Manjaro and Epson 5200 Series

[Scribe2]

Hi! Manjaro KDE Plasma, Epson XP-5200 Series - printer not working right but computer is communicating with printer. The printer prints what looks like many lines of code reflecting the system trying to print, and uses paper until I cancel the job. Job doesn’t cancel normally, has to be canceled at computer and at printer. I looked for guidance here and found an old thread from May:

Epson Printers Connection - 7610 & 7840

Problem Resolved, thanks to all who viewed or replied with help. The resoloution was completed by following the instructions on \n aticle on Manjaro printing Printing - Manjaro pamac install manjaro-printer sudo gpassword -a your_username sys pamac build hplip-plugin sudo systemctl enable --now cups.service sudo systemctl enable --now cups.socket sudo systemctl enable --now cups.path pamac install avahi sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon.service pamac install system-config-printer pamac …

I did all that the solution directed, and at least the computer shows the right name and graphic for the printer. But printing a test page was as bad as with a generic driver. To get the thing to print at all, I set the printer menu to “Enabled” vs. “Shared.” I thought CUPS solved all this - evidently not. HELP!! I have some stuff I MUST print today. If necessary I’ll take Manjaro off and go back to using Mint, though I hate that idea.

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[Scribe2]

OK, I’ll keep an eye on this Thread, but I must go back to Mint. Sorry.

[bananamangodog]

I guess it’s too late now, but what drivers does Mint use for this printer? Does it install other packages?

You might also want to have a look at CUPS/Printer-specific problems - ArchWiki which specifies exactly which driver needs to be installed usually from the AUR.

[pwx]

This printer has Wi-Fi – why didn’t he just use IPP?

Edit:
For the Epson XP-5200 Series, you normally only need CUPS and IPP Everywhere; no Epson driver is required.

• Connect the printer to your WiFi and find the IP address.

• KDE → System Settings → Printers → Add Printer.
  If the printer is detected automatically, select IPP Everywhere/Driverless.

• If it is not detected, open http://localhost:631 → Administration → Add Printer → IPP, and enter:
  ipp://PRINTER-IP:631/ipp/print
  Then select IPP Everwhere as the driver.

Alternatively, from the terminal:

sudo lpadmin -p Epson-XP5200 -E -v ipp://PRINTER-IP:631/ipp/print -m everywhere
lpoptions -d Epson-XP5200

This gives you driverless IPP Everywhere printing.