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--- config:epson-v500-scanner [2017/12/28 12:49] – created Wulf Rajek
+++ config:epson-v500-scanner [2025/09/25 16:59] (current) – Wulf Rajek
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 Download the driver package from here:\\
-http://support.epson.net/linux/en/iscan.php?model=gt-x770&version=1.0.1
+http://support.epson.net/linux/en/iscan.php?model=gt-x770&version=2.30.4
 <code>
-wget https://download2.ebz.epson.net/iscan/plugin/gt-x770/deb/x64/iscan-gt-x770-bundle-1.0.1.x64.deb.tar.gz
+wget "https://download2.ebz.epson.net/iscan/plugin/gt-x770/deb/x64/iscan-gt-x770-bundle-2.30.4.x64.deb.tar.gz"
-tar -xvzf iscan-gt-x770-bundle-1.0.1.x64.deb.tar.gz
+tar -xvzf iscan-gt-x770-bundle-2.30.4.x64.deb.tar.gz
-cd iscan-gt-x770-bundle-1.0.1.x64.deb
+cd iscan-gt-x770-bundle-2.30.4.x64.deb
+# As libsane was renamed to libsane1, the dependencies of the deb packages need to get adjusted:
+cd core
+mkdir epson-sane
+dpkg-deb -R iscan_2.30.4-2_amd64.deb epson-sane/
+sed -i "s/libsane /libsane1/" epson-sane/DEBIAN/control
+dpkg-deb -b epson-sane/ epson-sane-modified.deb
+mv epson-sane-modified.deb iscan_2.30.4-2_amd64.deb
+rm -rf epson-sane
+cd ..
+cd data
+mkdir epson-sane
+dpkg-deb -R iscan-data_1.39.2-1_all.deb epson-sane/
+sed -i "s/libsane /libsane1/" epson-sane/DEBIAN/control
+dpkg-deb -b epson-sane/ epson-sane-modified.deb
+mv epson-sane-modified.deb iscan-data_1.39.2-1_all.deb
+rm -rf epson-sane
+cd ..
 sudo ./install.sh
 </code>
+The following may be required on Ubuntu based system (rather than Debian) to move the scanner drivers in the correct directory
+<code>
+sudo cp /usr/lib/sane/* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/
+sudo cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/* /usr/lib/sane/
+</code>
+iscan needs to be started as root:
+<code>
+sudo iscan
+</code>
+To let users access the device which changes bus and device each time it is started, add a udev rule based on the manufacturer and device code. It's the ID 04b8:0130 but where 04b8 is EPSON and 0130 the particular model.
+<code>
+lsusb
+</code>
+Also add yourself to the saned and scanner groups (replace username with the actual username):
+<code>
+sudo adduser username saned
+sudo adduser username scanner
+</code>
+Now add the following to /etc/udev/rules.d/80-scanner.rules
+<code - 80-scanner.rules>
+# change device EPSON owner group
+ATTRS{manufacturer}=="EPSON", DRIVERS=="usb", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04b8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0130", GROUP="scanner"
+</code>
+Reload udev rules:
+<code>
+sudo udevadm control --reload
+</code>
+And test the rules replacing the bus and device number from lsusb output. This should print group id 0 in the first line, then the group id of the scanner group in the second line.
+<code>
+sudo udevadm test $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/bus/usb/<bus>/<device>) 2>&1 | grep -i group --color
+</code>
+Make sure the udev rules file is not executable. e.g.
+<code>
+chmod -x /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-scanner.rules
+chmod -x /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-iscan.rules
+</code>
+Disconnect the scanner and reconnect it, then try using iscan or other scanning applications.