Printing with Turboprint works fine, but I can’t scan anything.
I’ve tried to install an image reader on Yast, but I get a message: image reader not found.
kone1:~ # nmap -sS 192.168.68.53
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-04-27 17:41 EEST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.68.53
Host is up (0.032s latency).
Not shown: 995 closed tcp ports (reset)
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
443/tcp open https
515/tcp open printer
631/tcp open ipp
9100/tcp open jetdirect
MAC Address: E0:BB:9E:AB:4F:D9 (Seiko Epson)
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.07 seconds
kone1:~ #
kone1:~ #
kone1:~ # nmap -p 9100,515,631 192.168.68.53/24 -oX printers.xml
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-04-27 17:43 EEST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.68.1
Host is up (0.0012s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
515/tcp closed printer
631/tcp closed ipp
9100/tcp closed jetdirect
MAC Address: 3C:52:A1:58:9F:C4 (Unknown)
Nmap scan report for 192.168.68.51
Host is up (0.069s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
515/tcp closed printer
631/tcp closed ipp
9100/tcp closed jetdirect
MAC Address: 62:4F:B8:BC:4F:DF (Unknown)
Nmap scan report for 192.168.68.53
Host is up (0.012s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
515/tcp open printer
631/tcp open ipp
9100/tcp open jetdirect
MAC Address: E0:BB:9E:AB:4F:D9 (Seiko Epson)
Nmap scan report for 192.168.68.50
Host is up (0.000059s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE
515/tcp closed printer
631/tcp open ipp
9100/tcp closed jetdirect
Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (4 hosts up) scanned in 2.22 seconds
kone1:~ #
I have used Turboprint for many years because I like that it can be linked with GIMP and that the print size, paper type, etc. can be easily adjusted.
I have downloaded and installed the driver from the Epson site, but only for the Scanner.
For network devices, you can explicitly add the IP of the device in the /etc/sane.d/epson2.conf file. (I assume that you’re using the correct scanner driver based on what you shared above.)
Add an entry to the config file using an editor as root
net 192.168.68.53
Save when done and test scanning again with your preferred app.
BTW, best to reserve the assigned IP address in the router so that it doesn’t change unintentionally in the future (eg if using DHCP).
I changed the modem/router to Huawei because the Deco was too modern for me (the settings had to be done via a mobile phone…). The IP addresses have therefore changed from 192.168.68.x → 192.168.8.y.
Of course, I have reinstalled the Epson ET-2720 and uninstalled Turboprint, but the scan still does not work. Only ping works, but that’s something too.
If I install the printer permanently with a USB cable, everything works.
kone1:~ # ping 192.168.8.103
PING 192.168.8.103 (192.168.8.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.8.103: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=89.6 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.8.103: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.58 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.8.103: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.62 ms
^C
--- 192.168.8.103 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.583/31.615/89.646/41.033 ms
kone1:~ #
kone1:~ # scanimage -L
No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
kone1:~ #
kone1:~ # cat /etc/sane.d/epson2.conf
# epson2.conf
#
# here are some examples for how to configure the EPSON2 backend
# SCSI
scsi EPSON
# for the GT-6500:
#scsi "EPSON SC"
# Parallel port
#pio 0x278
#pio 0x378
#pio 0x3BC
# USB
usb
# For libusb support for unknown scanners use the following command
# usb <vendor ID> <product ID>
# e.g.:
# usb 0x4b8 0x110
# Network
#
# net 192.168.1.123
# net autodiscovery
net 192.168.8.103
kone1:~ #
Yes, i stopped the firewall before i took those prints.
I sent an e-mail to the Epson importer to ask if the printer supports scanning over wifi. I will let you know what the importer replies.
Whether connected by Wi-Fi or Ethernet cable is irrelevant. It is a network connected device, and you’ve already established working printing functionality.
I also wonder about this situation.
Since I couldn’t get the scanning to work via wifi, I switched the USB cable back to the Epson printer and the scanning works again.
I don’t understand what the difference is between printing and scanning. You would think that the computer sends a command and Epson acts accordingly.
It occurred to me that have I been wrong all along that the printing works because I have been using Turboprint. Turboprint communicates with Epson using the LPD protocol… So I don’t know if “native” (=not Turboprint) printing works at all.
When the multi-function device is connected via USB, please run scanimage again
scanimage -L
I’m not sure what you mean with respect to the printer configuration working or not. Either it does, or it doesn’t. In any case, you can verify printer status using
lpstat -t
and verify the current CUPS driver (Turboprint or otherwise) using
egrep -i "name|model|filter" /etc/cups/ppd/*
If you have more than one driver configured, they will be reported accordingly.
Ok, so the scanner is using the vendor ‘epsonscan2’ backend, rather than the free ‘epson2’ backend (driver).
I note that the epsonscan2 package includes graphical scanning application called ‘epsonscan2’. Open a terminal and run from there? Any errors? Is the printer enumerated in the dialogue box?
Further to my last comments, I installed the epsonscan2 package (including the non-free-plugin firmware package), and upon running the epsonscan2 scanning utility I get
After clicking ‘Add’ I get dialogue box allowing me to add the appropriate IP address…
Can you do the same?
If the printer is connected directly to the computer with a USB cable, epsonscan2 finds the Epson ET-2720 and the scan is successful.
On the other hand, if the ET-2720 is connected via wifi, printing works fine, but epsonscan2 cannot find the scanner, even though I have set the correct ip address in that start window.
