I want to set up my Epson L3251 printer in Ubuntu.

The Epson US webpage says I need lsb installed first. I did that, even though I don't know what it is!

dpkg says I need lsb >= 3.2 and fails.

Any tips on how to get this printer working please?

Now, following instructions here I try to install the .deb file I downloaded. (I don't think it is a proper .deb file)

But then I get:

All I can do is:

Are you sure that the 32-bit package is appropriate for your system?

Epson Linux drivers are available from
https://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/s...search/?OSC=LX
Enter 'L3251' as the model and look for the 'ESC/P-R Driver (generic driver)' packages > 'Download' > 'Accept' > 'epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.7.21-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb' package. Download and install that with your package manager.

Pedroski,

(c/o = Click on)

Install gdebi and lsb (you may have gdebi already installed)

Driver download link:
https://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/s...search/?OSC=LX

Enter L3251 and c/o search icon.

These are the 2 drivers you require:

Printer driver (Epson Printer Utility):
epson-printer-utility_1.1.1-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb

Scanner driver (All-in-one package):
epsonscan2-bundle-6.6.40.0.x86_64.deb.tar.gz

Printer Driver > Epson Printer utility
c/o Download, c/o Accept.
Select this and c/o Download.

epson-printer-utility_1.1.1-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb

Open epson-printer-utility_1.1.1-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb with GDebi and install it.

Scanner driver > All-in-one package

c/o link for Package download page

c/o Download for [deb] 64bit(x86_64)

epsonscan2-bundle-6.6.42.0.x86_64.deb.tar.gz

Right click on this scanner driver and then open it with Archive Manager.
Click on Extract.
Click on Extract.
Click on Close.

Then open the resulting .deb folder with GDebi and install the scanner driver.

Printers > Add printer.

Thanks a lot!

On this laptop, everything worked fine, printer, scanner, DS-510 batch scanner, all work.

The problem is on my older Samsung, which I had to use while this was being fixed. (HDMI port was broken, they put in a new motherboard.)

The scanner installed fine for the L3251 on my Samsung, but the printer would not install, and imagescan for the batch scanner won't work, starts, but bits are missing!

When I get home I'll start the Samsung and follow your advice, thanks again!

Partial success:

On the older Samsung, which now has Unbuntu 22.04 installed:

I got the printer utility, opened it with gdebi, it installed and worked. I can print.

The scanner package, though named a .deb is not .deb

It is a .tar.gz. Unpack it and you have a folder named epsonscan2-bundle-6.6.42.0.x86_64.deb, which contains an install.sh with "allow executing file as program" permissions.

I ran install.sh, no errors reported, but imagescan, which should handle the DS-510 batch scanner opens, but only the Quit button is working. Can't use it!

imagescan does not see the L3251 printer/scanner flatbed scanner at all, but xsane finds it and can use it! Strange!

On this HP, everything is working fine. This HP has Ubuntu 20.04!

Previously, the older Samsung had Ubuntu 18.04 and everything worked fine!

Any, thanks for the tips and advice.

I don't need to use the Samsung now. In a month or so, I will try again to get the scanners running on the Samsung. Some update or other may allow it to work!

Thanks!

Pedroski,

Did you try using Archive Manager on the tar.gz file?

epsonscan2-bundle-6.6.42.0.x86_64.deb.tar.gz

Right click on this scanner driver and then open it with Archive Manager.
Click on Extract.
Click on Extract.
Click on Close.

Then open the resulting .deb folder with GDebi and install the scanner driver.

Oh yes, I did that, and gdebi complained, can't remember exactly, but

"this file may be corrupted"

It is not a .deb

Like I said, run the install.sh and it works in this laptop, just the older laptop with the newest Ubuntu doesn't work.

If I wait a while, it will probably work! Teething problems!

This tells me it does work (just not for imagescan). Imagescan and xsane use different approaches to scanners and one may work but the other not.

If you depend on only one approach to a device then you may hit a roadblock while other approaches are wide open.

Why not use xsane since it does work?

Oh I do usually use xsane for single scans. It has a multipage function too, but that is not so convenient.

For multipage scanning I use the DS-510 batch scanner and imagescan, but that won't work on this Samsung with Ubuntu 22.04

After a few updates, it may work again!

I made my own little OMR programme, so when I give students some classwork or homework, I can mark it automatically.

But nowadays, I switched to using webpages and MySQL, no paper involved! Save the trees!