BandiPat wrote:
On Monday 01 November 2004 03:24 pm, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On Sunday 31 October 2004 10:00 pm, Web Developer wrote:
I just bought a new Epson Scanner, 4180. xsane says there are no devices available. I installed K3B, the new update, but I haven't tried a CD today, I'm really concerned about the scanner. I bought it specifically because of the resolution, and the fact it does slides and negatives ( not to mention 4800 DPI). I wonder if 9.2 will recognize it..
I booted 9.2 from a LiveCD. I have an Epson 4180 myself, just purchased it yesterday. when I went to configure it, YAST-scanner didn't recognize it, and it wasn't a choice from the menus. I'm not having much luck getting it working with 9.1 . Maybe Vuescan will get it to work with 9.2, but I haven't had any luck so far with 9.1
Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800
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Paul, There's a simple explanation for you having not gotten it working yet! It's unsupported by sane! It's not SuSE's fault, it's not Linux's fault, it's just not supported by sane yet, the scanner backend program, that all of the Linux distros use.
Have you checked Vuescan to see if they have support for it? If you want these things to work on Linux, usually it's best to check before purchasing hardware. It's very difficult to put a square peg in a round hole, you know? :o)
Epson themselves don't even support it yet with a driver for Linux, but they do the 3170, which you mentioned this scanner was similar, so you might try that.
Lee
Download vuescan from www.hamrick.com is worth a try if you can get a distro on HD, it may work.run it and it picks up the scanner, if it fails and www.epkowa.jp/linux_e/dl_scan.html has nothing then that's bad luck. Vuescan worked for me where the epkowa stuff didn't. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====