Help with Epson 3490 Photo Scanner

[Peter Goggin]

I finally got my epson scanner working.  The answer was in a french
document.   

In english the steps are:
1. Place the scanner distribution disk in the dvd drive.
2. Open a terminal and execute the folowing commands:
cd /tmp
mkdir dossier_cab
cd dossier_cab
cp /cdrom/ESCAN/ModUsd.cab .
cabextract ModUsd.cab
3. Move the correct file to the erc/sane.d directory
sudo cp Esfw52.bin /etc/sane.d

4. Modify the snapscan.conf file
sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf

5. Replace the line 
firmware /path/to/your/firmware/file.bin

with:

firmware /etc/sane.d/Esfw52.bin

The scanner now works.

Regards


Peter Goggin