Ubuntu & printing

[Riz]

Re: Ubuntu & printing

4. "cd in terminal to where you downloaded the packages" Explain to a thicko please ?

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Open up the terminal.

UsingTheTerminal - Community Ubuntu Documentation

cd command = change directory

See: UsingTheTerminal - Community Ubuntu Documentation

So to get to your untitled folder you would type.

cd Desktop/untitled

Once the command prompt shows you are in that folder, you can then run the previous commands.

[mystery1]

Re: Ubuntu & printing

When you download the iscan driver, make sure you get the iscan_2.29.1-5~usb0.1.ltdl7 version.

The alternative with ltdl3 does not install on recent ubuntu, as the libltdl3 package it depends on no longer exists in ubuntu. There is just the newer libltdl7 version.

So....

(1) try downloading all the drivers to a folder.

(2) Make sure you don't have the libltdl3 version in that folder.

(3) Install dependencies with

sudo apt-get install xsltproc libltdl7

(4) cd in terminal to where you downloaded the packages and run

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

(5) If any errors then run

sudo apt-get -f install

to see if they can be fixed.

Great help Rizzle, thanks.

1. Moved them all to a folder - untitled- on desktop

2. Searched folder and deleted all the libltdl3

3. Done.

4. "cd in terminal to where you downloaded the packages" Explain to a thicko please ?

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[Riz]

Re: Ubuntu & printing

Doing the above succeeds on this laptop running ubuntu Precise.

Output from terminal.

~/Downloads/epson$ sudo apt-get install xsltproc libltdl7
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libltdl7 is already the newest version.
The following NEW packages will be installed
xsltproc
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/15.1 kB of archives.
After this operation, 169 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Selecting previously unselected package xsltproc.
(Reading database ... 431198 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking xsltproc (from .../xsltproc_1.1.26-8ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up xsltproc (1.1.26-8ubuntu1.1) ...

~/Downloads/epson$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Selecting previously unselected package epson-inkjet-printer-201108w.
(Reading database ... 431208 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking epson-inkjet-printer-201108w (from epson-inkjet-printer-201108w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.
Unpacking epson-inkjet-printer-escpr (from epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.2.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package iscan.
Unpacking iscan (from iscan_2.29.1-5~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package iscan-data.
Unpacking iscan-data (from iscan-data_1.17.0-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package iscan-network-nt.
Unpacking iscan-network-nt (from iscan-network-nt_1.1.0-2_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up epson-inkjet-printer-201108w (1.0.0-1lsb3.2) ...
cups stop/waiting
cups start/running, process 14213
Setting up epson-inkjet-printer-escpr (1.2.0-1lsb3.2) ...
cups stop/waiting
cups start/running, process 14294
Setting up iscan-data (1.17.0-2) ...
Setting up iscan (2.29.1-5~usb0.1.ltdl7) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up iscan-network-nt (1.1.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

~/Downloads/epson$

Obviously I can't test beyond that stage.....

[Riz]

Re: Ubuntu & printing

When you download the iscan driver, make sure you get the iscan_2.29.1-5~usb0.1.ltdl7 version.

The alternative with ltdl3 does not install on recent ubuntu, as the libltdl3 package it depends on no longer exists in ubuntu. There is just the newer libltdl7 version.

So....

(1) try downloading all the drivers to a folder.

(2) Make sure you don't have the libltdl3 version in that folder.

(3) Install dependencies with

sudo apt-get install xsltproc libltdl7

(4) cd in terminal to where you downloaded the packages and run

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

(5) If any errors then run

sudo apt-get -f install

to see if they can be fixed.

[mystery1]

Seems like ubuntu has a few fans here.

Decided to try it. Got most files transfered etc. Can't get my printer to work though. Tried some guides etc.

Anyone know how to install a wireless epson sx235w ?

Have tried Ubuntu Forums - View Single Post - [ubuntu] Installing Epson Stylus Printer Wirelessly but failed.

I'm not convinced that

2. Go to http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/se...search/?OSC=LX
and type "Stylus SX235" exactly as written into the search box. Don't include the 'w' at the end!

3. Downloading and install ALL four packages shown in the list

worked as only one install seemed to run.

Any help appreciated.

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