Work-around for everyone, I believe. I uninstalled my suggestion of
message #16 and followed this myself.
1. Append the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list (E.g. sudo vi
/etc/apt/sources.list):
deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
2. sudo apt update; sudo apt install lsb
3. Go to http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX
4. Enter your product name and "Linux" as the O/S. Click on the search
sysmbol. Accept conditions and download the latest "printer driver" DEB
file for your CPU architecture. Mine (XP-410) was the Epson Printer
Utility for AMD64, dated 2016-04-12.
5. Install the downloaded DEB file (E.g. using gdebi). My gdebi
installation log looked like this:
Epson Printer Utility Driver for Linux
This is a Printer Utility program for Epson Printer Driver.
Using this software, you can check ink levels, view error and other status...
on EPSON Printers.
For detail list of supported printer, please refer to below site:
http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX
.
(Converted from a rpm package by alien version 8.79ubuntu0.1.)
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package epson-printer-utility.
(Reading database ... 220307 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack epson-printer-utility_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking epson-printer-utility (1.0.0-1lsb3.2) ...
Setting up epson-printer-utility (1.0.0-1lsb3.2) ...
Install Message > Described entry of LITE in services.
Install Message > Backup file is /etc/services.bak.
Install Message > Start /usr/lib/epson-backend/setup to change setup.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
6. Using the "Add Printer" function from the "All Settings" application,
add your printer. In my case, I found it on the Wifi network and the
driver installation worked automatically.
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I hope that this helps the remaining folks with hardware and software
installation issues due to the absence of the lsb packages.
It was easy to add the lsb packages to my 16.04 installation and I had
no issues.
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