I also have this problem, but not with all Epson scanners. My combination Artisan 837 printer/scanner works fine. But my Epson Perfection V600 won't work. And after following the directions here I ended up with 2 drivers for my Epson Artisan 837. But the Epson V600 is still not working.
The V600 is used for high-res scans of prints and negatives/transparencies. It naturally works on my old Windows computer, which I want to get rid of. The reason for this V600 scanner is that it can scan at over 12,000 dpi. It has a 2nd IR lens built-in for restoring old images. In the past, I have been able to get this scanner to work on my Linux system. But that was in the past, and may have been before I upgraded to the current Ubuntu Linux version... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to sane-backends in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728012 Title: Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Many scanners can no more be used since sane has changed something: The 3rd-party plug-in the vendor provides as .deb package will still install. But the scanner is no more recognized. Scanners that are affected are(besides others): - Epson Perfection V10 - Epson Perfection V1000 - Epson WorkForce GT-1500 - Brother MFC-8510DN - Epson Perfection V33 It is to note that the probability that the scanner manufacturers fix things others broke is below 100%. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2 Uname: Linux 4.14.0-041400rc5-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 27 12:35:52 2017 EcryptfsInUse: Yes SourcePackage: sane-backends UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1728012/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
