escputil software package provides maintenance utility for Epson Stylus printers, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install escputil
escputil is installed in your system.
Make ensure the escputil package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep escputil *
You will get with escputil package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | escputil |
| Version | 5.2.11-1build1 |
| Description | maintenance utility for Epson Stylus printers |
| Sub Section | Utils |