Roger Sewell writes: > Andrea, > >> I also had the same problem with the scanner part of an Epson >> multifunction printer. I solved it by installing the drivers from the >> Epson web site, which are indeed almost impossible to find. Here a >> link: http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/searchModule, > > Thank you - the package I found there seems to work fine - very grateful. > >> Basically I switched the backend form epson2 to epkowa, which comes >> with the package form the Epson download site. It now works fine at >> least with Image Scan for Linux (also from the Epson package, although >> you can install it separate if you want). > > However, I can't find any evidence that a new SANE backend called epkowa > is being used
The site you downloaded from is a bit confusing. It provides downloads for: - Image Scan! for Linux (provides epkowa backend) - Image Scan v3 (provides imagescan backend) These aren't the same thing and both cater to different sets of scanners. I would assume that Andrea's scanner is supported via Image Scan! for Linux which includes a SANE epkowa backend. The Image Scan v3 bundle includes a SANE imagescan backend. # BTW, Image Scan v3 is a "corporate" rebrand of the Utsushi software # that I mentioned in an earlier post. Utsushi provides an utsushi # backend which, to all intents and purposes, is the same. > instead it seems to use something at > /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-imagescan.so.1, despite the fact that > /etc/sane.d/dll.conf doesn't contain any line enabling that backend. Quite a few distributions also implicitly include the snippets below /etc/sane.d/dll.d/ as if they were part of /etc/sane.d/dll.conf. Both Image Scan v3 and Utsushi install the configuration file snippets there, IIRC. Not sure anymore about Image Scan! for Linux. # I've been intimately involved in the development and maintenance of # all three for a long time. However, as of April 2016 I am no longer # involved any only keep Utsushi somewhat in sync with Image Scan v3. > So I don't entirely understand why it works, but I'm glad that it > does! > >> I didn't try it with xsane, but you should be good to go. > > Thank you - it works fine with xsane also. Please note that support for network attached devices with the imagescan (or utsushi) backends relies on a non-free plugin. This is despite the fact that Epsons's Software License Agreement makes you believe the whole package/bundle is GPLv3. # I'm off complaining about that now ... Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
