Ubuntu won't recognize Epson V200 Scanner

If you run xsane what are you told.

Can you give the output of:

lsusb

Thanks

A VERY quick websearch and I found this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=892351

Have you seen this before?

I am so sorry to admit this, but I am complete newbie to Linnux. I have been chained to windows for so long, I don't really know how to do this. For instance the thread said that I should download and install certain programs - and I have no idea how to do that. Is there a Linnux for Dummies book somewhere? I am literally fumbling my way through this process - trying to learn what I can. I would appreciate any guidance.

     Yeah, it's tricky when you are first starting off...

     First thing to get used to is a "terminal". Under the "Applications" menu in the upper left-hand corner, go to "Accessories" (sub-menu) and find "terminal". This will open kind of a command window looking thing, like old DOS looking stuff. You and type a LOT of different commands here, but let's start with some basic ones that relate to your scanner.

     Type "sane-find-scanner" (without the quotation marks) and press the Enter key. It should output a lot of information, don't worry, you can scroll back through it. What you want to do is look to see if your V200 scanner is listed there anywhere. If so, make a note of the numbers it gives you for vendor and product info. For example, mine says:

found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x4512 [Officejet 6500 E709n]) at libusb:001:003

     Yours probably has numbers like 0x04b8/0x012e instead of 0x03f0/0x4512 - the numbers are different for each scanner make. According to the XSane site, this will be supported fairly well (if those are your numbers) but may require you to purchase a part of the driver. (NOTE: XSane is the program that you will use to access your scanner once you have it set up.)

     You can also type "xsane" in the command window, in which case it will try to start the scanning program and search for the scanner itself. If everything is already there, it will just come up and work.

      Your hope if it isn't lies in the xsane pages at http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=epson&model=v200&bus=any&v=&p= which is what tells me that your scanner can work. Let's start with this much and see what happens.

     For Actionparsnip: If I miss the next posting and it helps out, this scanner driver is listed as available at:

http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/scan/DL1.do ... it says it will support 64-bit, with other postings don't say. Feel free to help out if needed.

Thanks Larry, especially for your patient help. Years and years ago I worked in a terminal a lot with dos based programs - but after years of being chained to windows - and never having worked with a Linnux system - I am really out of my area here. I ran the sane-find-scanner command and it did locate my scanner and gave me the numbers. When I go to the Sane page - and enter the Vendor and product numbers - it does not find a match. When I go to the avasys.jp page I see a number of drivers listed, but have no idea of which one to select, nor how to install it once I do. I hope you appreciate my situation as ignorance, not stupidity - and I really do appreciate your patience with me so far. Finally, if you can recommend some reading material for me to pick up so I can flatten out my learning curve here, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks SO much! I now have a functioning V200 Scanner. Your help (and patience) is most appreciated!!!