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

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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 0x04B8 pid 0x0818
[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 thoughts on “XSane, Epson CX3700, and Ubuntu 6.06 (The Dapper Drake)”

  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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