Hi, I assume you are using the snapscan backend. In this case:
> My Epson 3490 works just fine if the firm ware is loaded from a > Windows > box first. I also have located the binary that needs to be loaded. > > Is there a bash command I can run to manually load the binary file > into > the scanner? > > Would something like: > > echo esfw52.bin > some device > > Work? No. You need to edit snapscan.conf (either in /etc/sane.d or /usr/ local/etc/sane.d, depending on you setup and add the fully qualified filename of esfw52.bin to the "firmware" line, e.g. firmware=/var/lib/sane/esfw52.bin Regards, Oliver
