[sane-devel] Kubuntu/Epson Perfection 3490 not working: help or a pointer to help?

[Simon Matter]

> I'm trying to get scanning working (Kubuntu 9.04, Epson Perfection 3490,
> relevant SANE packages installed), but I'm getting nowhere and I feel
> stuck.  I'm new to Linux.
>
> 1. scanimage -L finds "snapscan:libusb:001:003" and identifies it as an
>     Epson flatbed scanner.
>
> 2. sane-find-scanner finds it, and its vendor and product IDs, at
>     libusb:001:003.
>
> 3. kdesudo xsane fails: no firmware entry found.
>
> 4. At this point I commented out the top firmware line in snapscan.conf.
>
> 5. To check permissions on scanner devices, I looked at /dev/usb/scan*,
>     but there are no such devices.
>
> 6. kdesudo xsane now fails with "Invalid argument", once again finding no
>     firmware entry.
>
> Now I don't know where to turn.  Permissions?  Which?  Should I be looking
> for firmware?  Which firmward?  (I checked the Windows driver download
> from
> Epson, and it appears to contain no firmware for the Perfection 3490, but
> perhaps for two other models).

A quick google search turned up this page:
http://www.dasquadr.at/geekstuff/data/epson3490.html

Regards,
Simon