epson wf-2540 not working

[Robert_Litolff]

hi, im new to this sight, ive been reading alot and tried some answers to printer problems. none have worked for me.. im not very a experienced ubuntu user.. i have the new 16.04 LTS & can not get my printer to work, it worked in my last version 12.0 .. any chance anyone could help me out? im simply out of options w/ my knowledge of this...first there was no printer icon in my hardware. i have gotten that back, but cant add a new printer,

[Robert_Litolff]

screen shot of what i get




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[QDR06VV9]

[Notice]
In order to install these drivers, you need to install LSB package (version 3.2 or later) beforehand.

Ubunbu:

sudo apt-get install lsb

Then the driver should be here:http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du...bd567029c06dd8
Make sure everything match's your printer. Edit: I like to use Gdebi to install all .debs

sudo apt install gdebi

[Robert_Litolff]

bob@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install lsb
[sudo] password for bob: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package lsb is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'lsb' has no installation candidate 
this is what i got...?

[QDR06VV9]

I did not know they had removed that for 16.04???
Refer to this site:http://lifeofageekadmin.com/install-...river-wf-2540/

[Linuxisfast]

lsb has been removed from Ubuntu repos. Best solution is to add trusty repos and install lsb from there and then remove the repo. I and many others have done that for Epson printers and Google Earth with no issues, here is the launchpad link to the missing lsb issue. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...b/+bug/1536353

[QDR06VV9]

lsb has been removed from Ubuntu repos. Best solution is to add trusty repos and install lsb from there and then remove the repo. I and many others have done that for Epson printers and Google Earth with no issues, here is the launchpad link to the missing lsb issue. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...b/+bug/1536353

Thanks for the updated information..and the link.
I hope I have not discouraged the OP.
Regards

[QDR06VV9]

So if you have not done this already To Add the trusty repositories.
Open a terminal and type the following command:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line at the bottom of the file:

  deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main

Save the file && Run the command:

sudo apt-get update

Install lsb with

sudo apt-get install lsb

Install the printer driver. Run:

 sudo dpkg -i yourdriver.deb

Remove the trusty repos from sources.list
Open a terminal and type the following command:

 gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Remove the following line at the bottom of the file:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main

Save again && Run:

  sudo apt-get update

Add your printer by going into Printers > Add.

NOTE: You may have to manually select the driver from a list.
Hope this useful.

[Linuxisfast]

lsb is back in repos, just do sudo apt install lsb and you are set.