The printer is Epson WF-4630, so it is necessary to download the driver, and install it:
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~/Documents/1 Software Installs/Debian 10 Buster/WF-4630$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Selecting previously unselected package epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.
(Reading database ... 269270 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.6.41-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking epson-inkjet-printer-escpr (1.6.41-1lsb3.2) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of epson-inkjet-printer-escpr:
epson-inkjet-printer-escpr depends on lsb (>= 3.2); however:
Package lsb is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package epson-inkjet-printer-escpr (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-10) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
epson-inkjet-printer-escpr
is there a way to get this "lsb" -- or:
The Guest Machine ( LMDE/3) has support for this printer. Can I "share" the printer on the Guest and then connect to it from D-10 ?? Seems like it will just give me a URL to send to; I'd still need the WF-4630 driver.....
I read an interesting essay on Driverless Printing
hmmmmmmm: shades of what they do in Chrome Book: Send it to Google -- yuk: I ain't doin' it.
It's sad, actually: to get rid of the print driver all they needed to do is to put the print driver in the printer -- where it belongs. Set the printer then to accept input in .pdf format and set it up as a file....... wasn't everything supposed to "just be a file ? " </ rant >