EcoTank ET-2800 Wireless drivers??? [Solved]

[thinkpadx]

well good news and not so good. first the bad. the tiny screen that is like 1" x 2" is impossible to see with bad eyes like mine and my wife's is even worse - so i will hear the BS when she gets home. the setup was a bit confusing and bit hard to follow from the screen choices but once i tried a few things and also figured out how to enter info it was OK. found the wireless and i also installed the naps stuff. it all works. not sure the printer is quite setup - and yes i went through the stuff could not back out of a screen to see if i missed a setup item.

with the HP you had to be hardwired to an internet signal via usb to enter their HP IP address setup scenarios. and for some reason the printer was always hard wired. this epson is not. hp you could print from latops wirelessly but the actual printer had an rj45 connector. so go figure. so thank you to MPAV and Charles for their help. unless i end up with some weird time out or lease end issue ---- hopefully this worked. a lighter printer compared to the door stopper the HP is. the print and the print scan seems nice. clean and clear. So THank you all!

[CharlesV]

Glad to hear you have it working. And yes, those little LED screens are horribly small! There are two things I can think of for that one!

First, if you have a large magnifying glass 9like for a book ) that might help.

Second, there was an instruction I saw that said something about connecting with an AP on your phone. THAT might help you see instead of that small screen. As I recall, you just scanned the QR code to get the app, then put in your serial number maybe... and then it was all done by the ap.

If you have trouble with it, I would suggest that ap to work with it. (There is an html config too, but you have to know the printer the IP has... so unless you can get that off the network print out... ;-/

[thinkpadx]

i never used cell phones or smart phones - so that was not an option. when i saw that QR code i tried to get past that maybe 2-3x before i figured out a way to. so thank you. does the naps2 wor better than the scanner app included in MX? or what? Just curious why you mentioned that one... driver related maybe?

[CharlesV]

For most people, there are really only two types of scans. Image and PDF .

Image scans are best done with GIMP ( in my opinion ) , and then
PDF scans - which I personally think NAPS2 is BY FAR anything I have seen in linux for scanning to PDF's.

[thinkpadx]

ok i was just checking out there page again. good to know. I appreciate it!

[thinkpadx]

ok just tried to print a age 3x. get this message

Idle - No suitable destination host found by cups-browsed.

seems like i have to setup the wireless again - yes?

[thinkpadx]

ok i had to do the wifi setup all over again. can i please ask why this happened and will it be a resetup everyday? any clues and please be specific for a dummy how to get this to stick? thanks.

[thinkpadx]

Descriptive Info from the printer-driver-escpr package

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printer driver for Epson Inkjet that use ESC/P-R

ESC/P-R is a common language for selected Epson printers that supports every
media type, paper size and associated printing mode available on those
printers. It is suited especially for consumer electronics devices and
embedded equipments. ESC/P-R allows many kinds of devices to connect and
communicate with Epson inkjet printers, expanding possibilities for use with
medical equipment, measuring equipment, electronic whiteboards, and at home
with home electronics and game machines.

This package contains the CUPS filter driver and the compressed PPDs for the
supported printers.

after starting to reread this thread i noticed mpav say the above.
do you think that maybe i did not choose esc on printer setup and chose the other setting which i do not recall????

[thinkpadx]

sorry added info i now get this in properties

implicitclass://EPSON_ET_2800_Series/
EPSON ET-2800 Series, driverless, cups-filters 1.28.17

just in case this helps.

[CharlesV]

No the printer should not have to be reconnected again, even on a power outage.

Have you installed the printer-driver-escpr from MX Package Installer ( Enabled Repos Page ) ?

I have seen that driver add more functionality, idk about stability.