From there, you can just add ‘sudo zypper in’ to the beginning of the line.
Many thanks for your patience deano, I tried this but zypper still output the following:-
linux-esprimo:/home/ron # zypper in /home/ron/EPSON/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.5-1lsb3.2.x86_64.rpm
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
‘tmpRPMcache:epson-inkjet-printer-escpr=0:1.6.5-1lsb3.2’ not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of ‘epson-inkjet-printer-escpr = 0:1.6.5-1lsb3.2’ found.
Resolving package dependencies…
Nothing to do.
So it looks as if Im still not installing anything. I did notice that the rpm file was highlighted in red, does that signify anything? I do have the lsb installed.
regards,
Ron (Gulliverxc)
I’m thinking your machine is a 32-bit machine (or at least a 32-bit OS installed). Is that correct? If so, you need the 32-bit package (epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.6.5-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm)
This will help confirm (if you’re not sure)
cat /etc/os-release