Re: Epson V300 scanner with Ubunutu 9.04
V300 is not listed as a supported device in either stable or development versions of sane.
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-EPSON
I doubt you will get it to work without being supported.
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Hakunamatata ...... No worries !