Trying To Get Old Epson Scanner Set Up. ( Solved with Thanks )

[pclinmike]

I have an old Epson Perfection 660 Scanner .
Under 'Pcc>Harware

Identification
Vendor: ‎EPSON

Description: ‎EPSON Scanner

Media class: ‎

Connection
Bus: ‎USB

Bus PCI #: ‎1

PCI device #: ‎2

Vendor ID: ‎0x04b8

Device ID: ‎0x0114

Misc
Module: ‎scanner


$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:0114 Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 660

When I try to run XSane-Scanning or XScanImage I get this error

"Failed to open device 'snapscan:libusb:001:002:'
Invalid argument.

Anybody any idea what that means ?.

[djohnston]

It's looking for a firmware file. I went to a lot of trouble hunting this thing down. You need a small file named TAIL_061.BIN. Download it from the embedded link. Do the following as user root.

1. Put TAIL_061.BIN in /usr/share/sane and give read permission to all.
   chmod a+r /usr/share/sane/TAIL_061.BIN

2. Edit /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf and change following line (at the top of the file).

 firmware /usr/share/sane/snapscan/your-firmwarefile.bin

  to

 firmware /usr/share/sane/TAIL_061.BIN

You should be able to start XSane.

[pclinmike]

You are a star, re "I went to a lot of trouble hunting this thing down."   The person I'm doing this computer is on very low income and will thank you for taking the trouble to find that file so they can use this old scanner.
 
It works ok.

[djohnston]

You are a star, re "I went to a lot of trouble hunting this thing down."   The person I'm doing this computer is on very low income and will thank you for taking the trouble to find that file so they can use this old scanner.
 

Thanks, Mike. Let us know how it goes.

[pclinmike]

 Let us know how it goes.

It work as it should, thanks.