XSane, Epson CX3700, and Ubuntu 6.06 (The Dapper Drake)

by David Sudjiman ~ July 13th, 2006. Filed under: Linux.

I know my Ubuntu 6.06 (The Dapper Drake) can print to Epson CX3700. But how do I use the scanner?

My dmesg shows this

[17189201.684000] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[17189202.140000] drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0:
USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 1 alt 0
proto 2 vid 0×04B8 pid 0×0818
[17189202.140000] usbcore: registered new driver usblp
[17189202.140000] drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver

Using that information, add this line to /etc/sane.d/epson.conf

usb 0x04b8 0x0818

Have Fun!

2 Responses to XSane, Epson CX3700, and Ubuntu 6.06 (The Dapper Drake)

  1. Martin

    it’s work, nice tutor and TQ : )

  2. Robvdl

    Nice tutorial, it really amazes me that the Epson CX3700 scanner part was not only not installed properly in Dapper, but also Edgy, Feisty, Gutsy (and possibly Hardy, although I have not tested it yet). You would think by now they would support this scanner out of the box.

    Anyway, this method has always worked flawlessly for me, thanks.

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