Epson V500 on Ubuntu 13.10 64bit

[till.halbach]

After spending a considerable number of hours on getting the Epson's Perfection V500 Photo scanner to work, you might benefit from this simple howto.

Disclaimer: This is for Ubuntu 13.10, 64 bit

a) Start reading the FAQ for your understanding.

http://download.ebz.epson.net/faq/li..._ls_00002.html

b) Direct your browser to the package list.

http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/se...h/searchModule

c) Download and install (in the exact order order)

1) iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb

2) iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb

3) iscan-plugin-gt-x770_2.1.2-1_amd64.deb

d) With the sane package installed, do

sudo sane-find-scanner
should show something like this:
[snip]

# you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter.

found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0130 [EPSON Scanner]) at libusb:002:005

# Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be support

[snip]

e) Test proper installation by issueing

sudo scanimage -L
giving

device `epkowa:interpreter:002:005' is a Epson Perfection V500 flatbed scanner

g) You can now use iscan or simple scan to operate your scanner.

HTH

[Tom_Ryan]

thank you very much