Help with Epson 3490 Photo Scanner

[Scott Evans]

Thanks for posting your findings... I have an Epson all-in-one to get
working I'll see if this method will work for my case, its better than
what its NOT doing currently! 

On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 22:53 +1100, Peter Goggin wrote:

> 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
> 
> 



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