epson wf-2540 not working

hi, im new to this sight, ive been reading alot and tried some answers to printer problems. none have worked for me.. im not very a experienced ubuntu user.. i have the new 16.04 LTS & can not get my printer to work, it worked in my last version 12.0 .. any chance anyone could help me out? im simply out of options w/ my knowledge of this...first there was no printer icon in my hardware. i have gotten that back, but cant add a new printer,