How to set up a Scanner in LL2.4.

[m654321]

Following my move to Linux, in the wake of XP's death, I had great difficulty in finding instructions on how to set up an Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner with Linux. In the end I did find instructions at the following link:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2195126

I followed the instructions, in the above link, to the letter: the scanner now works very well in Linux Lite, though without all the additional benefits (e.g. scanning slides or colour film negatives, editing to remove blemishes from old photos, etc) that came with the scanner's Windows OS software. 

The above link may also work for other Epson scanners and maybe it's worth a try if you are having problems with scanner compatibility in either LL or other  Ubuntu-based distros.

I used Image Scan! for Linux (also known as iscan) to operate the scanner, which appears to come by default with the LL2.4 iso file package - just type iscan in the search box that appears as soon as you click on LL's Menu icon and you should see Image Scan! for Linux appear in the menu's list of applications.
If you have luck with the above link (i.e. with installing a scanner other than an Epson Perfection V500 with iscan software) it would be helpful to other readers if you mention the make & model and post them on this thread as a reference...

Many thanks
Mike