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Printer scanner driver for Epson Workforce WF-5320

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Having trouble with setup here. I have 64-bit Ubuntu Unity 12.10.

First I ran

sudo apt-get install xsltproc

Then I clicked accept on the Epson website here. I downloaded iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb and installed it with

sudo dpkg -i iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb

Next, after some trial and error (because there were several .deb files to choose from, but only one would install successfully), I downloaded iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb and ran

sudo dpkg -i iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb

Next, as suggested here, I ran

sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf

and inserted a line below in the Examples section: net xxx, where for xxx I inserted my best guess at the IP address of the printer.

Finally, from my Dash Home, I typed "epson", and a new application `Image Scan for Linux!" appeared. However, when I try to launch this, I only get a message that says "Could not send command to scanner. Check the scanner's status". Now what? The scanner just worked fine a moment ago through it's connection with a windows machine.

I wonder if I have the wrong IP address for my printer. Including this, I have not yet found an explanation of how to identify the IP address of my printer in a fully straightforward way.

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answered 2 Years ago motivengry · Accepted Answer

I have just gone through the process of installing the Epson iScan software following the recipe in the original question. There is just one stage missing to enable network access of the Epson scanner, to install iscan-network-nt.

The full recipe is as follows. For 32-bit machines the architecture labels will of course need changing to i386:

sudo dpkg -i iscan-data_1.25.0-1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i iscan_2.29.3-1~usb0.1.ltdl7_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i iscan-network-nt_1.1.1-1_amd64.deb

sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf

There are two entries to change in the epkowa.conf file, one for the network ip address (which you can get from the printer itself or from your router), and one to specify preference for the document feeder (although the latter seems to be brain-dead). After editing epkowa.conf it should contain the following lines somewhere:

net your.printer.ip.here

...

option prefer-adf

Not only does this enable the Epson scanner software, it allows XSane and Simple Scan also to correctly locate and interact with the scanner.