Manjaro Linux and Scanning with Epson ET-2750

Utsushi - probably a GUI under imagescan v. 3

This was an unexpected hard task. I thought that it would be a matter of just pluggin in the usb and then scan. But no.

In order to use the Epson ET-2750 Eco Tank scanner do this:

• Install imagescan v. 3
  # pacman -S imagescan
• Run this command:
  # utsushi
• Select the correct USB device
• Scan and save with the file ending of whatever file format you want, say .pdf or .jpeg or ...

Xsane, Imagescan and so on cannot find the device. I guess that the utsushi GUI is part of the imagescane package. I is somewhat strange to install a packet, and run it by another name.

And if you think that you can find Utsushi in the progam launcher ... forget it. But you can start the thing from your favorite terminal window.

Utsushi started via a terminal window

Hey, isn't that why we just love Linux. I learned a lot about UX this afternoon.

Epson ET 2750 - printhead: colors missing

I have tried to clean the printhead - first via the standard method. In a video a power cleaning was recommended. It is initiated by click power + help. After a 7 minutes cleaning process you'll have to wait for 12 hours.

Well, now I just hope that the thing works.

Epson ET-2750

Epson ET-2750 on my LAN.

Epson has released printer drivers for Linux, but the drivers are not made for Arch Linux. I downloaded the drivers, and found the relevant .pdo files, but the USB install did not work as expected in CUPS.

On the tiny printer screen I saw a wifi option, entered the LAN password. Then I could visit the printer on a local tcp/ip address. From the web interface installing the printer was easy.

So don't mess with drivers, just use the wifi options.