New scanner/printer combo

[Sam Varshavchik]

Gene Heskett writes:

> Greetings;
> 
> My truly ancient Epson C82 finally refused to respond to the head cleaning
> paddles yesterday, so I went out and got a new Epson NX515 combo scanner & 
> printer.

> Problem 2 is that the scanner doesn't even check in as shown above.  

According to SANE's database, this scanner is not supported by SANE.

http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl

> OTOH, I also have an Epson 1250u that works flawlessly, but it would be nice 
> to get rid of one rather high occupancy item here in the coyote.den.

It works because it is supported by SANE.

http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=epson&model=1250&bus=any&v=&p=

> The current xsane device dialog skips it, going directly to the Epson 1250u, 
> so xsane isn't seeing it, and while I have kooka according to the menu's, it
> doesn't come when called.
> 
> Has anyone a clue to pass along?

Unfortunately, unless your scanner is supported by SANE, you're boned.

Generally, before buying a scanner or a printer, it is imperative to verify 
that it's supported by SANE or CUPS.


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