Epson xp211

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I’m using opensuse 13.1 and KDE. I have a wireless printer/scanner Epson xp211. I’ve found a driver (Epson X±211 214 216 Series) and the printer works fine.
But the scanner does not work. The computer does not find it. Curiously, I’ve download a program (VUESAN) and it, without any configuration found the scanner and works very well, except by the fact that it prints a watermark on each paper, unless I buy the program.
So, how can this Vuescan find (and work) with the scanner and the standard programs from opensuse and KDE cannot? I must be doing something wrong.
How do I setup a wireless scanner?

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You probably need the scanner driver available at http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX when you search for xp-211
Regards,
Howard

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Thanks. I’ve installed all 3 rpm packges, but still yast doesn’t find the scanner. Also I’ve tried: Image scan, Skalite, Acquireimages, Xsane and Simple Scan; none of then could find the scanner. Nevertheless, Vuscan finds the scanner with no problem. My irewall was off all the time.

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As part of the installation process (for network-attached Epson scanner), did you edit /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf, and add the required IP address to reach the scanner?

Read this old thread.

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No. But I did it now. I added: net 192.168.1.108
I’ve got this number from the printer setup in yast.
Now it is working.
Thanks.

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Glad to have been of help.

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The problem is solved, but there are 3 things I don’t understand:

  1. Why did the yast-printer-setup find the printer and the yast-scanner setup did not find, considering that they are in fact the same machine with the same IP: 192.168.1.108 ?
  2. How would I find the IP if my scanner were not a printer-scanner and I was able to find the IP in the printer configuration?
  3. Why did Vuescan find the IP and configure the scanner automaticaly and the yast configuration did need manual help to install drivers and find the IP?
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Probably use a browser to view the router home page, likely 192.168.1.1 in your case. The router information usually includes the IP addresses of all attached devices.
Howard

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Good question, and I’ve never used the yast scanner utility, so don’t know how it goes about detecting network-attached scanners.

  1. How would I find the IP if my scanner were not a printer-scanner and I was able to find the IP in the printer configuration?

I’m not aware of any network-attached scanner-only devices, but in general many such network dervices need to be configured with an IP address first. For this to happen, layer 2 communication is often employed to configure the printer in the first place. (MAC addresses are discovered and used for this purpose.) Unfortunately, many hardware manufacturers only provide Windows/Mac software to assist with this initial configuration. Some hardware provides front-panel configuration which also makes things easier.

  1. Why did Vuescan find the IP and configure the scanner automaticaly and the yast configuration did need manual help to install drivers and find the IP?

Vuescan is proprietary software, and may well be polling for network scanners using UDP port 161. (Easy enough to determine using a tool like wireshark.)