New scanner/printer combo
Jim
mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Sat Oct 24 18:04:46 UTC 2009
On 10/24/2009 12:11 PM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 11:10 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
>> On Saturday 24 October 2009, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
>>
>
>>>> Problem 2 is that the scanner doesn't even check in as shown above.
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>> and this is the strange part: why does it not show the scanner? What
>>> does lsusb return? Does the scanner work under Windows? Not that it
>>> matters much as the scanner seems not supported by Sane right now. But
>>> maybe this is just a matter of adding the usb id....
>>>
>>> Louis
>>>
>>>
>> The scanner does show in an lsusb -v, but not without the -v, here is a
>> snippet:
>> ==========================
>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:0856 Seiko Epson Corp.
>> Device Descriptor:
>> bLength 18
>> bDescriptorType 1
>> bcdUSB 2.00
>> bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
>> bDeviceSubClass 0
>> bDeviceProtocol 0
>> bMaxPacketSize0 64
>> idVendor 0x04b8 Seiko Epson Corp.
>> idProduct 0x0856
>> bcdDevice 1.00
>> iManufacturer 1 EPSON
>> iProduct 2 USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed)
>> iSerial 3 4C454C593037313524
>> bNumConfigurations 1
>> Configuration Descriptor:
>> bLength 9
>> bDescriptorType 2
>> wTotalLength 78
>> bNumInterfaces 3
>> bConfigurationValue 1
>> iConfiguration 4 USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed)
>> bmAttributes 0xc0
>> Self Powered
>> MaxPower 2mA
>> Interface Descriptor:
>> bLength 9
>> bDescriptorType 4
>> bInterfaceNumber 0
>> bAlternateSetting 0
>> bNumEndpoints 2
>> bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
>> bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
>> bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
>> iInterface 5 EPSON Scanner
>> Endpoint Descriptor:
>> bLength 7
>> bDescriptorType 5
>> bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
>> bmAttributes 2
>> Transfer Type Bulk
>> Synch Type None
>> Usage Type Data
>> wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
>> bInterval 0
>> Endpoint Descriptor:
>> bLength 7
>> bDescriptorType 5
>> bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
>> bmAttributes 2
>> Transfer Type Bulk
>> Synch Type None
>> Usage Type Data
>> wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
>> bInterval 0
>> Interface Descriptor:
>> bLength 9
>> bDescriptorType 4
>> bInterfaceNumber 1
>> bAlternateSetting 0
>> bNumEndpoints 2
>> bInterfaceClass 7 Printer
>> bInterfaceSubClass 1 Printer
>> bInterfaceProtocol 2 Bidirectional
>> iInterface 6 USB2.0 Printer
>> Endpoint Descriptor:
>> bLength 7
>> bDescriptorType 5
>> bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT
>> bmAttributes 2
>> Transfer Type Bulk
>> Synch Type None
>> Usage Type Data
>> wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
>> bInterval 0
>> Endpoint Descriptor:
>> bLength 7
>> bDescriptorType 5
>> bEndpointAddress 0x85 EP 5 IN
>> bmAttributes 2
>> Transfer Type Bulk
>> Synch Type None
>> Usage Type Data
>> wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
>> bInterval 0
>> Interface Descriptor:
>> bLength 9
>> bDescriptorType 4
>> bInterfaceNumber 2
>> bAlternateSetting 0
>> bNumEndpoints 2
>> bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
>> bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
>> bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
>> iInterface 7 USB2.0 Mass Storage
>> Endpoint Descriptor:
>> bLength 7
>> bDescriptorType 5
>> bEndpointAddress 0x07 EP 7 OUT
>> bmAttributes 2
>> Transfer Type Bulk
>> Synch Type None
>> Usage Type Data
>> wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
>> bInterval 0
>> Endpoint Descriptor:
>> bLength 7
>> bDescriptorType 5
>> bEndpointAddress 0x88 EP 8 IN
>> bmAttributes 2
>> Transfer Type Bulk
>> Synch Type None
>> Usage Type Data
>> wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
>> bInterval 0
>> Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
>> bLength 10
>> bDescriptorType 6
>> bcdUSB 2.00
>> bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
>> bDeviceSubClass 0
>> bDeviceProtocol 0
>> bMaxPacketSize0 64
>> bNumConfigurations 1
>> Device Status: 0x0001
>> Self Powered
>> ============================
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> I suggest to keep an eye on http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/
> these guys make some linux drivers for Epson devices (they are in some
> way related to Epson). I see that they already have Imagescan for the
> NX415 (actually Image Scan! for Linux& Photo Image Print System Lite)
> Click on the download for "all in ones", select the NX415 and of you
> go.....
>
>
> Good luck|
>
> Louis
>
>
These drivers from
http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/
are not of the greatest, so keep check for Gutenprint-cups drivers they do very good drivers.
Do a yum install gutenprint-cups and see if your printer is in the Printer selection chart
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