Epson XP-245

[aussie1]

Hello, today i went and bought a new Epson XP-245 printer and have connected it to the computer via a USB cable but can`t print anything. The copy works perfectly, just not print and scan.

Any help would be grateful.

aussie1.

[supergamer]

I have to ask this. Did you try to set it up from the printers program that is in the menu?

[aussie1]

supergamer, i went into the menu - System - Printers and added the Generic-ESC-P-Dot-Matrix and it says connected to localhost.

[ptyerman]

You have to install the printer drivers supplied by Epson. Go to the Epson download centre and search for XP-245 Linux driver. They aren't mega hard to install but they aren't straightforward either, read the docs carefully.
I have the XP-830 Premium, and it works great in Linux with the Epson drivers, mine is connected by wireless network so I can print and scan from anywhere in the house.

[justme2]

supergamer, i went into the menu - System - Printers and added the Generic-ESC-P-Dot-Matrix and it says connected to localhost.

Its an inkjet printer, not dot matrix so I think that driver will not work.

Epson claim to provide linux drivers for some printers,
https://www.epson.co.uk/viewcon/corporat...3458/20002
See if yours is listed.

[aussie1]

I went to the website http://support.epson.net/linux/en/images...ion=1.3.25 but which version do i download and how to install it ?

[bitsnpcs]

Hello aussie1,

based on the stats below your user name you would download the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 32 Bit.
These are their installation instruction for this -
http://download.ebz.epson.net/man/linux/...tml#sec6-1

[ptyerman]

Also, that's only the scanner driver. You will need the printer driver too, they are two separate packages.
Go here http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search...archModule and select Linux in the dropdown box, type xp-245 in the search box and press your enter key, it will take you to the downloads for your printer. There is 3 files to download, the printer driver, the Epson printer utility, and the scanner driver. The readme files tell you how to install them.

[aussie1]

I have downloaded the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 32 Bit file and followed the instructions on how to install it from README.rst and try to install the file

dpkg --install ./core/imagescan_3.35.0-1epson4ubuntu16.04_amd64.deb ./plugins/imagescan-plugin-ocr-engine_1.0.0-1epson4ubuntu16.04_amd64.deb ./plugins/imagescan-plugin-gt-s650_1.0.0-1epson4ubuntu16.04_amd64.deb ./plugins/imagescan-plugin-networkscan_1.1.1-1epson4ubuntu16.04_amd64.deb

So i type in my superuser password and it says error: requested operation requires superuser privilege. I know my password so how can that be wrong ? or did i do something wrong.

[ptyerman]

Not sure what's wrong, try installing the .debs using Gdebi instead of dpkg, I never used dpkg when installing mine. Install the printer drivers first followed by the print utility, lastly install the scanner driver.
The printer drivers are pretty much trouble free once installed and require no configuration beyond checking your defaults. The scanner ones can be a real headache to get working properly. However, my XP-830 is connected by wireless network and required extra steps, if your using straight USB it may be a straightforward procedure.