On 10/28/20 7:22 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 28/10/2020 04.45, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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Digging a bit deeper than before: I am looking into the information appearing in epkowa.conf. I already know that this file must be introduced into /etc/sane.d/ and I have done so.

# For each network attached device, you must add an entry as follows: # #     net <IP-address | hostname> [port-number] # Ask your network administrator for the device's IP address or check # for yourself on the panel (if it has one).  The port-number is very # optional and defaults to 1865. # Note that network attached devices are not queried unless configured # in this file. # # Examples: # #net 192.16.136.2 1865 #net 10.0.0.1 #net scanner.mydomain.com

I know the net IP address; it is a fixed address of 192.168.1.26. ( My user name is doug;  the computer name is linux1;  or does it want the printer name? What is "my domain?") It shows examples, none of which completely agree with the above "requirements."

Looking for a suggestion as to how to fill in the blanks.

net 192.168.1.26

I wonder if OP ever bothered to simply try reinstalling the scanner package (as suggested several times). --dg

On 10/28/20 10:53 AM, DennisG wrote:

On 10/28/20 7:22 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 28/10/2020 04.45, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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Digging a bit deeper than before: I am looking into the information appearing in epkowa.conf. I already know that this file must be introduced into /etc/sane.d/ and I have done so.

# For each network attached device, you must add an entry as follows: # #     net <IP-address | hostname> [port-number] # Ask your network administrator for the device's IP address or check # for yourself on the panel (if it has one).  The port-number is very # optional and defaults to 1865. # Note that network attached devices are not queried unless configured # in this file. # # Examples: # #net 192.16.136.2 1865 #net 10.0.0.1 #net scanner.mydomain.com

I know the net IP address; it is a fixed address of 192.168.1.26. ( My user name is doug;  the computer name is linux1;  or does it want the printer name? What is "my domain?") It shows examples, none of which completely agree with the above "requirements."

Looking for a suggestion as to how to fill in the blanks.

net 192.168.1.26

I wonder if OP ever bothered to simply try reinstalling the scanner package (as suggested several times).

--dg I really don't know what the "scanner package" is. I also don't know how to remove a package that was installed via an rpm file of many parts, now scattered over the os. I seem to remember that in times past, there was a scanner package from Epson, but I don't think there is a separate package nowadays, altho I may be wrong. I will look again. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org

On 28/10/2020 22.46, Axel Braun wrote:

Am Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2020, 18:35:16 CET schrieb Doug McGarrett:

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I really don't know what the "scanner package" is.

I guess that means the software you received/downloaded from Epson...

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I also don't know how to remove a package that was installed via an rpm file of many parts, now scattered over the os.

rpm -e <package>

But not now that it is working ;-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On 10/28/20 1:51 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On 10/28/20 7:22 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 28/10/2020 04.45, Doug McGarrett wrote:

Replying to my last email: Yes, I have found a large discussion at Epson, and a download, and I will work from that until I get stuck again, or it'w working. --doug

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The print driver for your machine you (eventually) installed from the openSUSE package epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.  You had downloaded an (old) print driver from Epson and installed it but it didn't work.  Once you installed the openSUSE package, the print problem was resolved, For the scanner, I seem to recall that you indicated you had also downloaded and installed the separate scanner software at that time, but who knows.  The Epson software consists of a bash script to run which installs several included rpm's, so installation is very simple.  Along with the scanner driver there is a network component plus an end-user scan management application called Image Scan! (looks like a full-blown device mgmt app, analogous to HPLIP).  I later explained that there is proprietary code in this package under the Seiko license, which disqualifies it from being included in openSUSE.  There is documentation included. Alternatively, you may have just installed the sane-backends package.  IIRC you were once looking for epkowa, a generic driver that might work.  That driver and many others are in this package. These drivers can all be hooked into by a front-end like xsane. Finally, there is a third alternative.  In the Packman contributed repo there are 3 packages for a large number of Epson scanners:  The iscan package provides a graphical front-end alternative to Image Scan!.  The iscan-firmware and iscan-plugin packages provide the proprietary code such as included in the downloaded Epson package described above.  You can read the package descriptions in Yast/Software Management. I surmise that the driver in sane-backends may provide basic functionality.  There is additional functionality in the iscan package which adds proprietary code and a lightweight alternative to Image Scan!  And the Epson download package provides all the bells-and-whistles with Image Scan!. I have no idea what you have actually done or need to do now. --dg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org

On 10/29/20 2:22 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 29/10/2020 16.47, DennisG wrote:

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On 10/28/20 1:51 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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On 10/28/20 7:22 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 28/10/2020 04.45, Doug McGarrett wrote:

Replying to my last email: Yes, I have found a large discussion at Epson, and a download, and I will work from that until I get stuck again, or it'w working. --doug

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The print driver for your machine you (eventually) installed from the openSUSE package epson-inkjet-printer-escpr.  You had downloaded an (old) print driver from Epson and installed it but it didn't work.  Once you installed the openSUSE package, the print problem was resolved,

For the scanner, I seem to recall that you indicated you had also downloaded and installed the separate scanner software at that time, but who knows.  The Epson software consists of a bash script to run which installs several included rpm's, so installation is very simple.  Along with the scanner driver there is a network component plus an end-user scan management application called Image Scan! (looks like a full-blown device mgmt app, analogous to HPLIP).  I later explained that there is proprietary code in this package under the Seiko license, which disqualifies it from being included in openSUSE.  There is documentation included.

Alternatively, you may have just installed the sane-backends package. IIRC you were once looking for epkowa, a generic driver that might work.  That driver and many others are in this package. These drivers can all be hooked into by a front-end like xsane.

Finally, there is a third alternative.  In the Packman contributed repo there are 3 packages for a large number of Epson scanners:  The iscan package provides a graphical front-end alternative to Image Scan!.  The iscan-firmware and iscan-plugin packages provide the proprietary code such as included in the downloaded Epson package described above.  You can read the package descriptions in Yast/Software Management.

I surmise that the driver in sane-backends may provide basic functionality.  There is additional functionality in the iscan package which adds proprietary code and a lightweight alternative to Image Scan!  And the Epson download package provides all the bells-and-whistles with Image Scan!.

I have no idea what you have actually done or need to do now.

As he says it is working, nothing.

Except write down the all steps till success. I had installed two Epson packages, one for the printer, which it turns out was superfluous (see below) and one for the scanner I don't believe either one included epkowa.conf--I rescued that from an old PCLOS install on a laptop.  The epkowa.conf required the net ip address, which I was initially unaware of, and had not been part of the PCLOS install, which was more detailed at the system level. Now here's what I mentioned "below": there seems to be (or perhaps were, and are no longer) TWO versions of printer lists in the system, one of which has, or had, no entry for my Epson printer. It later turns out that there is a much more complete list of Epson products on the system, which the Yast routine found and used. This initially gave me a problem just installing the printer, never mind the scanner. Perhaps one of the upgrades corrected this situation, as I  later had no problem installing the printer. All's well that ends well, and I thank all of the readers and responders who tried to help.  --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org

On 28/10/2020 19.40, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On 10/28/20 7:22 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 28/10/2020 04.45, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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Looking for a suggestion as to how to fill in the blanks.

net 192.168.1.26

THANK YOU, Carlos!  Worked perfectly. I can't imagine how it worked a month ago without that line, if that's what it needed. If you're ever on Long Island, NY, I'll be happy to buy you a beer! email me!

:-DDDDD -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)

On 10/28/20 7:22 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 28/10/2020 04.45, Doug McGarrett wrote:

...

Digging a bit deeper than before: I am looking into the information appearing in epkowa.conf. I already know that this file must be introduced into /etc/sane.d/ and I have done so.

# For each network attached device, you must add an entry as follows: # #     net <IP-address | hostname> [port-number] # Ask your network administrator for the device's IP address or check # for yourself on the panel (if it has one).  The port-number is very # optional and defaults to 1865. # Note that network attached devices are not queried unless configured # in this file. # # Examples: # #net 192.16.136.2 1865 #net 10.0.0.1 #net scanner.mydomain.com

I know the net IP address; it is a fixed address of 192.168.1.26. ( My user name is doug;  the computer name is linux1;  or does it want the printer name? What is "my domain?") It shows examples, none of which completely agree with the above "requirements."

Looking for a suggestion as to how to fill in the blanks.

net 192.168.1.26

I wonder if OP ever bothered to simply try reinstalling the scanner package (as suggested several times). --dg

On 10/28/20 10:53 AM, DennisG wrote:

On 10/28/20 7:22 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

...

On 28/10/2020 04.45, Doug McGarrett wrote:

...

Digging a bit deeper than before: I am looking into the information appearing in epkowa.conf. I already know that this file must be introduced into /etc/sane.d/ and I have done so.

# For each network attached device, you must add an entry as follows: # #     net <IP-address | hostname> [port-number] # Ask your network administrator for the device's IP address or check # for yourself on the panel (if it has one).  The port-number is very # optional and defaults to 1865. # Note that network attached devices are not queried unless configured # in this file. # # Examples: # #net 192.16.136.2 1865 #net 10.0.0.1 #net scanner.mydomain.com

I know the net IP address; it is a fixed address of 192.168.1.26. ( My user name is doug;  the computer name is linux1;  or does it want the printer name? What is "my domain?") It shows examples, none of which completely agree with the above "requirements."

Looking for a suggestion as to how to fill in the blanks.

net 192.168.1.26

I wonder if OP ever bothered to simply try reinstalling the scanner package (as suggested several times).

--dg I really don't know what the "scanner package" is. I also don't know how to remove a package that was installed via an rpm file of many parts, now scattered over the os. I seem to remember that in times past, there was a scanner package from Epson, but I don't think there is a separate package nowadays, altho I may be wrong. I will look again. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-support+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-support+owner@opensuse.org

On 28/10/2020 22.46, Axel Braun wrote:

Am Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2020, 18:35:16 CET schrieb Doug McGarrett:

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I really don't know what the "scanner package" is.

I guess that means the software you received/downloaded from Epson...

...

I also don't know how to remove a package that was installed via an rpm file of many parts, now scattered over the os.

rpm -e <package>

But not now that it is working ;-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)