Hi, Alkarim Kanji writes:
> First, I trust I am subscribed to the correct forum: the forum that offers > scanner support tied to Linux flavors. If not, please direct me to the > appropriated forum. You're at the right place. > I have a laptop that runs both Window$ and Linux Mint 18.2, 64 bit. Mint > is my primary OS: I use Window$ only when I absolutely have to. I > purchased an Epson WorkForce ES-200 duplex color scanner to be used on > Linux Mint 18.2. I spent hours downloading/configuring scanner related > software with poor results: I can scan, but the quality of scans is poor, > at best. I use "Image Scan" software; other applications (gscan2pdf, XSane > Image Scanning Program) do an even worse job - very likely related to > availability/configuration of appropriate software. Then I ran into > something on Epson's site that told me to click on "Image Scan! for Linux" > to configure the scanner. When I do that, with the scanner hooked up and > turned on, I get the following message: > > Could not send command to scanner. > Check the scanner's status. > > It appears the software I downloaded from Epson is not configured > properly. I have limited knowledge in this area and am unable to write > code. > > I am requesting help to get the right software downloaded and configured so > I can use my scanner for quality scans without having to resort to Window$ > to get a decent scan (configuring it on Window$ was a breeze and the > quality of scans is very good). There are *two* different packages available from EPSON download site: - Image Scan! for Linux - Image Scan v3 It looks like you have the first but you need the second. You can get it from: http://support.epson.net/linux/en/imagescanv3.php?version=1.3.23#linux_mint That downloads a compressed archive file. You need to extract that in a terminal and change to the directory that creates. Further instructions can be found in the README.rst file. So, after the download, cd ~/Downloads tar xaf imagescan-bundle-linuxmint-18-1.3.23.x64.deb.tar.gz cd imagescan-bundle-linuxmint-18-1.3.23.x64.deb pager README.rst should get you up and running. Once you can scan with imagescan (Image Scan v3), you can safely remove iscan (Image Scan! for Linux) with sudo apt-get remove iscan > Thank you for the support! You're welcome. 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
