Problem installing Epson 645 drivers related to lsb
I previously had this working with Ubuntu 10.x, and just recently upgraded to 12.04 (64 bit).
I had installed the driver from Epson: epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.2.0-1lsb3.2_i386.deb, and now also tried: epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.2.2-1lsb3.2_i386.deb but neither worked.
> sudo dpkg -i epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.2.2-1lsb3.2_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 753018 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:i386 1.2.2-1lsb3.2 (using epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.2.2-1lsb3.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:i386 ...
cups stop/waiting
cups start/running, process 28199
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:i386:
epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:i386 depends on lsb (>= 3.2).
dpkg: error processing epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:i386 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:i386
The issue seems to be: epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:i386 depends on lsb (>= 3.2).
I have lsb 4.0 installed, but maybe it's not the i386 version?
> dpkg -l | grep lsb
iU epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:i386 1.2.2-1lsb3.2 Epson Inkjet Printer Driver (ESC/P-R) for Linux
ii lsb 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 Linux Standard Base 4.0 support package
ii lsb-base 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 Linux Standard Base 4.0 init script functionality
ii lsb-core 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 Linux Standard Base 4.0 core support package
ii lsb-cxx 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 Linux Standard Base 4.0 C++ support package
ii lsb-desktop 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 Linux Standard Base 4.0 Desktop support package
ii lsb-graphics 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 Linux Standard Base 4.0 graphics support package
ii lsb-printing 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 Linux Standard Base 4.0 Printing package
ii lsb-release 4.0-0ubuntu20.2 Linux Standard Base version reporting utility
I have also run sudo apt-get -f install to no avail.
This was for the "Download Printer Driver ESC/P-R Driver (generic driver)"
Thank you!
I have had exactly the same problem. However I found this link :
http://www.muktware.com/news/976/ubuntu-becomes-first-os-get-automatic-epson-printer-drivers#.UK4l-eB2MUQ
which suggests that Ubuntu 12.04 is capable of finding and installing printer drivers automatically. Although sceptical, I decided to try with my wirelessly-connected Epson PX730WD. It worked ! I used "System Settings / Printing / Add Printer / Find Printer" (roughly speaking) which found the printer as soon as I turned it on. In fact the drivers it found were for a slightly lower spec device - the PX710W - but so far I have not had any difficulties as a result of this.
I hope you find this useful.
On newer versions of Ubuntu (and amd64 Epson drivers), you only need to enable the Universe repository to install the dependencies.
For those who are not strictly on Ubuntu but another Debian derivative distribution: I downloaded an lsb-compat forward-port package from an MX Linux forum from here. You may be able to use this on Ubuntu if you do not want to enable the Universe repository.
That provided lsb for me and I was able to install the epson-inkjet-printer-scpr and the epson-printer-utility packages obtained from Epson. Shame on the printer manufacturers that they make us go through such hoops.
For the record I'm using Devuan Ceres, so I'm not with Linux Mint. Devuan is a Debian derivative.