[sane-devel] Epson RX600 working device

[Michael Heiming]

Hi!

After getting Epson Stylus Photo RX600 working, mentioned that there is 
only the RX500 shown as unsupported?

Had some problems getting Linux to probably recognize the all-in-one 
USB2 device (Kernel 2.6.7), patching/recompiling with bk15 solved 
problems. 2.4.x might give better results out of the box.

Now what I get from cat /proc/bus/usb/devices concerning the device:

T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=03 Cnt=01 Dev#= 13 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0806 Rev= 1.00
S:  Manufacturer=EPSON
S:  Product=USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed)
S:  SerialNumber=L70010403091343100
C:* #Ifs= 3 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=  2mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=(none)
E:  Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
I:  If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp
E:  Ad=04(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=85(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
I:  If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50Driver=usb-storage
E:  Ad=07(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms
E:  Ad=88(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 512 Ivl=0ms

$  sane-find-scanner

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0806 [USB2.0 
MFP(Hi-Speed)]) at libusb:001:013


$ cat /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf
# epkowa.conf
#
# changed by scanner-restart.sh

usb libusb:001:013

Got epkowa.conf file with the Epson provided iscan tool, 
xsane/xscanimage work as nice with this entry, standalone and as 
gimp-plugin. (scanner-restart.sh is my own script, due to remaining 
problems with hotplug.)

It is using the sane-libs that came with iscan, haven't tested if the 
sane provided epson works:

http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/index.html

According to the rpm:
License: GPL (with exception clause)/EK)

/usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so*

The following is installed, scanning through the net works in addition, 
the transparency unit works, but I haven't done much tests with it.

sane-backends-1.0.14-1
xsane-gimp-0.91-1
sane-frontends-1.0.12-1
sane-backends-devel-1.0.14-1
iscan-1.9.0-5

Now scanning works like a charm, much faster then through my USB 1 Epson 
scanner.;)

Thx and keep the great work!

Michael