I managed to set up this printer using YaST with the driver downloaded
from Epson. I got it working after a fashion but it took an hour to
print 11 single-sided pages of mostly text. The setup used was IPP.
Initially, I used the Epson recommended address style of “http://…”
but then tried “ipp://…” but both worked in the same sluggish way.
Yesterday, I thought I’d try Plasma5 yet again so installed the latest
Tumbleweed iso. I then tried installing the printer via TCP. Using the
Connection Wizard, the printer was found (after I’d closed down the
firewall) and the driver installed. The test page printed quickly. The
driver this time was that provided by openSUSE in the factory/TW repo.
Following TW breaking again, I switched back to 13.2 and tried the same
setup. This time, the Wizard failed to find the printer on TCP port
9100; I was sure the firewall was down but verified it anyway. I
switched from the Epson driver (version 1.6.3) to the one used by TW
(1.6.1) but this made no difference.
I’ve reverted to IPP on 13.2 and the test page took four minutes to
print. Not really acceptable but better than nothing.
Any suggestions as to how I can get this printer working in 13.2?
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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 13.2 (64-bit); KDE 4.14.9; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Kernel: 4.4.1; Video: nVidia GeForce 210 (Driver: nouveau);
Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
It might be worth trying a newer version of CUPS perhaps, as openSUSE 13.2 is using 1.5.4 by default. Subscribe to the printing repo and upgrade cups. (Then I recommend disabling the repo following this upgrade.) BTW, you can always revert back to the standard cups version if no improvement is evident.
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> It might be worth trying a newer version of CUPS perhaps, as openSUSE
> 13.2 is using 1.5.4 by default. Subscribe to the printing repo and
> upgrade cups. (Then I recommend disabling the repo following this
> upgrade.) BTW, you can always revert back to the standard cups version
> if no improvement is evident.
>
Thanks, Deano, I’ve tested that on one of my machines and it worked -
when I remembered to switch on the printer! Also explains why the test
print was better aligned on the fast prints compared to the slow ones.
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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 13.2 (64-bit); KDE 4.14.9; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Kernel: 4.4.1; Video: nVidia GeForce 210 (Driver: nouveau);
Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
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> Cloddy;2755174 Wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Deano, I’ve tested that on one of my machines and it worked
> > - when I remembered to switch on the printer! Also explains why the
> > test print was better aligned on the fast prints compared to the
> > slow ones.
> So, all good now?
>
>
Yes thanks, Deano. All done and dusted.
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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 13.2 (64-bit); KDE 4.14.9; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Kernel: 4.4.1; Video: nVidia GeForce 210 (Driver: nouveau);
Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)