* Solved* Driver for Epson Home XP-305

[Toonman]

I know it must seem that i am a bit thick! 
I clearly am at fault for not providing enough information and apologise.

I do not have wired broadband hence.....no router.   I have a wireless or usb mobile tethered device which supplies me with (pretty quick) internet service.  At the moment my mobile is tethered by usb.

Sorry if you have wasted time on this.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

If your printer supports "ad-hock" mode, it may still be possible to get a wireless connection .. but it will probably be easier just to plug it in by USB.

Does it work through USB now ?

Have you still got an old wireless router ?

[Toonman]

Yes. it works but I have little control over things like ink levels and quality.  To be honest I can probally deal with the usb side of things for the printer.  The scanner is another thing though.  I cant get simple scan or Xsane to recognise it.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, connect to it through USB .. then post the output from:

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sane-find-scanner

and

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sudo sane-find-scanner

and

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scanimage -L

and

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sudo scanimage -L

[Toonman]

First one

 # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x0898) at libusb:002:025
found USB scanner (vendor=0x0fce, product=0x814f) at libusb:002:017
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.

  # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
  # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
  # necessary.


Second one

 # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x0898) at libusb:002:025
found USB scanner (vendor=0x0fce, product=0x814f) at libusb:002:017
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.


  Third one

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).


Fourth one

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
adamandmaureen@C:~$ sudo scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

What's the output from:

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uname -a

and

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dpkg -l | grep iscan

[Toonman]

Linux C 3.2.0-35-generic-pae #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 18:04:39 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


and


ii  iscan-data                             1.22.0-1                                Image Scan! for Linux data files

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Download and install this file:
http://a1227.g.akamai.net/f/1227/40484/1d/download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/f/01/00/02/15/80/139994fc6afff8cc0eeed32a2008320218786cba/iscan_2.29.1-5~usb0.1.ltdl7_i386.deb

When that's installed .. see if Xsane can find the scanner now.

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[Toonman]

Heh!  Works a treat. 

Thanks   

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

You're welcome

[Selador]

Hello, I don't know whether anyone can help me. I've just bought same printer as OP and am not Linux-savvy enough to get it to work it seems.

I have installed the relevant drivers (epson-inkjet-printer-201201w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_i386.deb) through the Software Centre but am now at a loss as to what to do next.

Any help would be greatly appreciated (I know how annoying explaining things to noobs can be - I do it on a daily basis on a different subject so apologies!)

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Make sure your printer is attached amd switched on

In your web browser click this link:
http://localhost:631

Then click the "Administration" tab

If at any time you're prompted for a username and password .. it wants you Linux username and password.

Click the "Find new printers" button.

Give the printer an name.

And choose the correct make and model.

[Selador]

Thanks Mark, all is working now, brilliant.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

You're most welcome .. glad to hear you got it working

Have you also got the scanner working ?

[Emegra]

I know how annoying explaining things to noobs can be - I do it on a daily basis on a different subject so apologies!)

Don't worry about that, Mark enjoys it, I should know I annoy him all the time