Epson Stylus Office BX525WD - Linux
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2024-12-28: vm4 - see if epsonscan2 finds the scanner. Try help first
tingo@kg-vm4:~$ epsonscan2 --help === Epson Scan 2 Command line Mode Help=== Usage: epsonscan2 [OPTION]... Start image acquisition on a scanner device. Parameters are separated by a blank from single-character options (e.g. -h, --help : display this help message and exit -l, --list : show available scanner devices -i, --set-ip : set manual ip address e.g.) $ epsonscan2 --set-ip 192.168.xx.x -s, --scan [device ID or IP address](optional) [setting file] : start scan with user setting file. e.g.1) $ epsonscan2 --scan DS-XX0 UserSettingFile.SF2 e.g.2) $ epsonscan2 --scan DS-XX0:001:004 UserSettingFile.SF2 -c, --create : create a default user setting file in current directry -e, --edit [full path of setting file] : create a user setting file e.g.) $ epsonscan2 --edit /home/user1/UserSettingFile.SF2 -gs, --get-status : Get device status.
and list
tingo@kg-vm4:~$ epsonscan2 --list Device is not found...
so it doesn't work. try get status as well
tingo@kg-vm4:~$ epsonscan2 --get-status ERROR : Device is not found...
2024-12-28: I created this page, and restored content from the old Google Sites site, via Wayback Machine.
2012-07-17: printer - the laptop now runs Xubuntu 12.04, and the printer still works.
2012-07-17: scanner - scanimage reports:
tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ scanimage -L WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /tmp/keyring-lU92yd/pkcs11: No such file or directory device `epson2:net:10.1.161.8' is a Epson PID 085E flatbed scanner
simple-scan says
2011-08-04: printer - on a laptop running Xubuntu 11.04, the printer was added from the menu (System, Printing, add printer), after a minute or two it was autodiscovered under "Network Printer", as a "LPD network printer via DNS-SD", and the printer driver "Epson InkJet Printer Driver (ESC/P-R) for Linux (version 1.0.4)" was installed automatically. Nice.
tingo@kg-home:~$ lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:cxx-3.0-ia32:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-ia32:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-ia32:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-ia32:cxx-4.0-noarch:desktop-3.1-ia32:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-ia32:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-ia32:desktop-4.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia32:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-ia32:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-ia32:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-3.2-ia32:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-ia32:printing-4.0-noarch:qt4-3.1-ia32:qt4-3.1-noarch Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 Codename: natty tingo@kg-home:~$ uname -a Linux kg-home 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:05:41 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
On my other (main) laptop, which still runs Xubuntu 10.10, I get a freeze of the machine a soon as I try to add a printer. Not good.
tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 Codename: maverick tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ uname -a Linux kg-u35jc 2.6.35-30-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 11 20:01:08 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ouch.
2011-07-02: scanner - tested from my 64-bit Xubuntu 10.10 laptop. I installed xsane, and it works both as standalone and as a GIMP plugin. Nice!
tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 Codename: maverick tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ uname -a Linux kg-u35jc 2.6.35-30-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 7 18:41:54 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ xsane -v xsane-0.997 (c) 1998-2007 Oliver Rauch E-mail: Oliver.Rauch@xsane.org package xsane-0.997 compiled with GTK-2.21.6 with color management function with GIMP support, compiled with GIMP-2.6.10 XSane output formats: jpeg, pdf(compr.), png, pnm, ps(compr.), tiff, txt
That's all.
2011-05-21: scanner - Linux: tested with an i386 machine:
tingo@kg-htpc:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 Codename: maverick tingo@kg-htpc:~$ uname -a Linux kg-htpc 2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:40:58 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
scanimage finds the scanner:
tingo@kg-htpc:~$ scanimage -L device `epson2:net:10.1.161.8' is a Epson PID 085E flatbed scanner "Simple Scan" works, but xscanimage crashes: tingo@kg-htpc:~$ xscanimage epson2:net:10.1.161.8 Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG): failed to retrieve property `GtkOptionMenu::indicator-size' of type `GtkRequisition' from rc file value "0" of type `glong' Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG): failed to retrieve property `GtkOptionMenu::indicator-spacing' of type `GtkBorder' from rc file value "0" of type `glong' Segmentation fault
So much for the idea that this was related to 64 bits Linux. With debug set:
tingo@kg-htpc:~$ SANE_DEBUG_XSCANIMAGE=3 xscanimage epson2:net:10.1.161.8 [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of xscanimage to 3. [xscanimage] xscanimage (version: 1.0.14, package: sane-frontends) starting [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of xscanimage to 3. Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG): failed to retrieve property `GtkOptionMenu::indicator-size' of type `GtkRequisition' from rc file value "0" of type `glong' Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG): failed to retrieve property `GtkOptionMenu::indicator-spacing' of type `GtkBorder' from rc file value "0" of type `glong' Segmentation fault
Not much info here.
2011-05-15: scanner - Linux: tested from my Xubuntu 10.10 laptop:
tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ scanimage -L device `epson2:net:10.1.161.8' is a Epson PID 085E flatbed scanner tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ scanimage --version scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.21; backend version 1.0.21 Scanning works with gscan2pdf (0.9.31) and "Simple Scan". But xscanimage crashes: tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ SANE_DEBUG_XSCANIMAGE=3 xscanimage [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of xscanimage to 3. [xscanimage] xscanimage (version: 1.0.14, package: sane-frontends) starting [sanei_debug] Setting debug level of xscanimage to 3. Segmentation fault
I don't know why.