Epson WorkForce 435

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Hi,

I have an Epson WorkForce 435 All-In-One printer/scanner and couldn’t get it recognized by yast. I had to use to command lpadmin to configure it. Now I can properly print from it. Is there a similar command to configure the scanner? By the way, I’m on openSUSE 12.2.

Thank You

Patrick

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I read your other thread, so can see it is a network-connected device. Review the following guide first:

SDB:Configuring Scanners - openSUSE

BTW, there are Epson driver available from Avasys which may be helpful for printing and scanning:

All-in-Ones (Multifunction Inkjet Printers) | AVASYS CORPORATION

I note that openSUSE 12.2 packages are not explicitly available, but choosing 12.1 packages will be okay here. For network scanning with the iscan utility, you will also need the iscan-network-nt (network-plugin) package

http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/spc/DL2.do

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Thank you very much for answering. I will read these docs and will do a follow up soon.

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Here’s what I did to have everything working … You will have to replace all occurence of ‘10.0.1.10’ by your own AIO IP address.

Again, Thanks to deano_ferrari for showing me the right direction.

  1. Install from the DVD with the dafault install.
  2. Install patches to be up-to-date.
  3. Install package epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.
  4. Uncompress the printer driver.
    sudo gunzip /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Epson-WorkForce_435-epson-escpr-en.ppd.gz
  5. Configure printer queue for CUPS.
    sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p Epson -E -v socket://10.0.1.10 -P /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Epson-WorkForce_435-epson-escpr-en.ppd
  6. Install the scanner packages.
    5.1. Download these packages from Epson website:
    iscan-2.29.1-5.usb0.1.ltdl7.i386.rpm
    iscan-data-1.19.0-1.noarch.rpm
    iscan-network-nt-1.1.0-2.i386.rpm
    5.2. Install the packages in that order:
    iscan-data-1.19.0-1.noarch.rpm
    iscan-2.29.1-5.usb0.1.ltdl7.i386.rpm
    iscan-network-nt-1.1.0-2.i386.rpm
  7. Edit file /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf
    add line after USB, SCSI
    net 10.0.1.10 1865
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Thanks for the update. Glad it’s all working now. :slight_smile: