Ubuntu
gnome-cups-manager package

No driver for Epson C80 printer

Bug #8673 reported by Chip Piller
12
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Matt Zimmerman

Bug Description

I have an Epson C80 printer connected to my computer via a parallel port cable.
 If the printer is powered up when I boot into Ubuntu linux then Ubuntu will
detect the printer. To setup the printer I use System Configuration -> Printing
to bring up the gnome-cups-manager tool. Then I use the Add Printer function
which brings up the Add a Printer screen, Step 1 of 2: Printer Connection. This
screen has a window which lists my Epson Stylus C80 printer. Above this window
is a selected button and text which says "Use a detected printer:". Ah, very
good I think, my printer has been detected. So I click on the Forward button.

The screen changes to the Step 2 of 2: Printer Driver screen, with a
Manufacturer pull down menu button labeled Alps. This is not correct, if my
printer has been detected then I should not have to select a manufacturer and
model. Even worse, if I select Epson as the manufacturer there are many
different models listed but not the Epson Stylus C80, which was detected. The
printer model selection window is confusing, there are some specific printers
listed and there are also some generic terms such as Stylus, Stylus Color, ...

I selected stylus color, and went to print a test page. The test page printed
but was not correct, the page was offset slightly and took two sheets of paper
instead of one. I tried another one with the same result. So, I do not have
this printer working with Ubuntu.

This printer works nicely with Fedora Core 1. I also found that I am unable to
setup the printer using a web browser connected to the cups tool at
localhost:631, administration functionality has been disabled.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

(In reply to comment #0)
> This printer works nicely with Fedora Core 1. I also found that I am unable to
> setup the printer using a web browser connected to the cups tool at
> localhost:631, administration functionality has been disabled.

Which driver do you use in Fedora Core 1?

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Chip Piller (piller) wrote :

In Fedora Core 1 I have the following in my/etc/cups/ppd/printer.ppd file:

You may save this file as 'Epson-Stylus_C80-gimp-print-ijs.ppd'
*%
*%
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.1"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "GIMP-PRI.PPD"
*Manufacturer: "Epson"
*Product: "(Stylus C80)"
*cupsVersion: 1.0
*cupsManualCopies: True
*cupsModelNumber: 2
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip"
*%pprRIP: foomatic-rip other
*ModelName: "Epson Stylus C80"
*ShortNickName: "Epson Stylus C80 gimp-print-ijs"
*NickName: "Epson Stylus C80 Foomatic/gimp-print-ijs (recommended)"

=================================================
In Ubuntu I have instead:
You may save this file as 'Epson-Stylus_Color-stcolor.ppd'
*%
*%
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.1"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "STCOLOR.PPD"
*Manufacturer: "Epson"
*Product: "(Stylus Color)"
*cupsVersion: 1.0
*cupsManualCopies: True
*cupsModelNumber: 2
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip"
*%pprRIP: foomatic-rip other
*ModelName: "Epson Stylus Color"
*ShortNickName: "Epson Stylus Color stcolor"
*NickName: "Epson Stylus Color Foomatic/stcolor (recommended)"

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Akkana Peck (akkzilla) wrote :

The Epson Photo 700 (well supported by suse and redhat; I haven't tried fedora
yet) is also missing. The closest entries are Photo 720 (which prints a page
with lots of errors and problems) and Epson Photo (which doesn't print anything
at all).

I'm guessing that Ununtu is just missing the gimp-print drivers in general (or
at least the epson collection from gimp-print), and that grouping these two
printers together makes sense rather than filing a new bug for the Photo 700.
Let me know if I should split it into a separate bug.

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Craig Adams (craigaa) wrote :

There is also no support for the Epson Stylus C82. I have tried the various
Stylus drivers listed, but none of them are properly functional.

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Norman Petry (npetry) wrote :

I ran into the same problem with my Epson Stylus C62 printer. The solution was
to import the 'cupsys-driver-gimpprint' package before looking for printer
drivers, and then everything went smoothly. Unfortunately, this is an
unsupported ('universe') package. Maybe this one should be in main?

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Chip Piller (piller) wrote :

Comment #5 appears to be the solution to this problem, and from what I can
gather it has helped several others with similar printing problems on the
mailing list. Perhaps that package should be included in main? I have added
this info for the Epson C80 printer on the Ubuntu wiki.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

It is on the list of proposed additions; we'll be discussing these on the -devel
mailing list soon

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

cupsys-driver-gimpprint was added to the default desktop package set some time
ago, which should resolve this bug.

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