Having trouble with setup here. I have 64-bit Ubuntu Unity 12.10.
First I ran
sudo apt-get install xsltproc
Then I clicked accept
on the Epson website here. I downloaded iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb
and installed it with
sudo dpkg -i iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb
Next, after some trial and error (because there were several .deb files to choose from, but only one would install successfully), I downloaded iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb
and ran
sudo dpkg -i iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb
Next, as suggested here, I ran
sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf
and inserted a line below in the Examples section: net xxx
, where for xxx
I inserted my best guess at the IP address of the printer.
Finally, from my Dash Home, I typed "epson", and a new application `Image Scan for Linux!" appeared. However, when I try to launch this, I only get a message that says "Could not send command to scanner. Check the scanner's status". Now what? The scanner just worked fine a moment ago through it's connection with a windows machine.
I wonder if I have the wrong IP address for my printer. Including this, I have not yet found an explanation of how to identify the IP address of my printer in a fully straightforward way.
Best Answer
I have just gone through the process of installing the Epson iScan software following the recipe in the original question. There is just one stage missing to enable network access of the Epson scanner, to install
iscan-network-nt
.The full recipe is as follows. For 32-bit machines the architecture labels will of course need changing to
i386
:There are two entries to change in the
epkowa.conf
file, one for the network ip address (which you can get from the printer itself or from your router), and one to specify preference for the document feeder (although the latter seems to be brain-dead). After editingepkowa.conf
it should contain the following lines somewhere:Not only does this enable the Epson scanner software, it allows XSane and Simple Scan also to correctly locate and interact with the scanner.