in terminal when I type sudo I do not get the hash sign if i type sudo usb )x012d 0x04b8 for my scanner it says usb command not found what am I doing wrong

Well this is an Ubuntu Forum, Mint is based on Ubuntu but they may have a forum also to assist more effectively with your issue.

The command you are trying to run seems a little odd, what is it your are trying to achieve?

I am trying to get my epson V100 scanner to be recognised and "sane-find-scanner" reports "vendor=0x04b8/product=0x012d". So I typed in terminal programme "sudo usb 0x012d 0x04b8" and it said "usb command not found". So I wondered how I can get the command recognised ?

tnx for answering.

That is not quite how the terminal works.

I suggest reading this a little before trying anything: http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/index-info.html.en

I'm not aware if Synaptic is available under Mint but if it is, I would suggest running that and searching for "Epson" or "scanner" to see what packages are available to you.

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I have looked at Synaptic and downloaded xsane but when I run it it says
failed to open device /invalid argument. as though its not recognised the
scanner.
tnx for rplying so soon.

Many thanks this page looks as though it will supply the answers to my problem.
nice to know where to get such help.
 John.