On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 17:36, doc wrote:
The 1660 doesn't show up on the SANE list, the 1650 does. The SANE man page http://www.mostang.com/sane/man/sane-epson.5.html notes that the Perfection 600 and Perfection 1250 are not supported -- no explanation why so no way to know what may be present in unlisted and/or new scanners that may render them similarly incompatible with SANE.
As far as I know, the 1660 is a fairly new model, so that would explain why it is not on the supported list. I seem to remember that the reason why the 600 and 1250 are not supported is that Epson did not supply info on them and the hardware works slightly different from the newer models (610 definitely works) Epson should have their own Linux drivers for the 1660, just check their site.
Are you using SANE or some other Linux backend?
I have been using an Epson 610 usb for a long time with Linux and SuSE (7.2 and 8.0) picks it up and configures it without problems. The SANE backend is used. I use XSane and GIMP with the sane plugin.
What features are available and which are missing?
I see 48 bit features at Epson but SANE appears to max-out at 24, what is your experience?
I want to able to do basic scans, pass-thru scanner-to-printer copying, and scanner-to-fax. Have you been successful with all of these?
XSane comes with all these features and I can use them all. I can scan up to 600dpi (which is the scanner's hardware limit - the supplied Windows drivers can apparently up the resolution to 1200 dpi with software enhancements) My experience with SuSE and this scanner has been very good. It works like a charm. With Epson supplying their own drivers for the newer scanners, I expect that they should work very will with Linux. HTH -- Andre Truter Software Engineer Registered Linux user #185282 ICQ #40935899 AIM: trusoftzaf http://www.trusoft.za.net <-------------------------------------------------> < The box said: Requires Windows 95 or better... > < So I installed Linux > <------------------------------------------------->