Hi, I want to use an Epson V200 Photo USB Scanner on my Linux Box:
Ubuntu 8.04 64 Bit 2.6.24-23-generic Kernel When I understood this right then I need 2 things: the epkowa-backend and a proprietary plug-in which is only available as binary under http://avasys.jp/hp/menu000000500/hpg000000442.htm. The backend is included in the libsane-extras package and the epkowa.c file seems similar to the one included in my distribution. Per accident I stumbled over the README in the doc directory saying: >>>>> The following scanners require the use of a proprietary module to work with the epkowa backend... <snip> You can download the module and firmware files from the Epson Avasys website at: <http://www.avasys.jp/english/linux_e/index.html> The module and firmware files are distributed in the form of an RPM package; you'll need to install the rpm and cpio Debian packages to extract the content of the RPM file: - rpm2cpio iscan-plugin-....rpm > foo.cpio - cpio -i --make-directories --no-absolute-filenames < foo.cpio The module and firmware files will be available in the usr/lib/iscan and usr/share/iscan directories, relative to the current directory. You need to copy the module files to /usr/lib/iscan and the firmware file to /usr/share/iscan. <<<<<<< This is what I did but the scanner isn't found with scanimage -L. I checked after running ldconfig whether the libs are included in the lib-cache but I couldn't find it. I'm afraid that the proprietary libraries need to be 64bit libs. Does anyone has a clue for me. Cheers Patrick
