HOWTO: Epson Perfection 1670 Scanner (and other SnapScan scanners)

[bernardfrancois]

i can get the ESFW41.BIN for epson perfection 2480 from nowhere and my cd is not readable anymore!
has anybody a download location??
thx

You could try to find it on the website of epson, and if you can't find it there you could contact them about it.

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I already found it here. Just download the windows driver and try to see what's inside. It should contain the firmware file.

Maybe it even contains firmware of multiple scanners, this was the case with the scanner I have.
If you found it, please tell me how you did it. Then I'll put it online so my script can use it.
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[joey111]

I will tell, but I just downloaded the epson11373.exe and how should I open it in Linux?

[bernardfrancois]

I will tell, but I just downloaded the epson11373.exe and how should I open it in Linux?

Maybe you can try with rar (you can download it from rarlabs.com I guess). After installing, try man rar and see if you can get some more information.
When I have some more time I might check it myself.

In the meantime I finished the script. Here you can download it.
Note that I didn't test it thouroughly, so it might not work. Please tell me if it worked.

Note that I forgot to add the line to restart the sane service. You should do this after running the script as root.

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I wil update the script as soon as possible. It doesn't work yet for any other but agfa snapscan scanners.
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[edit2]
NOTE:
The url in the link above (http://www.evonet.be/~bfran/extern/s...re/snapscan.sh) will always point to the latest version of the script.
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[edopizza]

WE WON!!!!!
Many thanks bernardfrancois!!!!

The script you posted above seems to work. If I am not wrong, it copies the choosed .bin in /etc/sane.d/ and edit the snapscan.conf.
After that, the scanner didn't still working. I checked the time and date of the new snape40.bin and snapscan.conf to see if the script really overwrote them. Everyting was ok, with new date and time. But there was also a surprise: the other .conf had a normal text file icon, the icon beside snapscan.conf was different, something like a red box and the rights were -rw--------.

SOLUTION:
I just changed the owner in -rw-r--r-- to let the normal user read the snapscan.conf file with this command:

sudo chmod 644 snapscan.conf

That's it!

By the way, the .bin file has an icon similar to the gnome foot, but it doesn't create problems.



(OT: now I can finally scan the documents that the tax administration is waiting with joy...)

[bernardfrancois]

Many thanks bernardfrancois!!!!

The pleasure was mine; I like to excercise on bash scripting

If I am not wrong, it copies the choosed .bin in /etc/sane.d/ and edit the snapscan.conf.

Yep. Actually, the editing of snapscan.conf is done in an awk script, which I wrote first in a seperate file, then I pushed the whole thing in an echo command:
echo -e "{\n\tfound = \"false\"\n}\n\n/^firmware.*$/ {\n\tprint \"firmware \" firmware\n\tfound = \"true\"\n}\n\n{\n\tif( found == \"false\" ){\n\t\tprint\n\t}\n}"
If you execute the line above, you'll see the awk script.
Making the menu to choose from was very easy, there's a built-in command select (more info: help select, man bash).

I just changed the owner in -rw-r--r-- to let the normal user read the snapscan.conf file with this command:
sudo chmod 644 snapscan.conf

Ok, I'll add it to the script.

By the way, the .bin file has an icon similar to the gnome foot, but it doesn't create problems.

File types unknown by nautilus always show such a foot icon. However, you might still see differneces between those files if you examine them with the file command.

[maximo_it]

Hi all,

i tried the 3d procedure to fix detection of my EPSON USB scanner 1670 perfection but ...this is the result

maximo@maximo-desktop:~$ scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).
maximo@maximo-desktop:~$ sane-find-scanner

  # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the
  # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your
  # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer.

  # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that
  # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x011f [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:004:006
found USB scanner (vendor=0x046d, product=0x092e) at libusb:003:002
  # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
  # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage.

  # Not checking for parallel port scanners.

  # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports
  # can't be detected by this program.

  # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once you
  # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as
  # necessary.
maximo@maximo-desktop:~$

and if i try to run xsane i get error...

Can you help me?

[dief-eh?]

hello!
i just successfully installed my saved-from-the-dump Snapscan 1212 scanner on my ubuntu edgy machine using the instructions found here. thanks to bernardfrancois and remix_88. if anyone's interested in my notes, i can add them to this thread.

[matchstich]

i have a file called snapscan.conf. is there any way i can over write what's in it. i mistakenly put an empty folder in it and want to put the bin in it, thanks

[edopizza]

You would like to put the .bin path in the snapscan.conf, is it correct?
If you would like to edit or overwrite that file you need to add sudo in front of the command.

First make a backup of the original file "sudo cp /whateveryourpathis/snapscan.conf /whateveryourpathis/snapscan.conf_backup"

Open a console window, type "sudo gedit /whateveryourpathis/snapscan.conf"

Now you should be able to edit and save the file.

[matchstich]

Little typo: it should be sane.d

I just successfully installed my Agfa Snapscan e25 with this howto. Thanks a lot!
I found my specific firmware at http://drivermagic.co.nz/p/nph-detail.php?a=1221
This site also includes firmware for other snapscan versions.

I also uploaded the files to my webspace on my ISP. You can find it here:
http://www.evonet.be/~bfran/extern/snapscan-firmware/
It includes the following files:

snap1212p.bin
snap1212u.bin
Snape10.bin
snape20.bin
Snape22.bin
Snape25.bin
snape26.bin
Snape40.bin
Snape42.bin
Snape50.bin
Snape52.bin
SnapScan 1212P_2.bin
SnapScan1212P_2.bin
SnapScan 1212U_2.bin
SnapScan1212U_2.bin

If you read this and you need one of these files and none of the above links work any more, and using a search engine to look for them doesn't give any results, then please contact me.

Am I violating copyright by distributing this firmware? If so, I'll remove it.

you have to join that site to get the driver. i have a acer 620U. but don't want to sign up. have no credit cards. thanks