<b><span><a href="mailto:sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"></a>Hello all!<br>
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I have an Epson Perfection 4180 Photo USB Scanner that
I am trying to use with Ubuntu Breezy Badger. I seemed to have
gotten past all of the hurdles listed in the various postings I've
read, but have hit an issue for which I cannot find any
documentation. I downloaded and installed the iScan package from Avasys as described <a href="http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/%7Ea9826090/en/projects/linux/hardware/epson-3170/">here</a> and configured the sane conf files. It appears that the scanner is being recognized.
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When I run Xsane, I get a choice of two available devices on the splash
screen: both are "Epson", but one is at epson:libusb:004:003 and the
other at </span></b><b><span>epkowa:libusb:004:003. From what
I've read, I've supposed to use Epkowa, but I've tried both just in
case. After hitting OK, I get the main Xsane windows (v
0.97). When I click on either of the "Acquire Preview" or "Scan"
buttons, I get a dialogue box stating, "Failed to start scanner:
Invalid Argument".<br>
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In addition, If I try to execute scanimage from the command-line, I get the following:<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument<br>
scanimage: WARNING: read more data than announced by backend (0/2409629696)<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">iScan returns a similar error, a dialogue stating, "Could not send command to scanner. Check the scanner's status".</span></span><br>
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</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Does anyone know how I can solve this problem? I can send along more info if you let me know what to look for.
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks much!<br>
-Brandon<br>
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