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!