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Cannot get my v600 usb scanner to work. Looking for epson drivers, I found this site. I downloaded drivers there :

  • iscan_2.29.1-5~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb
  • iscan-data_1.23.0-1_all.deb

and installed them. But my scanner is still not recognized. I use ubuntu 13.04. simple scan, iscan or xsane scan can not see the device.

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I just got my Epson v600 scanner working on Ubuntu 18.04 by doing the following.

  1. Download and install the drivers from http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/searchModule

  2. create these linked files

sudo ln -sfr /usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane

  1. Create a file called /etc/udev/rules.d/79-udev-epson.rules with this content:

ATTRS{manufacturer}=="EPSON", DRIVERS=="usb", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="*", MODE="0777"

  1. Power cycle the scanner.

If I didn't do step 3, I had to use sudo to run iscan. After including step 3 I could use the icon to launch iscan or launch it from the command line without sudo. I also tested the scanner with the XSane Image program and that works too.

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  • This solution worked for me. Currently using Mint 19.2.
    – Steve R.
    Aug 17, 2019 at 13:49
  • Still working on Ubuntu 20.04.
    – nebirhos
    Jun 1, 2022 at 23:07
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'Just found the solution !

I had used gdebi to install the three packages (iscan core, data and plugin). But, it is necessary to install EACH package one after the other as described here : http://download.ebz.epson.net/faq/linux/faq_ls_00002.html

Regards,

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  • Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. Dec 30, 2013 at 22:43

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