[sane-devel] Epson CX7400 support

[Konstantin Svist]

Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Konstantin Svist <fry.kun at gmail.com> writes:
>   
>> Neat! Is there a schedule that would tell me approximately when 2.10.0 
>> will be released?
>>     
>
> I can't really give a date but we're aiming for first half of this
> month.
>   

Oh, awesome! I was afraid it would be in the order of several months :)


>> Is there a tutorial/howto or something to that effect, which would tell 
>> me how to do this?
>> I don't see an option in scanimage parameters where I can specify a 
>> backend. Do I need to change the sane config file, instead?
>>     
>
> All you have to do is install iscan and pick a device that mentions
> the epkowa backend.  If you comment the epson backend out in dll.conf,
> there is no need to pick one.
>
> If you leave the epson backend enabled, XSane will show you a little
> dialog where you can pick the device.  You'll see something like
>
>    epson:003:004
>    epkowa:003:004
>
> Oh, BTW, the iscan packages are available from
>
>   http://avasys.jp/
>
> and some distributions include it in their list of packages, openSUSE
> for example.
>   

Great! I'll try it when I get back home.

Thanks again!