Re: networked multi-function colour laser printers

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 15 July 2014 19:21:05 Doug wrote:
> On 07/15/2014 10:46 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Tuesday 15 July 2014 00:45:25 Doug wrote:
> >> XSane
> >> is smart enough to take care of that
> >
> > No it's not, it needs the right drivers.  Either you already happened to
> > have them, or your printer driver must have supplied Scanner drivers.
> >
> > Lisi
>
> I did not have the printer driver installed when I ran XSane for the
> first time. Searching in "Find files/folders" for *epson* shows
> some files with sane in the name, but I HAD NOT INSTALLED the
> printer driver at the time I ran the scanner. (The printer would
> not print graphics until I installed the printer driver.) I must assume
> the scanner driver is built into XSane or it is built in to the system
> somehow. If you go to the Epson linux website, you will find that
> there is a different driver for the scanner. Also, there is no provision
> in Mint for installing a scanner driver. Only a printer driver. If one
> wished to install a scanner driver, I don't know how he would do so.
>
> That's all I know. I'm not a Linux maven, so shoot me!

The driver must be built into Mint.  So you already happened to have it.

Lisi