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Sir,

I am using Fedora Core 1 and want to install the above titled scanner.
The sane related rpm are as follows :
xsane-0.91-1
libsane-hpoj-0.90-19
sane-backends-devel-1.0.12-4
sane-backends-1.0.12-4
xsane-gimp-0.91-1
sane-frontends-1.0.11-3

Also downloaded iscan-2.8.0-1.i386.rpm for gcc-3.2/gcc3.3.

The necessary product code and the vendor code has been inserted by "insmod scanner vendor=XXXXXX product=XXXXX".

I am able to find the scanner with "sane-find-scanner". The output of lsmod is as follows :

[root@localhost root]# lsmod |more
Module Size Used by Not tainted
ppdev 6956 0 (autoclean)
i810_audio 29064 1 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 17420 0 (autoclean) [i810_audio]
soundcore 7044 2 (autoclean) [i810_audio]
parport_pc 19204 1 (autoclean)
lp 9252 0 (autoclean)
parport 39072 1 (autoclean) [ppdev parport_pc lp]
autofs 13780 0 (autoclean) (unused)
rfcomm 40768 0 (autoclean)
l2cap 22604 2 (autoclean) [rfcomm]
bluez 44644 1 (autoclean) [rfcomm l2cap]
8139too 17576 1
mii 4140 0 [8139too]
floppy 58908 0 (autoclean)
sg 37580 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 18200 0 (autoclean)
microcode 5024 0 (autoclean)
scanner 12124 0
ide-scsi 12400 0
scsi_mod 111528 3 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi]
ide-cd 35904 0
cdrom 34208 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
hid 24740 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 20776 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 27436 0 (unused)
usbcore 82912 1 [scanner hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
mousedev 5688 1 (autoclean)
input 6208 0 (autoclean) [keybdev hid mousedev]
i830 74976 1
agpgart 55428 12 (autoclean)
ext3 74148 4
jbd 56624 4 [ext3]

The content of the file /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf is as follows :

scsi EPSON

usb vendor=0x04b8 product=0x0116

usb /dev/usb/scanner0

Now whenever in terminal window i am issuing command as follows :

[root@localhost sane.d]# iscan

then a window is opened with the error message :

"Could not send command to scanner. Check scanner's status."

Kindly guide me in this regard.

- JAGDISH.