[SLUG] Re: Scarborough Digest, Vol 41, Issue 1

[Pete Redwood]

On Monday 19 July 2004 11:25, scarborough-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:
> It looks like all the snapscan scanners need a firmware file.
> ( http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/ <-- homepage for the snapscan
> sane-backend )
>
> Firmware is the software which runs the hardware... Like a PC bios...
> But I guess they don't survive poweroffs. So you need the exact firmware
> for the hardware.
>
>  From the snapscan backend website, the firmware file for your scanner
> is "esfw30.bin", and comes with the windows/macos install cd's.
>
> (I've sent you the latest version off-list)
>
> dump that into /etc/sane.d/ and change snapscan.conf's firmware line to
>
> firmware /etc/sane.d/esfw30.bin
>
> and try again.
>
> You might need to modify permissions on /dev/usb/scanner0 or whatever.
> Try xsane as root to be sure it's not just a permissions problem.
>
> ps, it looks like only 2 epson scanners need firmware uploads! Your lucky
> ;)

Bingo! We're in business! Thanks for your help and patience

Pete