Ubuntu
sane-backends package

  1. Bug #1728012
  2. Comment #205

Comment 205 for bug 1728012

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Diego Arimany (darimany) wrote :

Since 2017 until now (2019)

For EPSON's website provides Linux packages for scanners and printers as (.deb, .rpm, or source) which are simple to install. In two steps (if you have it on the network).

Step 1.
Go to EPSON Driver and Software Download Center (http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/)
Download and unpack the scanner driver (Image Scan, currently version 1.3.40)

imagescan-bundle-linuxmint-19-1.3.40.x64.deb.tar.gz

Then, run ./install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

Step 2. (for a newtork scanner)
Edit the file /etc/sane.d/epson2.conf
Modify the line
net 192.168.xxx.yyy (to match your scanner IP)

That's it.
A full how to is at my website
http://diegoarimany.com/installing-epson-printers-and-scanners-under-linux-mint/