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Crouton scanning with SANE Epson Perfection 2480

roubao edited this page Feb 27, 2015 · 1 revision

Some steps are from George Smart's blog and SANE website.

  1. install packages:
    sudo apt-get install xsane sane libsane-extras sane-utils netpbm libusb
  2. download the firmware:'Esfw41.bin'
  3. copy firmware:
    sudo cp -v Esfw41.bin /lib/firmware/esfw41.bin
  4. modify the config file: add 'firmware /lib/firmware/esfw41.bin' to '/etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf'
  5. find the scanner:
    lsusb
    sane-find-scanner
  6. find the device:
    scanimage -L
    In my case(Epson Perfection 2480), it's 'snapscan:libusb:001:005'
  7. test it:
    sudo scanimage -d snapscan:libusb:001:005 --format pnm > out.pnm
  8. convert it to jpg:
    pnmtojpeg out.pnm > out.jpg
    or
    sudo scanimage -d snapscan:libusb:001:005 --mode color -x 215 -y 285 --resolution 600 |pnmtojpeg >out.jpg
  9. done.

Epson package(iscan) looks not a must, neither does X. maybe xsane either

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