SDB Discussion:Epson scanner perfection 2580 configuration

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I've got the same problem on openSUSE 10.3.

• The application (kooka) did not recognize the scanner device.
• yast2 told me about
  • a unconfigured scanner
  • snapscan (something like not managing a device)
  • iscan (something like not managing a device)

after two hours i tried this:

configure the scanner by YAST2

Use the packet sane-snapscan to use the epson scanners. This is done by using yast2 to configure the scanner device.

Then you should check: snapscan needs to be configured to use the firmware according to your scanner, see /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf.

configure scanscan

get the firmware file

install packet iscan-firmware to install firmware files. Select the firmware according to your scanner.

epson 2480: esfw41.bin
epson 2580: esfw41.bin
epson 3170: esfw32.bin
epson 3490: esfw52.bin
epson 3590: esfw52.bin
epson 4180: esfw43.bin
epson 4490: esfw54.bin

copy this file to /usr/share/sane/snapscan Example (where are these files):

rpm -q --filesbypkg iscan-firmware-<version>

this tells you where the file esfw41.bin which you can use with sane-snapscan is stored.

configure /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf:

modify the firmware line:

firmware /usr/share/sane/snapscan/esfw41.bin