Re: USB Epson Stylus CX-5400

I have the sane ports installed. I have a Epson 1260 which works great. 
My trouble is that Epson requires /dev/uscanner0 which is not present as 
per dmesg (when I unplug the 1260) so SANE is unable to find it.

Chris

Jon Drews wrote:

>Hi Chris:
>
> The Epson CX-5400 is supported
>http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=Epson+&model=&bus=any
>
>(halfway down the page is were it is listed)
>
>
>1) Install /usr/ports/graphics/sane-backends/ and /usr/ports/graphics/xsane/
>2) run: 
> # sane-find-scanner
> as root. In the case of my Epson, it found  /dev/uscanner0
>3) For an Epson scanner edit /usr/local/etc/sane.d/epson.conf
>and put in the device that sane-find-scanner discovered. In my case, the 
>epson.conf file looks like so. Be sure to comment out the line "scsi EPSON".
>
># epson.conf
>#
># here are some examples for how to configure the EPSON backend
>#
># SCSI scanner:
>#scsi EPSON
>#
># Parallel port scanner:
>#pio 0x278
>#pio 0x378
>#pio 0x3BC
>#
># USB scanner - only enable this if you have an EPSON scanner. It could
>#               otherwise block your non-EPSON scanner from being
>#               recognized.
>#               Depending on your distribution, you may need either the
>#               first or the second entry.
>#usb /dev/usbscanner0
>#usb /dev/usb/scanner0
>usb /dev/uscanner0
>
>4) Add your account to group operator like so:
>operator:*:5:root,$ACCOUNT_THAT_HAS_SCANNER
>
>5) Start Xsane or one of the other front ends and begin scanning.
>Works like a charm.
>
>On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:08:51 -0400, Chris <chris_at_tellme3times.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>I just received an Epson Stylus CX-5400. I got CUPS running without any
>>issues but unfortunately I cannot get the scanner to work. I only found
>>one other ref to this scanner/printer on the mailing lists any help
>>would be appreciated.
>>
>>I only see one device attached to the usb which is the printer.
>>    
>>
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