Well, I found a solution to my problem
My problem being Xsane would give me the error "failed to start scanner : invalid argument"
1. sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
remove the # from the line that reads #epson
2. sane-find-scanner
make a not of the line "found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x084f) at libusb:002:003" the vendor and product id's were what I needed
3. sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epson.conf
replace the line that reads "usb" with "usb 0x04b8 0x084f"
the product and vendor id's will vary depending on what scanner you have
4. sudo /etc/init.d/saned restart
Now when Xsane starts I'm presented with a screen asking me to select the scanner I want. I select Epson PID and VOILA scanner works.
I don't know if this is the right way to do it, but, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
These directions are almost the same as the ones I found in
http://maxolasersquad.blogspot.com/2...armic-910.html the only difference being the location of the dll.conf and epson.conf files. So many thanks to MAXO
TALLAHASSEE, FL, UNITED STATES
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