LMDE keeps disabling Epson Pro 3880 printer

[DougB]

If I try to print several pages on my USB Epson Stylus Pro3880 printer, e.g. from LibreOffice, it prints maybe 1 or 2, then stops in the middle of a page and I find (System settings=>Printers) that the printer is no longer Enabled. After I re-Enable it the printer restarts - from the beginning. The bug can occur sometimes even while printing a single page. It's a real PITA. - causing me to waste a lot of paper.
I'm running LMDE update 8 with Cinnamon.

I think this must be an LMDE bug, because I can print multiple pages of the same document with the USB same printer with no problem when it is attached to a laptop running Mint 17 with MATE.

[kurotsugi]

it might be a bug from cups. sadly it won't get fixed on LMDE until next year.

[DrHu]

Linux 17 MATE configuration for that printer via CUPS is ??
--and the printer driver selected is, as well as any PPD file used

If they all match, then could be a bug
--also CUPS version being used in each mint OS (one that works (Mate 17) and one that fails (LMDE)))

Also had a look at Ubuntu for device model, don't see it but they were using another driver

• Epson Stylus CX3900 ?? Partial v6.06 (Dapper)
  Works in v6.06 (Dapper) out of box but need to select 3800 from list during install. 2006-Nov-03

--so probably 3800 might work, still you decide the driver file to use !..

• • some specific info ref Epson 3880..

http://sunglint.wordpress.com/tag/cups/

[DougB]

Sorry for the disturbance - I've been able to test another LMDE Up8 which worked.
So it looks like something got screwed in my PC LMDE installation. I've wiped its HD and started anew with a clean LMDE Up8 Cinnamon - that works fine and I don't have the printer problem any more.