Re: Epson Scanner 1650 driver not loaded

From: John Miller (luvz2cook_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/11/04


Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:36:38 GMT

Never mind, I just figured it out. I needed both these lines in
both epson.conf and epkowa.conf. I also unplugged and replugged
the scanner.

usb /dev/usb/scanner0
usb 0x04b8 0x011e

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:22:11 +0000, John Miller wrote:

> Help, I have been trying to get my scanner working (again). I upgraded
> from Fedora Core 1 to Core 2 and the scanner no longer works.
>
> Summary:
> Sane-from-scanner finds the scanner but
> scanimage -L can't
>
> Please help
>
> John Miller
>
> I don't know how to get the driver loaded. Here is some information:
> From: /proc/bus/usb
> T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
> D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
> P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=011e Rev= 1.00
> S: Manufacturer=EPSON
> S: Product=EPSON Scanner
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA
> I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
> E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
> E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
>
>
> from lsusb
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:011e Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 1660 Photo
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>
> (run as root)scanimage -L returns
> No scanners were identified.
>
> sane-find-scanner returns
>
> # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
> # you have loaded a SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.
>
> found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x011e [EPSON Scanner]) at
> libusb:001:002
> # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
> # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.
>
> # Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports can't be
> # detected by this program.



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