HOWTO Epson Stylus SX105

[thraxy]

I've noticed that there are quite a few people having problems getting their Epson Stylus SX105 All-In-One machine working.

Here's how I got the printer working under Hardy and Intrepid (scanner is still unresolved, to my knowledge):

Go to http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/spc/DL1.do

Select the driver for Epson Stylus NX100/SX100/TX100/TX101/TX105/TX106,Epson ME 300 and fill in the other required information.

Download the file that matches your version of Ubuntu (8.04,8.10).

Extract the file to a folder, open terminal and cd into the folder (example: cd /home/username/Documents).

Installation for Hardy Heron:

sudo bash pips-snx100-ubuntu8.04-3.3.0-CG.install

Installation for Intrepid Ibex:

sudo bash pips-snx100-ubuntu8.04-3.5.0-CG.install

You should now be able to use your printer. Good luck!

[chrismarsh1987]

i followed your instructions but it wont print, when i go through the trouble shooting options it allows me to print a test page but not the page i want to print, it reads cannot write page 1 image. any ideas?

[chrismarsh1987]

Page 1 (Scheduler not running?):
{'cups_connection_failure': False}
Page 2 (Choose printer):
{'cups_dest': <cups.Dest snx100 (default)>,
'cups_instance': None,
'cups_queue': 'snx100',
'cups_queue_listed': True}
Page 3 (Check printer sanity):
{'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'ekplp',
'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'ekplp:/var/ekpd/ekplp0',
'printer-info': u'snx100',
'printer-is-shared': True,
'printer-location': u'',
'printer-make-and-model': u'Epson Stylus NX100, Photo Image Print System',
'printer-state': 3,
'printer-state-message': u"Can't write page 1 image",
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'printer-type': 135180,
'printer-uri-supported': u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/snx100'},
'cups_printer_remote': False,
'is_cups_class': False}
Page 4 (Check PPD sanity):
{'cups_printer_ppd_defaults': {u'General': {u'Ink': u'COLOR',
u'PageRegion': u'A4_AUTO',
u'PageSize': u'A4_AUTO',
u'Quality': u'PLAIN_S'}},
'cups_printer_ppd_valid': True,
'missing_pkgs_and_exes': ([], [])}
Page 5 (Local or remote?):
{'printer_is_remote': False}
Page 6 (Choose device):
{'cups_device_dict': {'device-class': u'direct',
'device-id': u'',
'device-info': u'Epson Inkjet Printer #1',
'device-make-and-model': u'Photo Image Print System'}}
Page 7 (Printer state reasons):
{'printer-state-message': u"Can't write page 1 image",
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none']}
Page 8 (Error log checkpoint):
{'cups_server_settings': {'DefaultAuthType': 'Basic',
'MaxLogSize': '2000000',
'SystemGroup': 'lpadmin',
'_debug_logging': '0',
'_remote_admin': '0',
'_remote_any': '0',
'_remote_printers': '0',
'_share_printers': '0',
'_user_cancel_any': '0'},
'error_log_checkpoint': 30652L,
'error_log_debug_logging_set': True}
Page 9 (Print test page):
{'test_page_job_status': [(True,
9,
'snx100',
'life kist open air logo.jpg',
'Stopped',
{'Ink': u'COLOR',
'PageSize': u'A4',
'Quality': u'PLAIN_S',
'attributes-charset': u'utf-8',
'attributes-natural-language': u'en-gb',
'document-format': u'application/pdf',
'job-hold-until': u'no-hold',
'job-id': 9,
'job-k-octets': 89,
'job-media-sheets-completed': 0,
'job-more-info': u'ipp://localhost:631/jobs/9',
'job-name': u'life kist open air logo.jpg',
'job-originating-host-name': u'localhost',
'job-originating-user-name': u'chris',
'job-preserved': True,
'job-printer-state-message': u"Can't write page 1 image",
'job-printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'job-printer-up-time': 1230751640,
'job-printer-uri': u'ipp://nautilus:631/printers/snx100',
'job-priority': 100,
'job-sheets': [u'none', u'none'],
'job-state': 6,
'job-state-reasons': u'job-stopped',
'job-uri': u'ipp://localhost:631/jobs/9',
'job-uuid': u'urn:uuid:2d244fbf-35d5-3982-4e6a-aa6fcb8c29f6',
'number-up': 1,
'printer-uri': u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/snx100',
'time-at-completed': None,
'time-at-creation': 1230751097,
'time-at-processing': 1230751097})],
'test_page_successful': False}
Page 10 (Error log fetch):
{'error_log': ['D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdCloseClient: 7',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdAcceptClient: 7 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] Get-Jobs ipp://localhost/jobs/',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] [Job 9] Loading attributes...',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=0 (successful-ok)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdCloseClient: 7',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdAcceptClient: 7 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] Create-Printer-Subscription /',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdCreateSubscription(con=0xb84e6088(7), uri="/")',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] pullmethod="ippget"',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] notify-lease-duration=86400',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] notify-time-interval=0',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdAddSubscription(mask=17800, dest=(nil)(), job=(nil)(0), uri="(null)")',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] Added subscription 16 for server',
'I [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] Saving subscriptions.conf...',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=0 (successful-ok)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:11 +0000] cupsdCloseClient: 7',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:12 +0000] cupsdAcceptClient: 7 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:12 +0000] cupsdReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:12 +0000] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:12 +0000] Get-Notifications /',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:12 +0000] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="chris"',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:12 +0000] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=0 (successful-ok)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:26:12 +0000] cupsdCloseClient: 7',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] cupsdAcceptClient: 7 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] [Job 9] Unloading...',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Report: clients=1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Report: jobs=6',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Report: jobs-active=1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Report: printers=2',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Report: printers-implicit=0',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Report: stringpool-string-count=2602',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Report: stringpool-alloc-bytes=10344',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Report: stringpool-total-bytes=55928',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] cupsdReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] Get-Notifications /',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="chris"',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=0 (successful-ok)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:12 +0000] cupsdCloseClient: 7',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdAcceptClient: 7 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] Get-Job-Attributes ipp://localhost/jobs/9',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] [Job 9] Loading attributes...',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=0 (successful-ok)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdCloseClient: 7',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdAcceptClient: 7 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] Cancel-Subscription /',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="chris"',
'I [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] Saving subscriptions.conf...',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=0 (successful-ok)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdCloseClient: 7',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdAcceptClient: 7 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdReadClient: 7 GET /admin/log/error_log HTTP/1.1',
'D [31/Dec/2008:19:27:20 +0000] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.'],
'error_log_debug_logging_unset': True}

thats the information from the trouble shooting. and i cant print the document, only test pages

[Alexia_Death]

The scanner works too. Down that page is a deb for iscan. Get and install it. It WORKS! I still cant belive it dully but it does! I can now digitally color some of my age old drawings.

[brunovianna]

Here it shows
----------------
Scanner Driver
This driver is currently not supported.
----------------
Can you tell us what distribution and model you selected in the form to make the scanner file appear?

Thanks
Bruno

[CK1]

I followed the instructions from the Avasys website and ran the ran pips install file pips-snx100-ubuntu8.04-3.3.0-CG.install. However, I get the following errors:-

"cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/EPAva/printer/snx100/uninstall-snx100.sh': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/EPAva/printer/snx100/uninstall-snx100.sh': No such file or directory
cp: target `/usr/local/EPAva/printer/snx100/.' is not a directory
Add printer setting at spool system...
./install-pips.sh: 240: /usr/local/EPAva/distro/ekpdsetup: not found
lpadmin: No such file or directory
Startup ekpd-tool...
./install-pips.sh: 240: ekpd-tool: not found
Installation is complete."

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 64bit. Any suggestions how to install the driver ?

I downloaded the scanner driver and this works OK.

[linuxonbute]

I followed the instructions from the Avasys website and ran the ran pips install file pips-snx100-ubuntu8.04-3.3.0-CG.install. However, I get the following errors:-

"cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/EPAva/printer/snx100/uninstall-snx100.sh': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/EPAva/printer/snx100/uninstall-snx100.sh': No such file or directory
cp: target `/usr/local/EPAva/printer/snx100/.' is not a directory
Add printer setting at spool system...
./install-pips.sh: 240: /usr/local/EPAva/distro/ekpdsetup: not found
lpadmin: No such file or directory
Startup ekpd-tool...
./install-pips.sh: 240: ekpd-tool: not found
Installation is complete."

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 64bit. Any suggestions how to install the driver ?

I downloaded the scanner driver and this works OK.

I don't know if you have solved this yet but you need to be root to install to /usr/local/ and it's sub-directories.

the command you need is:

sudo pips-snx100-ubuntu8.04-3.3.0-CG.install

It will ask for your normal user password and then do the job.

HTH

[CK1]

I don't know if you have solved this yet but you need to be root to install to /usr/local/ and it's sub-directories.

the command you need is:

sudo pips-snx100-ubuntu8.04-3.3.0-CG.install

It will ask for your normal user password and then do the job.

HTH

I ran this after doing sudo bash to run it as root and got the error messages already identified. I have since upgraded to 8.10 and still get the same error messages. Anyone any ideas how to resolve this problem ?

[Zetheroo]

With this printer driver only some apps in Ubuntu print while the majority do not.

[dolphinholmer]

Should be out-of-the-box support for this printer now with Gutenprint 5.2.3

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...nt/+bug/303511