Can "Epson Perfection V800 Photo scanner" work on Ubuntu 16.04

**satimis** · March 18th, 2019

Hi all,

Can "Epson Perfection V800 Photo scanner" work on Ubuntu 16.04 and/or Ubuntu 18.04

Film and photo scanner (spec)
https://www.epson.eu/products/scanne...ion-v800-photo

My finding is:

SANE: Supported Devices
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-mfgs-cvs.html

Code:

Perfection V800 Photo
USB
0x04b8/0x0151
Good
epson2 (1.0.124 (unmaintained))
sane-epson2

Thanks

Regards
satimis

**brian_p** · March 19th, 2019

"Good support" for this scanner. What's the problem?

**satimis** · March 20th, 2019

Originally Posted by brian_p

"Good support" for this scanner. What's the problem?

Hi,

Thanks for your advise.

I'm prepared to purchase a new scanner to work on my old stock of film negatives, converting the same to digital. Although my old Epson Perfection 3490 Photo is still working but the max resolution is only 3200 dpi.

I'm now targeting on following 2 scanners
1) CanoScan 9000F Mark II
2) Epson Perfection V800 Photo Scanner

My finding is 1) above seems suitable for my application but it is phasing out therefore I'm now considering 2) above.

I haven't finalized my decision yet.

Regards
satimis

**idvoretskyi** · January 5th, 2020

Also, please note that Epson V800 is well-supported by Vuescan (https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/epso...tion_v800.html), the third-party proprietary application which supports Linux as well. If you are going to scan films, Vuescan might be a preferred option.

**satimis** · January 6th, 2020

Originally Posted by idvoretskyi

Also, please note that Epson V800 is well-supported by Vuescan (https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/epso...tion_v800.html), the third-party proprietary application which supports Linux as well. If you are going to scan films, Vuescan might be a preferred option.

Lot of thanks for your advice.

Regards
satimis