> I'm trying to get scanning working (Kubuntu 9.04, Epson Perfection 3490, > relevant SANE packages installed), but I'm getting nowhere and I feel > stuck. I'm new to Linux. > > 1. scanimage -L finds "snapscan:libusb:001:003" and identifies it as an > Epson flatbed scanner. > > 2. sane-find-scanner finds it, and its vendor and product IDs, at > libusb:001:003. > > 3. kdesudo xsane fails: no firmware entry found. > > 4. At this point I commented out the top firmware line in snapscan.conf. > > 5. To check permissions on scanner devices, I looked at /dev/usb/scan*, > but there are no such devices. > > 6. kdesudo xsane now fails with "Invalid argument", once again finding no > firmware entry. > > Now I don't know where to turn. Permissions? Which? Should I be looking > for firmware? Which firmward? (I checked the Windows driver download > from > Epson, and it appears to contain no firmware for the Perfection 3490, but > perhaps for two other models).
A quick google search turned up this page: http://www.dasquadr.at/geekstuff/data/epson3490.html Regards, Simon
