[sane-devel] New Epson Scanners

[Till Kamppeter]

I got the hint today that the Epson Perfection 660 is compatible to an 
"Agfa 2e". I didn't get it to work with the "snapscan" driver. Is there 
special configuration needed or is another driver needed for this Agfa 
scanner.

    Till


Till Kamppeter wrote:
> It is very probable that this scanner is relabeled and not a genuine 
> Epson, because it looks vry different to the others. It looks very cheap 
> for me.
> 
>    Till
> 
> 
> Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
> 
>> This does not look good. Assuming that your Sane is working (and
>> because you've got the other scanners to work, I think this is
>> a safe assumption), this scanner does not "speak" ESC-I (the
>> EPSON scanner control language).
>> It does not even react correctly to the "Reset" command (ESC-@).
>> So it's definitely not supported by the EPSON backend. I still
>> think that it's very likely a NS983x based scanner that could
>> be supported by the Plustek backend.
>> Does anybody know a good test that does not require to open
>> the cover and will detect an NS983x chip.
>>
>> Karl Heinz
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 03:07:58AM +0200, Till Kamppeter wrote:
>>
>>> Here is the contents of "scan.log":
>>>
>>> [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of epson to 128.
>>> [epson] sane_init: sane-backends 1.0.8
>>> [epson] sane_init, >usb /dev/usb/scanner0<
>>> [epson] sane_init, >usb /dev/usb/scanner0<
>>> [epson] attach(usb /dev/usb/scanner0)
>>> [epson] SANE Epson Backend v0.2.21 - 2002-04-22
>>> [epson] attach(usb /dev/usb/scanner0)
>>> [epson] attach: opening usb /dev/usb/scanner0
>>> [epson] send buf, size = 2
>>> [epson] buf[0] 1b .
>>> [epson] buf[1] 40 @
>>> [epson] error in receive - status = 5
>>> [epson] receive buf, expected = 1, got = -1
>>> [epson] get_identity_information()
>>> [epson] send buf, size = 2
>>> [epson] buf[0] 1b .
>>> [epson] buf[1] 49 I
>>> [epson] ident failed
>>> [epson] sane_get_devices()
>>>
>>> It took around five minutes until it came out, but than all came out 
>>> at once. Then, perhaps 10 seconds later xsane showed the window 
>>> telling that it didn't find any device.
>>>
>>> My /etc/sane.d/dll.conf contains only
>>>
>>> net
>>> epson
>>>
>>> My /etc/sane.d/epson.conf
>>>
>>> usb /dev/usb/scanner0
>>>
>>>   Till
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
>>>
>>>> YOu can try to get some debugging output:
>>>>
>>>> export SANE_DEBUG_EPSON=128
>>>>
>>>> Then run your frontend and redirect the output:
>>>> xsane > /tmp/scan.log 2>&1
>>>>
>>>> This should tell us if the scanner does actually communicate with
>>>> the backend.
>>>> BTW: the desc files in doc/description are only used to generate
>>>> the "Supported Scanners" page at www.mostang.com.
>>>>
>>>> Karl Heinz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 02:02:09AM +0200, Till Kamppeter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> When I use the "epson" backend for the Perfection 660, after some 
>>>>> minutes of waiting I get
>>>>>
>>>>> [ epson ] error in receive - status = 5
>>>>> [ epson ] ident failed
>>>>>
>>>>> on the console from which I have started "xsane".
>>>>>
>>>>> I have already added the new models to doc/description/epson.desc 
>>>>> and recompiled sane-backends. Are other modifications needed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Till
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 10:56:01PM +0200, Till Kamppeter wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anyone any idea how to get the Perfection 660 working? Does 
>>>>>>> it need any parameters in /etc/sane.d/epson.conf? Is it a 
>>>>>>> relabeled scanner form another manufacturer, so that it scans 
>>>>>>> with another driver? Or is it an absolute "Paperweight", a 
>>>>>>> "winscanner".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Try the Plustek backend. It is based on the Perfection 1250, which 
>>>>>> also
>>>>>> is supported by the Plustek backend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Karl Heinz
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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