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

[thinkpadx]

our hp 8600 which i never liked but the wife did, pooped out today. due to maor med bills we decided to try the EcoTank ET-2800 Wireless.

so i have a question re: setting up the wireles printer. 1. are drivers available in synaptic or is tere a better place for them? 2. any other setting up tips or tricks.thank you

i realize this may also be under hardware confi area - so please move to where applicable.

[FullScale4Me]

Below page title - Does Epson make drivers for Linux?

https://epson.com/faq/SPT_C11CJ66202~faq-00004dc-shared?faq_cat=faq-8796127602764

[thinkpadx]

OK Thank you! follow up question - once i download the printer and possibly the scanner drivers - how then do i proceed for success? yes i know it is a very dumb question...

[Kermit the Frog]

Just right click on the downloaded .deb file (assuming the file manager is Thunar) : "Install Deb Files".

The download file is this when you search the model and proceed:

epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.8.6-1_amd64.deb

from: https://download3.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/0 ... _amd64.deb

[Kermit the Frog]

For some more drivers: https://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/sear ... archModule

[j2mcgreg]

I'm going to throw a monkey wrench into this thread. Do you absolutely need to print in colour? If your honest answer is no, your cost per printed page will be much lower if you instead purchase a monochrome laser printer.

[CatManDan]

I'm going to throw a monkey wrench into this thread. Do you absolutely need to print in colour? If your honest answer is no, your cost per printed page will be much lower if you instead purchase a monochrome laser printer.

that's exactly what I did here. Plus, I do not print very often, but when I need a print, I do not want to hassle to get the nozzles clean again and hope the ink has not dried out.

Right now, I have a Lexmark B2338dw connected via LAN to my network, and MX pretty much integrated it automatically, and even the duplex print works as it should.

[Kermit the Frog]

... laser printer.

Yep.

... I do not want to hassle to get the nozzles clean again and hope the ink has not dried out...

Yep.

:)

[m_pav]

You shouldn't need to hunt down and download any Epson drivers, our ISO's come preloaded with printer-driver-escpr which has the Epson printer drivers built in !

Please people, before you mindlessly mash out un-researched advice that includes out-of tree drivers and packages, do some research on what we provide on the ISO !

When the OP has not provided the required QSI to effect a response targeted to their particular version, our only option is to respond from the position of our Flagship product, however, all 3 of our supported ISO's, Xfce, KDE and Fluxbox come with Epson Printer support OOTB.

A quick and easy check from the terminal of a Live ISO running in a VM

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$ apt policy printer-driver-escpr
printer-driver-escpr:
  Installed: 1.7.17-3
  Candidate: 1.7.17-3
  Version table:
 *** 1.7.17-3 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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.

[thinkpadx]

sorry been outside working all day yesterday - fixing a chainsaw and felling trees and moving wood with the tractor.

My wife does need to print color from time to time for her job. for our needs a more epxensive printer was not necessary.

mpav - Thank you for the info. i had no clue due to my lack og knowledge how to locate the info you provided. In additiom, in the past i had a few issuest rying to install stuff on linux so i asked. after decaes using linux i am still a neophyte re: technical linux knowhow!

hopefully when we get the printer in all will load up and work nicely!

Thank you!