Hi all,

hello and welcome to Solus and the forums. in addition to what the others have said since it is a scanner you might try a program called simple scan in the software center . also one called iscan . it says iscan program is a gui for Epson scanners. good luck to you .

I use Epsonscan 2, its a flatpak.

tflovik epsonscan2 is the answer--agreed

WetGeek iscan historically has never done anything for my scanner. if you can print, but not scan, then the solution has been mentioned above. if that flatpak doesn't work then sane or similar scan packages I would start with next. or even utsushi but I don't think that would work.

ps--epson published a linux list (or someone does) of what packages work with what models I can try to find this

brent epson published a linux list (or someone does) of what packages work with what models I can try to find this

Thanks, Brent. As I wrote, there's no hurry for this, so act accordingly. With my various all-in-one printers, I've always simply scanned stuff using the printer controls, and never tried a remote solution. I'm sure I could do that with this one, too, if I actually needed to scan something.

So, I've never tried to implement remote scanning before. I'll give it a try using sane, just to see if that works, but if that doesn't, I'll just keep scanning the way I always have done it.

Thanks for the suggestion! I don't currently use any flatpaks, and would prefer to keep it that way, if I don't run into a more compelling reason than this to install one.

Axios And I forgot the command its a one liner then I think it will work

Thanks,Axios. I have no idea what it is, either, but I'm not gonna worry about it. If I copy something or scan it, I have to be at the printer to open the platen and put the thing to be copied/scanned in it. Why not just give the command to start a scan while you're standing there?

I can't really thing of a good reason why I'd want to leave the printer/scanner and go to a computer somewhere so I could push that button remotely. And afterward, I'd probably want to retrieve the document from the printer/scanner, so after I'd pushed the button on a remote computer, I'd need to go back to the printer/scanner anyway.

The only time I could maybe understand using such a utility would be with a scanner that would accept a stack of documents to scan. I'm pretty sure that would be a rare corner-case, but I could be wrong about that. As Brent often says, "just my $0.02."

WetGeek Ya I scan local and print over network...

Axios I scan local and print over network...

Yep. That's exactly what I do. You just said it better. :-)

(Why is there no emoji selector in this DE's menu? I'll see if I can add that to Accessories.)

WetGeek The only time I could maybe understand using such a utility would be with a scanner that would accept a stack of documents to scan. I'm pretty sure that would be a rare corner-case, but I could be wrong about that. As Brent often says, "just my $0.02."

I use my flatbed a heck of a lot more than I thought I would. I can aggregate (combine in one PDF) my tax documents and get them in their digital place. For example: I rent a storage space. They sent me a paper bill today, I scanned it and moved the pdf to its digital storage folder. Many paper things I get I convert to digital (receipts etc). This is the consequence of not living a 100% paperless life but I am trying to get it all on external. Paper stuff from doctor or pharmacy or work or bills gets conversion. Probably half a dozen uses I haven't mentioned.

this is epsoncan2 finding the scanner after launching from the menu,

grscan2pdf can do this too.

you never did say what particular model you have because that would pinpoint exactly what you need to run scanner. The only reason you would not need a scanner is if you are 100% paperless. If you are, I tip my hat , or in this case my glass of milk since there were no 'hat' emojis.

this is a random all-in-one scanner I used in the search term at epson:

some of those packages are in repo I believe. if not, running their archaic cli instructions are not the end of the world, it's pretty much jimmying an /.sh script into action...

...it's 2023 but scanners in Linux are either easy or primitive I've never seen an in-between.
me two cents...

brent The only reason you would not need a scanner is if you are 100% paperless.

Well, I am 100% paperless. If I get a statement in the mail, it's because I couldn't convince the sender not to send duplicates of what I can already access online.

As to doctors, I have access to a patient portal that makes everything in my records, test results, etc. available online. Banking information, investments, you name it, and it's available online. I don't even bother printing copies of my tax returns - those are also available online as .PDFs that I download and store in my Documents share.

But I do own a scanner, and I last used one about 5 years ago to scan a living will and send it to my doctor, per his request. I think it's great that we can each have a process that works well for us.

WetGeek I'm about 75% paperless and I can work with that. After all I bought the damn scanner so I like to put the mileage on it.

My dad is eight decades now and he is 100% paperless, all his business is on the smartphone or laptop, and every food scrap or coffee ground goes right to compost. This old potlicker is light years ahead of me in every way. Why is this relevant? His only digital peripheral is a wireless HP printer and I swear to god the last time I saw him it was a clap on/clap off deal. 'printer on.'
--His reasons are the same as yours. Many times the parents are ahead of the kids.

brent My dad is eight decades now and he is 100% paperless

He's only three years older than I am. Some of us old guys stiill have our shit together.

Tman This is a little convoluted but it was an easy fix for me as I had a scanner that had no support for Linux.
Install VirtualBox from the repository. A good insight into this was done a while ago by @WetGeek which is here.

Create a VirtualBox version of Windows. Choose the oldest operating system that supports your scanner as the newer ones are big.

Install the software for your scanner onto your 'Windows VM'.

Everything works just as if you had windows loaded but you only need to use Windows to carry out the things that are Unique to that operating system. Disable all the bloat, there are plenty of online guides for that.
When you are not running Virtual Windows you will have all the speed and security of Linux without the overhead of telemetry, adverts and needless apps running in the background.

Remember that windows is only being used as a tool to run your scanner. Once you are set up running VirtualBox is just another app that needs to be run to enable using your scanner.

Good luck