[sane-devel] libsane-epson missing, presumed dead

[m. allan noah]

On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Mark Ballard
<markjballard at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sane Devs (isn't that some sort of misnomer?)
>
> I'm writing to let you know about problems with libsane-epson.
>
> All enquiries I have pursued on this lead to the Epson website. But
> the Epson website which seems not to have the drivers for download.
> I've
> emailed Epson about this.
>
> But meanwhile, you might find it helpful to know that the standard
> libsane Linux packages do not include libsane-epson, though they do
> have them referenced in the config files. (At least they are not there
> in the ubuntu debian repositories).
>
> The standard libsane Linux package does however include libsane-hpaio.
> It does in fact include only libsane-hpaio. I'm sure this is fine if
> you are using an HP scanner. But if you are using Epson or, I imagine,
> anything other than HP, it is likely to lead to untold hours lost in
> frustration at the unfathomable complexity that seems to reside on the
> Linux system that stands between you and your scanner.

What distro are you using? I cannot think of a single distro that
would include hpaio and not either epson or its replacement: epson2

allan
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