Epson 2630-WF problems on Lubuntu 18.04.3

**stilnovo1** · October 15th, 2019

Hi to Everybody,

I've just bought an Epson printer (Workforce WF-2630) which I have connected to my new laptop running Lubuntu 18.04.3 via wifi (Google Cloud print).

In Cups the print options are very limited. I've installed the suggested drivers in openprinting.org, that are the ones downloadable in Epson web site.

Now, after a "non-linear" installation, all things seem to work (scanning, printing).

The problems are about the options (that are present in windows driver):

- draft and high quality: there is only one possible options, the normal quality, no other settings available.

- double-sided printing: no possible to set (in Windows this possibility is manually managed via software).

- other minor options (borderless printing, better quality in case of photo colour printing etc.).

Moreover, it seems that I can change the settings only with CUPS (system-config-printer), also when the printer is connected with an USB cable...

Anyone can help me?

Thanks in advance!

Andrea

**brian_p** · October 15th, 2019

Originally Posted by stilnovo1

Hi to Everybody,

I've just bought an Epson printer (Workforce WF-2630) which I have connected to my new laptop running Lubuntu 18.04.3 via wifi (Google Cloud print).

In Cups the print options are very limited. I've installed the suggested drivers in openprinting.org, that are the ones downloadable in Epson web site.

The limitations are probably due to the PPD provided by Epson. Your print queue will have a name. Please post the output of

Code:

lpoptions -p <print_queue_name> -l

With the printer on the network, also give what you get for

Code:

avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp

Code:

avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp

**stilnovo1** · October 15th, 2019

Hi!

Code:

lpoptions -p <print_queue_name> -l
bash: print_queue_name: File o directory non esistente
(translation: File or directory does not exist)

Code:

avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp+   eno1 IPv6 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          Internet Printer     local
+   eno1 IPv6 Epson WF-2630locale @ zambo-HP-new            Internet Printer     local
+   eno1 IPv6 EPSON WF-2630 Series @ zambo-HP-new           Internet Printer     local
+   eno1 IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          Internet Printer     local
+   eno1 IPv4 Epson WF-2630locale @ zambo-HP-new            Internet Printer     local
+   eno1 IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series @ zambo-HP-new           Internet Printer     local
+     lo IPv4 Epson WF-2630locale @ zambo-HP-new            Internet Printer     local
+     lo IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series @ zambo-HP-new           Internet Printer     local
=   eno1 IPv6 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [EPSON18823B.local]
   address = [192.168.1.159]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["TLS=1.2" "UUID=cfe92100-67c4-11d4-a45f-389d9218823b" "note=" "adminurl=http://EPSON18823B.local.:80/PRESENTATION/BONJOUR" "priority=30" "print_wfds=T" "URF=CP1,MT1-3-8-10-11-12,PQ4,OB9,OFU0,RS360,SRGB24,W8,IS1,V1.4" "PaperMax=legal-A4" "kind=document,envelope,photo" "rfo=ipp/faxout" "Fax=T" "Scan=T" "Duplex=F" "Color=T" "qtotal=1" "rp=ipp/print" "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/pwg-raster,image/urf,image/jpeg" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "usb_MDL=WF-2630 Series" "usb_MFG=EPSON" "ty=EPSON WF-2630 Series" "txtvers=1"]
=   eno1 IPv6 Epson WF-2630locale @ zambo-HP-new            Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [zambo-HP-new.local]
   address = [fd3c:fd60:6829:0:c61:3d96:a22d:642b]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["printer-type=0x100E" "printer-state=3" "Color=T" "TLS=1.2" "UUID=25771f1b-97aa-3c88-57b0-48e44456a8b8" "URF=DM3" "pdl=application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,image/jpeg,image/png,image/pwg-raster,image/urf" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "priority=0" "note=ufficio" "adminurl=https://zambo-HP-new.local.:631/printers/Epson-locale" "ty=Epson WF-2630 Series - epson-inkjet-printer-escpr 1.7.3-1lsb3.2 (Seiko Epson Corporation LSB 3.2)" "rp=printers/Epson-locale" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"]
=   eno1 IPv6 EPSON WF-2630 Series @ zambo-HP-new           Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [zambo-HP-new.local]
   address = [fd3c:fd60:6829:0:c61:3d96:a22d:642b]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["printer-type=0x904E" "printer-state=3" "Copies=T" "Color=T" "TLS=1.2" "UUID=fd8ec273-1a99-3c89-6ca2-4cf6a2c35c82" "URF=DM3" "pdl=application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,image/jpeg,image/png,image/pwg-raster,image/urf" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "priority=0" "note=ufficio" "adminurl=https://zambo-HP-new.local.:631/printers/EPSON-WF-2630-Series" "ty=EPSON WF-2630 Series, driverless, cups-filters 1.20.2" "rp=printers/EPSON-WF-2630-Series" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"]
=   eno1 IPv4 Epson WF-2630locale @ zambo-HP-new            Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [zambo-HP-new.local]
   address = [192.168.1.113]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["printer-type=0x100E" "printer-state=3" "Color=T" "TLS=1.2" "UUID=25771f1b-97aa-3c88-57b0-48e44456a8b8" "URF=DM3" "pdl=application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,image/jpeg,image/png,image/pwg-raster,image/urf" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "priority=0" "note=ufficio" "adminurl=https://zambo-HP-new.local.:631/printers/Epson-locale" "ty=Epson WF-2630 Series - epson-inkjet-printer-escpr 1.7.3-1lsb3.2 (Seiko Epson Corporation LSB 3.2)" "rp=printers/Epson-locale" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"]
=   eno1 IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series @ zambo-HP-new           Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [zambo-HP-new.local]
   address = [192.168.1.113]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["printer-type=0x904E" "printer-state=3" "Copies=T" "Color=T" "TLS=1.2" "UUID=fd8ec273-1a99-3c89-6ca2-4cf6a2c35c82" "URF=DM3" "pdl=application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,image/jpeg,image/png,image/pwg-raster,image/urf" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "priority=0" "note=ufficio" "adminurl=https://zambo-HP-new.local.:631/printers/EPSON-WF-2630-Series" "ty=EPSON WF-2630 Series, driverless, cups-filters 1.20.2" "rp=printers/EPSON-WF-2630-Series" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"]
=     lo IPv4 Epson WF-2630locale @ zambo-HP-new            Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [localhost]
   address = [127.0.0.1]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["printer-type=0x100E" "printer-state=3" "Color=T" "TLS=1.2" "UUID=25771f1b-97aa-3c88-57b0-48e44456a8b8" "URF=DM3" "pdl=application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,image/jpeg,image/png,image/pwg-raster,image/urf" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "priority=0" "note=ufficio" "adminurl=https://zambo-HP-new.local.:631/printers/Epson-locale" "ty=Epson WF-2630 Series - epson-inkjet-printer-escpr 1.7.3-1lsb3.2 (Seiko Epson Corporation LSB 3.2)" "rp=printers/Epson-locale" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"]
=     lo IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series @ zambo-HP-new           Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [localhost]
   address = [127.0.0.1]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["printer-type=0x904E" "printer-state=3" "Copies=T" "Color=T" "TLS=1.2" "UUID=fd8ec273-1a99-3c89-6ca2-4cf6a2c35c82" "URF=DM3" "pdl=application/octet-stream,application/pdf,application/postscript,image/jpeg,image/png,image/pwg-raster,image/urf" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "priority=0" "note=ufficio" "adminurl=https://zambo-HP-new.local.:631/printers/EPSON-WF-2630-Series" "ty=EPSON WF-2630 Series, driverless, cups-filters 1.20.2" "rp=printers/EPSON-WF-2630-Series" "qtotal=1" "txtvers=1"]
=   eno1 IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [EPSON18823B.local]
   address = [192.168.1.159]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["TLS=1.2" "UUID=cfe92100-67c4-11d4-a45f-389d9218823b" "note=" "adminurl=http://EPSON18823B.local.:80/PRESENTATION/BONJOUR" "priority=30" "print_wfds=T" "URF=CP1,MT1-3-8-10-11-12,PQ4,OB9,OFU0,RS360,SRGB24,W8,IS1,V1.4" "PaperMax=legal-A4" "kind=document,envelope,photo" "rfo=ipp/faxout" "Fax=T" "Scan=T" "Duplex=F" "Color=T" "qtotal=1" "rp=ipp/print" "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/pwg-raster,image/urf,image/jpeg" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "usb_MDL=WF-2630 Series" "usb_MFG=EPSON" "ty=EPSON WF-2630 Series" "txtvers=1"]

Code:

avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp
+   eno1 IPv6 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          _uscan._tcp          local
+   eno1 IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          _uscan._tcp          local
=   eno1 IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          _uscan._tcp          local
   hostname = [EPSON18823B.local]
   address = [192.168.1.159]
   port = [443]
   txt = ["note=" "UUID=cfe92100-67c4-11d4-a45f-389d9218823b" "adminurl=http://EPSON18823B.local.:80/PRESENTATION/BONJOUR" "duplex=F" "is=platen,adf" "cs=color,grayscale,binary" "pdl=application/pdf,image/jpeg" "ty=EPSON WF-2630 Series" "rs=eSCL" "representation=/PRESENTATION/AIRPRINT/PRINTER_128.PNG" "vers=2.5" "txtvers=1"]
=   eno1 IPv6 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          _uscan._tcp          local
   hostname = [EPSON18823B.local]
   address = [192.168.1.159]
   port = [443]
   txt = ["note=" "UUID=cfe92100-67c4-11d4-a45f-389d9218823b" "adminurl=http://EPSON18823B.local.:80/PRESENTATION/BONJOUR" "duplex=F" "is=platen,adf" "cs=color,grayscale,binary" "pdl=application/pdf,image/jpeg" "ty=EPSON WF-2630 Series" "rs=eSCL" "representation=/PRESENTATION/AIRPRINT/PRINTER_128.PNG" "vers=2.5" "txtvers=1"]

**brian_p** · October 15th, 2019

Hello Andrea,

<print_queue_name> is whatever the name is. The angle brackets indicate that that option to the command must be given, but they are not typed. In other words, if the name was epson, the command would be

Code:

lpoptions -p epson -l

**brian_p** · October 15th, 2019

Originally Posted by stilnovo1

Hi!

Code:

lpoptions -p <print_queue_name> -l
bash: print_queue_name: File o directory non esistente
(translation: File or directory does not exist)

Please post the output of the corrected command.

Code:

=   eno1 IPv4 EPSON WF-2630 Series                          Internet Printer     local
   hostname = [EPSON18823B.local]
   address = [192.168.1.159]
   port = [631]
   txt = ["TLS=1.2" "UUID=cfe92100-67c4-11d4-a45f-389d9218823b" "note=" "adminurl=http://EPSON18823B.local.:80/PRESENTATION/BONJOUR" "priority=30" "print_wfds=T" "URF=CP1,MT1-3-8-10-11-12,PQ4,OB9,OFU0,RS360,SRGB24,W8,IS1,V1.4" "PaperMax=legal-A4" "kind=document,envelope,photo" "rfo=ipp/faxout" "Fax=T" "Scan=T" "Duplex=F" "Color=T" "qtotal=1" "rp=ipp/print" "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/pwg-raster,image/urf,image/jpeg" "product=(EPSON WF-2630 Series)" "usb_MDL=WF-2630 Series" "usb_MFG=EPSON" "ty=EPSON WF-2630 Series" "txtvers=1"]

Thanks. The URF= in this output indictates that your printer is AirPrint-enabled. Execute this command to get a URI for the printer:

Code:

driverless

Now set up these two print queues

Code:

lpadmin -p wf1 -v <URI> -E -m everywhere

Code:

lpadmin -p wf2 -v <URI> -E -m driverless:<URI>

Both commands query the printer directly to get its attributes. What each queue offers can be seen with

Code:

lpoptions -p wf1 -l

and

Code:

lpoptions -p wf2 -l

Post what you get from lpoptions in each case.

**stilnovo1** · October 15th, 2019

Hi Brian,

excuse me! I'm not so practiced, unfortunately...

Code:

 lpoptions -p EPSON-WF-2630-Series -l
PageSize/Media Size: 3.5x5 3.5x5.Borderless 4x6 4x6.Borderless 5x7 5x7.Borderless 5x8 8x10 8x10.Borderless *A4 A4.Borderless A5 A6 B5 Env10 EnvC6 EnvDL Legal Letter Letter.Borderless Postcard Postcard.Borderless Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT
MediaType/Media Type: *Stationery PhotographicHighGloss Photographic PhotographicSemiGloss PhotographicGlossy PhotographicMatte Envelope
ColorModel/Print Color Mode: RGB *Gray
cupsPrintQuality/Print Quality: *4
print-scaling/Print Scaling: *auto auto-fit fill fit none

Ok, now:

Code:

driverless
ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print

For sure, now I have done something wrong:

Code:

lpadmin -p wf1 -v <ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print> -E -m everywhere
bash: ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print: File o directory non esistente

but I don't know what is the wrong part....

Code:

lpoptions -p wf1 -l
lpoptions: non è possibile ottenere il file PPD per wf1: Non esiste la stampante o la classe.

(the PPD file cannot be obtained for wf1: There is no printer or class)

same result for the next command:

Code:

lpoptions -p wf2 -l
lpoptions: non è possibile ottenere il file PPD per wf2: Non esiste la stampante o la classe.

**brian_p** · October 15th, 2019

Originally Posted by stilnovo1

Hi Brian,

excuse me! I'm not so practiced, unfortunately...

I will try to be more helpful.

Ok, now:

Code:

driverless
ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print

That's ok.

For sure, now I have done something wrong:

Code:

lpadmin -p wf1 -v <ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print> -E -m everywhere
bash: ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print: File o directory non esistente

but I don't know what is the wrong part....

Do not type < and >. I tried to indicate this in an earlier post. Not to worry. The command you want is

Code:

lpadmin -p wf1 -v ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print -E -m everywhere

And do the same for the other lpadmin command.

**brian_p** · October 16th, 2019

From the lpoptions output, note the borderless options:

PageSize/Media Size: 3.5x5 3.5x5.Borderless 4x6 4x6.Borderless 5x7 5x7.Borderless 5x8 8x10 8x10.Borderless *A4 A4.Borderless A5 A6 B5 Env10 EnvC6 EnvDL Legal Letter Letter.Borderless Postcard Postcard.Borderless Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT

From the TEXT record (txt=) in the avahi-browse output, note:

"Duplex=F"

This printer does not offer a duplex facility by itself.

Also:

cupsPrintQuality/Print Quality: *4

The printer itself offers only normal quality. The Epson PPD doesn't even offer that.

**stilnovo1** · October 17th, 2019

Hi Brian!

Well, the first command:

Code:

lpadmin -p wf1 -v ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print -E -m everywhere

gives me no otuput... no error message, simply nothing.

Also the second one:

Code:

lpadmin -p wf2 -v ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print -E -m driverless:ipp://EPSON18823B.local:631/ipp/print

gives no results...

The quite strange thing (to me!) is that a previous faulty command now gives a result:

Code:

lpoptions -p wf1 -l
PageSize/Media Size: *A4 4x6 5x7 8x10 A5 A6 Legal Letter B5 3.5x5 Postcard Env10 EnvC6 EnvDL 5x8
MediaType/Media Type: *Stationery PhotographicHighGloss Photographic PhotographicSemiGloss PhotographicGlossy PhotographicMatte Envelope
ColorModel/ModalitÃ  colore: *RGB Gray
cupsPrintQuality/Print Quality: Draft *Normal

Now also the other one gives back an answer:

Code:

lpoptions -p wf2 -l
PageSize/Media Size: 3.5x5 3.5x5.Borderless 4x6 4x6.Borderless 5x7 5x7.Borderless 5x8 8x10 8x10.Borderless *A4 A4.Borderless A5 A6 B5 Env10 EnvC6 EnvDL Legal Letter Letter.Borderless Postcard Postcard.Borderless Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT
MediaType/Media Type: *Stationery PhotographicHighGloss Photographic PhotographicSemiGloss PhotographicGlossy PhotographicMatte Envelope
ColorModel/Print Color Mode: *RGB Gray
cupsPrintQuality/Print Quality: *4
print-scaling/Print Scaling: *auto auto-fit fill fit none

Same commands, same syntax, it's a mystery to me why before I had an error and now not... but anyway, now there is an output!

Well, in Windows driver there is the 'manual' duplex option: it doesn't do itself, but the printer prints the odd pages first and then the even ones (you have to take the pages and put again in the printer on the other side). About the quality: in Windows you can choose draft, normal and high quality, since this printer can (should) have a max resolution of 5760 x 1440 dpi... in Lubuntu I don't understand the resolution that the printer is actually using.

Thanks in advance for your patience!

**stilnovo1** · October 17th, 2019

Another strange (to me, of course!) behaviour: now in system-config-printer panel, after that commands, two 'new' printer icons have appeared (WF1 and WF2). It has happened after the two lpadmin commands... I have multiplied my printer

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