I have a Epsom XP-430 printer that worked fine in ubuntu 15.10 but I cannot get it to work since I upgraded to ubuntu 16.04. None of the linux drivers I tried from Epson's website will work with the printer now.

JDWheel,

A similar tale of woe for other users of 16.04 and Epson printers:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2321604&page=3


There is a workaround apparently. See post #34 on here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...b/+bug/1536353

Instead of vi you can use nano in Terminal:

You may need to install it first.

Pr0blem solved with sudo apt-get install printer-driver-escpr thanks for the help.

excellent thank you

DavidLMorris, we welcome you to LQ but please try to limit posting on old threads.

Welcome, DavidLMorris! Some Mods need better manners, here at LQ, IMHO!

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It has always been against LQ rules to necropost without adding new useful information. In addition, it has been a well observed behaviour that posts like DavidMorris are usually a prelude to posting a spamlink later. He has already been banned, by the way.