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Trying to install Epson Perfection v600

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WanYao
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Trying to install Epson Perfection v600

#1 Post by WanYao »

I have downloaded and installed the packages from Epson several times. Debian can "see" the scanner but when I try to run iscan I get the "cannot communicate with scanner" (or something like that error). I've tried various fixes that I found through googling the issue but nothing seems to work, or else the solutions just don't make sense to me. Please note that I am reasonably tech savvy, but brand new to linux.

The scanner and software DO work under Windows 10, although once in a while it fails to recognise it.

I've completely uninstalled the packages with synaptic in order to try to start from scratch.

Thanks for any assistance you can offer me.

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Re: Trying to install Epson Perfection v600

#2 Post by arochester »

I bought one of these in a thrift shop.

I can scan normally but I cannot use the photo scanning light.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/309307/ ... to-scanner
https://nzeid.net/linux-sane-epson-perf ... nner-setup

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Re: Trying to install Epson Perfection v600

#3 Post by WanYao »

arochester wrote:I bought one of these in a thrift shop.

I can scan normally but I cannot use the photo scanning light.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/309307/ ... to-scanner
https://nzeid.net/linux-sane-epson-perf ... nner-setup
I've already found those links but I didn't find them very helpful.

I'm going to try a fresh install and see if I can get anywhere.

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Re: Trying to install Epson Perfection v600

#4 Post by arochester »

In order to copy slides I had to borrow a Windows Computer... :shock:

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Re: Trying to install Epson Perfection v600

#5 Post by WanYao »

arochester wrote:In order to copy slides I had to borrow a Windows Computer... :shock:
Why's that? The image scan software?

Anyway... I've managed to get the scanner working. I don't know which of these steps made the difference, but the two things I did were:

1. Reset BIOS to default configuration
2. Completely uninstalled the packages
3. Opened the archives and installed EACH deb package individually. I did this twice: once the the first time, then again after a fresh install. The install file provided by Epson doesn't work for me.

The next thing I am about to deal with is the image scan software.. It looks a lot more crude and is missing features that are in the Windows version.

(edit)

Apparently... nope... those features simply aren't in the linux program. Lame.

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