On 10.06.16 18:34, David Zuccaro via luv-main wrote:
I just scanned a document today with an Epson 3 in 1
(TX110).
cat /etc/debian_version
8.4
scanimage -L
device `epson2:libusb:003:007' is a Epson PID 084D flatbed scanner
Hope this helps.
Many thanks. It offers hope that there's a way from here to there.
Here, "scanimage -L" gives "No scanners were identified." and a
correct
but vacuous RTFM admonition.
If I correctly infer that you're using scanimage to scan, then my
dismissal of it on compatibility grounds was premature.
Digging has so far revealed /etc/sane.d/epson.conf, which appears to
offer a path to add "libusb support for unknown scanners". And
sane-find-scanner did provide "vendor" and "product" IDs which appear
to
map to the file's "product" and "device" IDs, as the file example
for
"product" is precisely the Epson "vendor" ID found by
sane-find-scanner:
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x012f [EPSON \
Scanner]) at libusb:001:002
vs
# usb <product ID> <device ID>
# usb 0x4b8 0x110
I also uncommented the last two /dev lines, as the comments appeared to
suggest. Even after a reboot, the edited epson.conf didn't improve
anything, though. There is no /dev/usb.. anything.
Do you have anything interesting in the uncommented part of epson.conf ?
If you've not had to download any third-party drivers, then it might be
time to bite the bullet and move from 7.8 to 8.4. That would obviate the
need to try to get my HP printer to work with debian 7.8 - a twice
attempted task which ate up a couple of days without any useful result.
Hmmm ... it says here:
http://download.ebz.epson.net/man/linux/iscan_e.html#sec4
that iscan requires version 1.0.3 or later of the sane package must be
installed before installing iscan. That made no difference, but
preceding pages did say the iscan 1.0.0 is for "all countries".
Ahh here:
there are more hints, including editing /etc/sane.d/dll.conf as well, to
comment out:
epson
epson2
That didn't help either.
Erik