Problem installing Epson SX130 (Solved)

[scbs29]

Hello again.
Have just set up my daughters pc, moving from Linux Mint to Phoenix.
She has an Epson SX130 printer/scanner which installed onto Mint using the .rpm files
downloaded from Epson. I installed with Package Manager.

I now want to install this printer into Phoenix.
I started with Control Center - Manage your Hardware.
On the section Configure Printing and Scanning, on moving the cursor to Set Up the Printers...
the cursor changed to the normal hand, but nothing happened when I clicked, so I was unable
to proceed down this route.

I then downloaded the drivers from Epson, and discovered there is no Package Manager
in Synaptic. Another post in these forums suggested using rpm --i name of package.
I tried this and was informed
warning: epson-inkjet-printer-201101w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 8aa65d56: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
   lsb >= 3.2 is needed by epson-inkjet-printer-201101w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.i486

I then installed lsb4.0-1 from Synaptic together with the associated downloads and tried again.
I now receive the message
warning: epson-inkjet-printer-201101w-1.0.0-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 8aa65d56: NOKEY
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.Ousapk: line 22: cd: /etc/cups/ppd: No such file or directory

Can anyone advise ?

I know that installing from outside the repo is frowned upon, but as far as I can see I have
no choice.

[T6]

mint is different to pclinux so uses different tools, things are done differently, we use synaptic to install form repos and when you need a special driver that is not there, like this printer driver we use another method

open a console on the same folder you have the epson driver you downloaded

in that console write su and press enter

then write your root password

write rpm -i thenameofthedriver.rpm

if it can be installed it will and the printer will be ready to be used, the control center you mentioned is to select and configure printers that already have drivers installed

if it can't be installed it will tell you what is needed but this is rare for printer drivers

we limit to use the repos only to avoid problems with tools or apps not tested or from unknown sources, pclinux is about stability and security so we can't recommend users to use packages from a different place than the repos for that but printer drivers i think that should be the exception

[scbs29]

Thanks for the reply.
Sorry about the delay in replying but I only have access to the pc twice a week.
Reentered the rpm command and was informed that the printer driver was installed.
Opened PCC  - Hardware - Configure Printing and Scanning. Again the cursor changed to a hand over the Set Up the Printers.... and again clicking had no effect, nothing at all happened. I then installed the scanner drivers and did the same thing in pcc - Hardware - Configure Printing and Scanning - Set up Scanners. The cursor changed to a hand over this, but in this case when I clicked I was taken to the scanner setup. The scanner on the SX130 is working fine, but still cannot set up the printer.
Also pcc will not shut down. Clicking on the top right x or selecting File - Quit or ctrl-Q have no effect. The only way to close pcc is to su, ps -e and then kill -9.
Are there problems with pcc ?

[scbs29]

Finally got it sorted.
First. Open Firefox, type localhost:631/admin and add printer through CUPS Admin as in the last post on
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,99116.0.html
Then. Through Synaptic install all task-printing-... packages except scanning.
Now pcc allowed me to configure the printer which seems to work OK.
Also pcc will now close down.
I am afraid I tend to agree with other posters that this seems a rather convoluted way
to do the job.

[Just17]

Finally got it sorted.
First. Open Firefox, type localhost:631/admin and add printer through CUPS Admin as in the last post on
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,99116.0.html
Then. Through Synaptic install all task-printing-... packages except scanning.
Now pcc allowed me to configure the printer which seems to work OK.
Also pcc will now close down.
I am afraid I tend to agree with other posters that this seems a rather convoluted way
to do the job.

I agree it is .........   but what can be done when the device is not in the available list of installable printers?

Is there an updated to the printer packages that would solve this?

The SX 115 and SX200 are in the list .......  but nothing between it seems.

[T6]

"Then. Through Synaptic install all task-printing-... packages except scanning.
Now pcc allowed me to configure the printer which seems to work OK.
Also pcc will now close down."

usually when you have to install task-printing this means that you are using pclinux minime, you should begin your post saying that

be sure to have the machine completely updated also

[scbs29]

I do not have minime, I have the full Phoenix, but task-printing was not installed.
I did fully update the machine.

[T6]

last time i read i saw printer support on that version

the only one i was aware if not having task printing was minime but i also forgot we are in the right section of the forum, sorry

thanks for that info