- Obtained the driver file from http://www.epson.com.sg/epson/drivers/driver_download.htm?dc=1&mode=3&m=false&catid=5&pid=46
- Unzip the file. The file we need is TAIL_061.BIN (which is inside /DATA/BIN inside the zip file). Put this file in /usr/share/sane (or anywhere you please) and give read permission to all (chmod a+r /usr/share/sane/TAIL_061.BIN as root)
- Edit /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf and change following line. (do as root)
firmware /usr/share/sane/snapscan/your-firmwarefilefirmware
to
firmware /usr/share/sane/TAIL_061.BIN.bin - Plug the USB cable
- Start xsane (type xsane in a terminal or find the program from the menu)
- Thats it!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Installing Epson Perfection 660 USB Scanner in Ubuntu 7.10/8.04
Unfortunately Ubuntu did not autodetect my scanner but the installation was trivial.
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This requires the follwowing packages.
-sane
-xsane
Both come installed with Ubuntu 7.10
:)
Opps sorry about the typos... thanks soeb .. it should look ok now :)
It works. Thanks! But there is a .bin to much. Therefore it must be /usr/share/sane/TAIL_061.BIN for the firmware, not firmware /usr/share/sane/TAIL_061.BIN.bin.
Works under Ubuntu 9.04. Thanks
Works with Ubuntu 9.10 as well. Thanks again!
Shouldn't your post be credited to GH68? In my opinion, citing the source is always useful.
@Allessandro;
This post was written over 6 months before the forum thread you reference.
@srimal;
thanks for the tip
Muy bueno, me ha solucionado la vida. XD
Hago eco en http://www.yakiboo.net/
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid (64 bits) and it's not working. Is there anything I should do?
Thanks for your answer.
today 2011-09-23 with ubuntu 11.04 it's working like great!! :) thank you soo much!!
i did a mix between yours and http://www.linuxpedia.fr/doku.php/debian/debian_les_scanners (fr)
and it's working fine with 11.10 too :) (nov 2011)
BUT ;) after a crash of my system (thanks my sweetly fingers ;) ) , i needed to do again the same work as before ^_^
and i saw that TAIL_061.BIN isn't the same as tail_061.bin...... ;)
so, if your file is by your system as tail_061.bin, and as TAIL_061.BIN writing anywhere by a .conf file, will not work.... Ô_Ô
and so you need to make it clear to choose the writing of the name of your file ;)
enjoy it :)
a little news with ubuntu 16.04 lts (32b) at november 2018 :
* be only by ubuntu (tested with u-mate : doesn't work !)
* use xsane (try with iscan, simplescan : doesn't work !)
* use tail_058.bin by /usr/share/sane/snapscan (mkdir if needed)
* use usb 0x4b8 0x110 in epson*.conf by /etc/sane.d
thats all !! :) (for me anyway)
Ubuntu is one of those tricky software can be rather complex to install. Thanks for the advice.
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