Getting Kodak ESP/AIO all in one scanners to work

[jmcook79]

I just got my scanner working via usb (no wifi yet) by adding the ubuntu quantal repositories and updating libsane. I'm sure the latest version of libsane will probably be included in the next version of mint but if you need it to work now this is the easiest option (the other being compiling it from source code) Here's how:

WARNING!!! Make sure you make a backup and be ready to risk screwing up your system since adding unstable repositories is not safe!

First add Quantal to ypur apt soutces by opening a terminal and typing sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted'

Second type sudo apt-get update

Third type sudp apt-get install libsane. This will also download the required dependencies.

Finally type sudo apt-add-repository -r 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted'

This removes the Quantal repositories so you don't accidentally upgrade your entire system!

Now you should be able to use Simple Scan and it will detect your printer!

Now you should be able to use your Kodal esp scanner via usb.

To get wifi working, go to your printer and find out your ip address then open a terminal and type:

sudo pluma /etc/sane.d/kodakaio.conf

now edit the line that says

# kodak ESP5250 is usb 0x040a 0x4041
#net 192.168.1.68 0x4041

Make sure to remove the # from the second line and add the IP address to your printer. Mine was exactly the same except the last number, It's because autodetect doesn't work properly. Leave the 0x4041 (or whateveryours has) in place.

Now wifi should be working!

[AlbertP]

You can also just download and install the DEB packages from Quantal, in this order:

liblzma5: http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/liblzma5
libtiff5: http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/libtiff5
libsane-common: http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/libsane-common
libsane: http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/libsane
Downloads for i386 (32-bit) and amd64 (64-bit, also for Intel systems) are at the bottom. Then you don't need to add the repository.

[jmcook79]

That's good to know! I thought about doing that but I didn't know how deep the dependancies went and that's why I just added the repositories. Now that I know however I definately reccomend your method. BTW do you know how to get the wifi working? The documentation says it should work..

[AlbertP]

You should be able to add the printer on the wifi by searching on its IP address with system-config-printer (from the repository), but I'm not sure if network scanning also works. For HP all-in-ones it works that way. The manpage of the scanning driver (http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-kodakaio.5.html) doesn't tell anything about network connections.

[jmcook79]

I finally managed to get wifi working! I had to manually edit the kodakaio.conf and add my scanner's IP address. In the notes in the kodakaio.conf it says autodetect is broken. Here are my results:

mike@mike-Aspire-5534 ~ $ scanimage -L
device `kodakaio:net:192.168.1.68?model=0x4041' is a Kodak KODAK ESP 5200 Series AiO flatbed scanner