Re: New scanner/printer combo

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 24 October 2009, Jim wrote:
> On 10/24/2009 12:11 PM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 11:10 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Saturday 24 October 2009, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
> > > > > Problem 2 is that the scanner doesn't even check in as shown above.
> > > > > OTOH, I also have an Epson 1250u that works flawlessly, but it would
> > > > > be nice to get rid of one rather high occupancy item here in the
> > > > > coyote.den.
> > > >
> > > > and this is the strange part: why does it not show the scanner? What
> > > > does lsusb return? Does the scanner work under Windows? Not that it
> > > > matters much as the scanner seems not supported by Sane right now. But
> > > > maybe this is just a matter of adding the usb id....
> > > >
> > > > Louis
> > >
> > > The scanner does show in an lsusb -v, but not without the -v, here is a
> > > snippet:
> > > ==========================
> > > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:0856 Seiko Epson Corp.
> > > Device Descriptor:
> > >    bLength                18
> > >    bDescriptorType         1
> > >    bcdUSB               2.00
> > >    bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
> > >    bDeviceSubClass         0
> > >    bDeviceProtocol         0
> > >    bMaxPacketSize0        64
> > >    idVendor           0x04b8 Seiko Epson Corp.
> > >    idProduct          0x0856
> > >    bcdDevice            1.00
> > >    iManufacturer           1 EPSON
> > >    iProduct                2 USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed)
> > >    iSerial                 3 4C454C593037313524

[...]
> > >    iInterface              5 EPSON Scanner

[...]
> > > ============================
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > I suggest to keep an eye on http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/
> > these guys make some linux drivers for Epson devices (they are in some
> > way related to Epson). I see that they already have Imagescan for the
> > NX415 (actually Image Scan! for Linux&  Photo Image Print System Lite)
> > Click on the download for "all in ones", select the NX415 and of you
> > go.....
> >
> > Good luck|
> >
> > Louis
>
> These drivers from
>
> http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/
>
> are not of the greatest, so keep check for Gutenprint-cups drivers they do
> very good drivers.
>
> Do a yum install gutenprint-cups and see if your printer is in the Printer
> selection chart

Unforch:
Package gutenprint-cups-5.2.4-4.fc10.i386 already installed and latest 
version

Because if I had my druthers, only gutenprint would ever be installed, all 
the others are just so much noise in the cups driver list.

Thanks.