epson perfection 2400 photo driver linux

Epson perfection 2400 photo driver linux install#
Epson perfection 2400 photo driver linux driver#
Epson perfection 2400 photo driver linux software#

Similarly, to use scanimage to scan at 4800 dpi (a small 1 inch by 1cm block at the top of the page): To scan at 4800 dpi, select 600 dpi instead. Now you should be able to run iscan, please let me know if you get an error message. configure -prefix=/usr -sysconfdir=/etc) (an Ubuntu user reported that the configuration file nf may end up in the wrong place (after which scanimage -L will tell you 'No scanners were identified'), if so, run configure like this: (if you get an error about a missing ltdl.h:

Epson perfection 2400 photo driver linux driver#

download this patch file for the epkowa driver.

from the Avasys download page mentioned above, download the iscan_2.10. source.

Epson perfection 2400 photo driver linux install#

(this should install sane-backends-devel-1.0.17-0.fc4.2) (currently sane-backends-devel-1.0.18-17.fc8 on Fedora 8)

install the RPMs as described above (including the iscan one!).

To get this to work (all steps as root, verified under Fedora 4 and 8): For now I've hacked it such that if you specify 600 dpi as the scan resolution, it will use 4800 dpi instead (I know, bad hack :-)). However, there are some special cases in the driver source for scanners that report too high dpi values: we'll do something similar, but the other way around.

Epson perfection 2400 photo driver linux software#

Because the scanner reports 2400 dpi as the highest resolution, all the front-end software does not want to go higher. Update: scanning at 4800 dpi I finally found a way to scan at 4800 dpi under Linux. Set the environment variable SANE_DEBUG_EPKOWA to 5 to see lots of debugging output from scanimage (a higher value produces more output, the minimum is 1). Run scanimage -help -d epkowa to see all the possible options. This will scan a positive film using the transparency unit (don't forget to remove the cover below the lid), in color, at 300 dpi, storing 8 bits per color channel, into a TIFF file film.tiff Scanimage -mode Color -depth 8 -resolution 300 -source 'Transparency Unit' -format=tiff -film-type Positive -verbose > film.tiff Run iscan to scan using a GUI, use scanimage to scan from the command-line, for example: Now, the scanimage tool (which is part of the sane-backends package) will show your scanner: scanimage -L gives, in my case:ĭevice `epkowa:libusb:001:005' is a Epson Perfection 4490 flatbed scanner I downloaded and installed the following RPMs (if you're also using Fedora Core 4, for 'Distribution Version' just pick 5): Instead, get the iscan software from the Avasys download page. My SANE related installed RPMs (this is on Fedora Core 4):ĭon't bother getting the latest sane-backends source and compiling and installing that: you'll run into problems recognizing the scanner. Older info, some may still be useful I'm busy trying to get old 8mm film to scan properly using this scanner. (Send me your feedback using the form at the bottom of the page) iscan works, both standalone and as a gimp plugin (File→Create→Scanning).xsane now works, but it sounds like the scanner is moving its head in the wrong direction when initializing (?!).in /etc/sane.d/nf, change the line usb to:.in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf, make sure the line with epson is uncommented (you can leave epkowa and epson2 commented out).install in this order: iscan-data, iscan, iscan-plugin-gt-x750.

download the core & data packages, and the iscan plugin package for Linux (for CentOS 6.4 I needed the ltdl7 version of the first RPM): iscan-2.29.2-1.usb0.1.ltdl7.x86_64.rpm iscan-data-1.24. iscan-plugin-gt-x750-2.1.2-1.x86_64.rpm.

from the Epson download center page, search for '4490'.

The steps I took are listed below (maybe not all are required, but at least the scanner works now :-) ) Update: getting the scanner to work under CentOS 6.4 x86_64 Recently I got the scanner to work again under CentOS 6.4. A clear advantage of this scanner was the high quality high res scanning capability, a clear drawback the poor build quality. Sane-find-scanner still reports it, but any other software says there's no scanner attached.

Update: after about 8 years of service, my 4490 did one more scan of some 8mm film, and then decided to call it quits :-( (related tip: fixing the Epson 4490 ratchet noise)