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

[thinkpadx]

printer-driver-escpr

no i did not - but i just installed it on 1 of the 3 thinkpads. will do the other 2 asap. hopefull that was my mistae and that will fix it.

my wifes office mac from her dept and her phoine worked last night. I could not have her try hers this morning to see if it was just my linux machines.

I do appreciate all of your help (pl). if i knew more of what i was doing i'd fix it myself.

[thinkpadx]

OK - just so you now and without doing a QSI for each laptop - yet all three running updatded/latest MX. the newest ooffice carbon seems to have had printer-driver-escpr installed but i installed again anyway and it printed out. the daily beater/work 220 thinkpad was the one i had issues with today. that was missing and i installed it. printed out but the printer settings does not pop up in the panel. not sure what that is. the oldest and slowest streaming 201 thinkpad also did not have but i installed it and did not try it yet.

i will check again later today with a test page and tomorrow too - hopefully that install rectified the problem.

[Kermit the Frog]

... our ISO's come preloaded with printer-driver-escpr ...

Nope. This part needs to be corrected. One can install it later but it's not ootb.


These are the ones ootb (with similar names):

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printer-driver-all                       0.20210903                             all          printer drivers metapackage
printer-driver-cups-pdf                  3.0.1-14                               amd64        printer driver for PDF writing via CUPS
printer-driver-hpcups                    3.22.10+dfsg0-2                        amd64        HP Linux Printing and Imaging - CUPS Raster driver (hpcups)

[thinkpadx]

ok i tried printing and got this message - Stopped - No destination host name supplied by cups-browsed for printer "EPSON_ET_2800_Series", is cups-browsed running?

tried to resume and nothing had to delete 2 jobs

this is the third

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-27-amd64 [6.1.115-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-27-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.4_x64 Libretto July 13  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20KES34W00 v: ThinkPad X280 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20KES34W00 v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO v: N20ET56W (1.41 ) date: 10/08/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.1/48.1 Wh (79.2%) volts: 12.6 min: 11.4
    model: Celxpert 01AV472 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 575
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8650U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 8 level: v3
    note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10)
    microcode: 0xF6
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 650 high: 800 min/max: 400/4200 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 400 3: 400 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 400
    bogomips: 33599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
    process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera (1280x720@30) type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-8:3
    chip-ID: 04f2:b604 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99") s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x106c built: 2012 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 126
    gamma: 1.2 size: 276x155mm (10.87x6.1") diag: 317mm (12.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-27-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7:2
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 136 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
    sub-v: 100 hci-v: 4.2 rev: 100
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 18.95 GiB (7.9%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVPV256HDGL-000H1 size: 238.47 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: BXW74H0Q temp: 38.9 C scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 238.47 GiB size: 233.67 GiB (97.99%) used: 18.95 GiB (8.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 99 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C pch: 44.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2303 libs: 1209 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ bullseye main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 256 Uptime: 10d 3h 31m wakeups: 282 Memory: 15.14 GiB used: 2.15 GiB (14.2%)
  Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0
  alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[thinkpadx]

tried to ad the printer and all i get is cups server error lie HP had.... i see no work around and i looked online - other have had it too with the epson and he epson2800


sorry but this is frustrating. feels like 20 some yrs ago in linux....no not bashing linux....

[thinkpadx]

ok was forced to have to redo the wifi setup on the printer 2-3x and i still get this cups server error - at least i printed a few pages out before. now stuck in a notta loop.

[CharlesV]

K.. I am going to say that the issue is NOT the printer to wifi , but Cups to printer. (from the sound of it. )

Try this:
go to Print Settings in the MX Menu, then ,

1) remove all printers that you no longer have.
2) Remove the new printer.
reboot
Go back to Print Settings and then
3) Add Printer
___Click on Network Printer, then
_____ Click on Find Network Printer.
you SHOULD see the ET-2850 ( or 2800 show up in the list)

Choose that, and when you get to a point where it shows you the driver to use (Or asks which one) Look carefully at the printer driver. One will be the cups 'default' and one will be the cups "epson" . Choose the LATEST driver version and try it.

if that fails, then go back to properties on the printer after your test and choose the OTHER driver. For the ET-2850's I just installed, it was the latest driver ( ie highest version number )

[thinkpadx]

ok tried this many times with same cups server error. and i could never delete the printer because a discovered one would pop up. rebooted multiple times and tried a few things and stuff i did previously too and somehow it wored for 2 pages this time. i am not dumb - trust me.... i have Ph.D.; but even after decades running linux - i am a numbn*ts re: more technical logistical linux stuff unlike 95% of the people here. what worked i know i had tried multiple times before. i am in a quandary.


also when it is on - the printer - and it socalled goes to sleep or semi off mode - by triggering a printout does it come back to life as such or do i have to run upstairs to turn this on again prior to sending a job to it?

i will try again later and again timorrow morning.

[CharlesV]

The ET's I have worked with all sleep and wake up when print job arrives - ie no on or of physically needed.

If the discovered one keeps popping up, then your printer IS being seen. Maybe just try to change the driver ? ( Properties, then make and model - and see if there is more than one version available for that printer. )

I dont have access the ET's atm, but I dont recall there being more than 2 drivers and one was obviously a higher driver number - that is what I chose and has worked.)

[thinkpadx]

wow - i greatly appreciate all of your steady help here. i will try my office one too. see if that works or will have the same issues as this one. i will get back --- wish there were ways to make thread solved with multiple peoples help. because so far you and m_pav have paved the way as such.