Scanner Support Epson V10 Perfection

[kevin tough]

When I go to my local shops and ask for a scanner that linux supports the strange looks start. Yes, I have asked because scanner models change at light speed. This makes purchasing a scanner for linux somewhat difficult.

I have purchased a Epson V10 Perfection scanner because in general there seems to be reasonable support suggestions on the net, and even Epson seems to realize that Linux users exist.

Question:

Since the epson scanners seem to be generally well supported and there is non-free support for the V10 to be found, will it be supported by Fedora in the near future?

General comments as to how this whole process works and tips for us as how to make a good linux scanner choice would be greatly appreciated.

Riding the Thoroughbred,

Kevin Tough

Linux hobbiest
Fedora 8, Wow girl! or is Fedora 8 a boy

Now there's a thread starter! boy or girl

[1inxs]

It seems as if it's already supported. The problem is knowing someone that can help with getting it installed and running. I'm currently working on getting my Epson Perfection V200 running. Here is a link for help and drivers. http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/scan/DL1.do When I figure it out I'll surely post back with help. If you get your running, post back. Good Luck!

[greyhound]

The Epson V200 works very well with the epkowa-drivers here.
You only have to adjust to the new syntax:

/etc/udev/rules.d/60_iscan.rules

# SYSFS{idVendor}="04b8" SYSFS{idProduct}="012e" MODE="0666"
ATTR{idVendor}=="04b8", ATTR{idProduct}=="012e", MODE"0666"

To get it work for the user insert a new file "10-local.rules" in /etc/udev/rules.d

SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", ACTION!="add", GOTO="_end"
# For Epson
ATTR{idVendor}=="04b8", SYMLINK+="scanner-%k"
LABEL="_end"

Of course you have to restart udev, e.g. by restarting the system

[1inxs]

Greyhound, I got the scanner working with your new syntax. Now my only problem is the scanner is as follows
It scans at 300 resolution
At 2400 it gives me this error Failed to start scanner: Out of memory
At 4800 it gives me this error Failed to start scanner: Invalid argument

[greyhound]

Fine that it works for you.
I think, 300dpi is the usual resolution. I use it with Kooka under KDE. Experimentally i used a higher resolution: No reaction in color-mode and very, very slow in gray-mode with 2400dpi, huge File (28000x20000 pix for A4), but no error.
Probably the limiting factors are memory (i have 512MB) and usability. greetings.