Simple Scan Epson Printer Scanner

DASK

I have an epson printer setup on the LAN and printing works fine. However I cannot get simple-scan to scan. It detects the scanner on startup (EPSON PID) but fails with an error message "Unable to start the scan". I have give the unit a static ip address 192.168.1.20 and edited both epson.conf and epson2.conf in /etc/sane.d with the following.. (I have commented out all references to scsi and usb)

Network

#
net 192.168.1.20
net autodiscovery

Scanimage detects the scanner :

scanimage -L
device v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname TOSHIBA Web Camera - FHD: TOSHI virtual device deviceepson2:net:192.168.1.20' is a Epson PID flatbed scanner

iscan also fails with a message unable to send command to scanner. I have installed the epson packages from the repo.

I have exactly the same issue with an HP printer scanner at my Uncles house with the hplib package installed in his case.

brent

there's a thread dedicated to making Epson scanner work as a network printer, I remember it, use the search bar. If it runs fine on LAN then it's not a plugin/driver problem.
I would
1) find that thread
2) simple-scan never worked for my Epson scanner. The KDE one did and so did and gscantopdf. there's a handful in the repo.
good luck

edit: here it is https://discuss.getsol.us/d/4112-epson-scanner-via-network-howto

I don't know what to make of the identical problem with your HP. maybe they are similar?

DASK

Thanks. I will give it a go. I did find the epson drivers for linux following that guide but they are only available in .deb and rpm formats..

https://support.epson.net/linux/en/imagescanv3.php

DASK

I think I am just going to give up. I managed to extract the required file "networkscan" from the rpm/deb and copy it to the correct location for using utsushi and made the required config file by following the readme in this archive. I still get an I/O error on communication with the scanner. Makes no difference which scanning software I try and experimenting with config files. It seems all the software detects the scanner but fails to start with some I/O issue which is exactly the same problem with an HP printer scanner.

I am not sure if this is a Solus only issue. I guess I need to test a live ubuntu as it used to work fine when I used a different distro.

brent

DASK you have a V series. Theres a writeup for a V39 here that works over LAN...what you need likely from the deb file is the plugin. then copied to right folder etc etc. Could be a little work and two ibuprofen, but its doable. So long ago I did it.

DASK

I have managed to get it working of sorts. Simple scan does work as does the kde skanlite. I think both are using the utsushi networkscan binary which I manually extracted from the latest fedora 64 bit rpm and placed it in the correct location . Also setup the config file to suit. However the scan colour for a white background comes out sky blue. Greyscan scan looks better.

I have a windows 10 pc so no great loss. It is just I prefer to work under linux for office duties.

brent

yes, utsushi to control everything--this is my go-to scan document tool. the iscan package not applicable here. CONGRATS for getting most of the way there. Play with Utsushi settings; I don't have/never seen the sky blue thing.
What else could render your pdf bluishe I wonder?

DASK

Unfortunately getting near but not 100% is sometimes much the case with Linux, esp with a distro that is not as widely used compared to Ubuntu or Red Hat. I switched to Solus years back as I got fed up with the constant upgrade cycle of non rolling releases. It is just that most third party packages direct from manufacturers like this are usually rpm and deb for the big distos. Some at least provide a tar.gz with install scripts but not in Epson's case so it maybe is some config missing or the binary I used does not quite sit well with Solus.

brent

DASK Unfortunately getting near but not 100% is sometimes much the case with Linux, esp with a distro that is not as widely used compared to Ubuntu or Red Hat.

too true of linux in general. my epson V39, however, is dialed in a 100%, as detailed confusingly and erratically in V39 thread...I wouldn't wish the process on anyone...a couple forum members had to walk me thru it...had to crack a .deb and some sleight of hand. it was hard.

edit: my "100% dialed in" is relative because even ustushi has inherent limitations compared to a full-featured dealio. I still wonder where your bluish tint comes from unless some wrong color profile is being loaded/pulled?

Axios

brent Ahhh the good ole days...