EPSON Scan

[Abhishek Ghosh]

Am using CX 2800 ...the driver cd does not work but I got the drivers from their site which works fine..

 

[djs]

Epson Scan

I've got my Epson RX585 installed perfectly several times now after a new install of 7.

Install the latest Scanner driver from Epson BEFORE you switch the printer on.
Then install the Print driver as normal.

If you switch the printer on before installing drivers Windows install it's own, this seems to be what causes the problems. Unfortunately this only works on a new install.
When this was first a problem for me I tried uninstalling the windows drivers, but I couldn't get the scanner to work by then installing the Epson drivers, if Windows had installed it's own first.

Printer and Scanner works perfectly now installed in this way.

 

[Benji668]

HP HDX 16
Epson Photo RX680


I recently upgraded my OS from Vista to Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit). I ran a system recovery and fully updated Vista before upgrading into Windows 7. Once I tried to install “Epson Scan” software (I downloaded off from Epson website), the following messages came out:

- "could not copy files. check the setup disk, then run the setup again"
- "C:\Users\BENJAM~1\AppData\Local\Temp\\setup.exe"

My only option at this point was to click “ok”
Then a 2nd message came out:

- "an error occured during setup. restart your computer, then run setup again"

I ended up not able to install the “Epson Scan” at all! I tried installing the scanner driver first before installing the printer driver and before plug in the printer to the laptop. It didn’t work. I tried the “troubleshoot compatibility” feature on the installation file and chose to install the application under Vista verson. It didn’t work. I also copied the Epson Scan application off from the installation CD onto desktop and installed it from there by using troubleshoot compatibility feature. Still didn’t work at all. I wrote to Epson tech support, all they told me to do was to download the correct files at the support page for Windows 7 and they also replied me with this:

- From your email it seems like you are having issue with the installation of the Epson Scan and Twain Driver for the Stylus Photo RX680 on Windows 7. This seems to be a system related issue. We ran a test with the Stylus Photo RX680 on Windows 7 (32 and 64 Bit) and we were not able to replicate this is issue. If you have another system I would suggest you try to install it on another system.

Like everyone said, Epson Scan is a great software and I want to keep using it after upgraded my OS to Windows 7. So please heeeeeelp! I greatly appreciated.



Ben

 

[jaymdee]

I have Epson all in one RX650. Soved the problem of scanning with windows 7 by installing the driver given for Vista eg 'Epson Scan_SPC1'

 

[almac]

The problem of "Could not copy files" etc can be solved using this link Epson
which has got my RX620 running epson scan under windows 7 64 bit

 

[Benji668]

This is excellent almac! I was giving up hope already and went back to Vista. But until I read your post 2 nights ago and gave it one last try. I just had my laptop upgraded back to Windows 7 again, installed the Epson Scan and the printer driver and boom… it worked! Thankyou thankyou so much! I really appreciated and now I can fully utilize the Epson Scan again. YAY!

 

[janitro]

I've got my Epson RX585 installed perfectly several times now after a new install of 7.

Install the latest Scanner driver from Epson BEFORE you switch the printer on.
Then install the Print driver as normal.

If you switch the printer on before installing drivers Windows install it's own, this seems to be what causes the problems. Unfortunately this only works on a new install.
When this was first a problem for me I tried uninstalling the windows drivers, but I couldn't get the scanner to work by then installing the Epson drivers, if Windows had installed it's own first.

Printer and Scanner works perfectly now installed in this way.

Hello everyone... Just wanted to add that it is possible to make Epson Scan work after windows has installed its own drivers...

you have to download a driver administrator like driver genius and uninstall them (if they are not listed, turn on and plug the printer to the pc)

after that, install Epson's drivers worked for me..

 

[cenascenascenas]

I was having problems scannig with an Epson DX3800. Epson Scan did not work and the w7 scan was telling me that "you need a WIA driver to use this device..."
i tried many ways until i read that it worked by unistalling the driver but i had to remove it completely...

Before i did that i tried something else...

I unistalled the driver;
turned off the printer;
i runed the driver setup again;
when it asked me to turn on the printer i didnt! and it said it couldn´t configure the ports, bla bla...
closed the setup program;
and when i turned the printer on again, window 7 installed it automaticaly and even do the epson scan didn't got fixed, i can now use the windows 7 scan option perfectly!

hope this helps...

 

[kapso]

Epson RX585 scanner problem (driver failed) - SOLVED

hello, I spend about one week with my Epson RX585 scanner under Windows 7, which was not working. I try all tips on this thread, but nothing was succesfull.

Finally I have found some tips how to solve this problem - problem was with specific registry entry - you can fix it with deleting UpperFilters and LowerFilters registry values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class, where you will find Class for Imaging devices and simple delete registry values UpperFilters and LowerFilters, then reboot.

Source information you can find on UpperFilters LowerFilters - How to Delete the UpperFilters and LowerFilters Registry Values



Thats all, after one week finally my scanner is working

 

[ennio]

Solution for Epson Scan on Windows 7 64-bit professional, RX685.

Epson Scan did not start after all the steps described on the Epson site (points 1-6)
Epson
Then I tried to force manually the installation of the TWAIN driver (points 7-10).

The complete procedure:
1) unistalled Epson Scan and driver from the windows menu
2) reboot
3) installed Epson Scan for Vista-64
4) reboot
5) switched on the printer
6) updated RX685 driver using the Win7-64 version

Now Windows scanner is working (WIA-Epson RX680...), but NOT the TWAIN Epson for Epson Scan.

Then I forced the TWAIN driver:
7) Device and Printers -> property of "Epson Stylus Photo..."
8) Hardware -> Property of "Epson RX680..." (Devices for image capture)
9) driver -> Update driver -> find a driver SW on the computer -> find manually
10) browse the dir "C:\Program Files (x86)\epson\escndv\es0084"
inside you should find the file es84.inf

Now Epson Scan is working fine!
both drivers TWAIN and WIA present
no reboot necessary

Epson Scan gives more options and better automatic contrast and brightness, than the native Win SW.
Just a small detail: Windows scan doesn't work when Epson Scan is open, but you can open Epson Scan when also the Windows Scan is open.

*** my Win7 is an italian version, so I am not sure about the english translations for menu voices and tab titles

 

[ollybolly69]

Hi there,

Incase anybody has tried these steps above and still can not get the scanner to work through the epson scan suite, try the following, as you may still have TWAIN drivers installed from a previous all in one printer scanner installation.

Uninstall all printer and scanner drivers in which ever way you're comfortable

Go to:

C: > Windows > twain_32 >

Delete everything in the folder EXCEPT 'wiatwain.ds'

Restart the computer and try another install

 

[satovey]

This problem is caused by the lack of a digital signature in the scanner driver.
Here is my post addressing the issue.

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...d-epson-scanner-cause-network-workaround.html

Edit: 7/28/2012

The linked page above now contains a solution to this problem.

Scott A. Tovey

 

[pldn]

Epson DX [xxxx] scanner problems...

Hey guys,

Answer to this [if a little un-straightforward] :

In w7

start by opening the control panel.
Select "Hardware and Sound".
Select "Devices and Printers".

In the list - look for your device.

There should appear the option - "Start Scan".
Right click for a dialog box.

The rest should be plain to sailing.

 

[satovey]

I did some toying with my system today and found the following workaround that enabled Epson scan to run over the USB port as long as it runs as administrator.

I found that there is a conflict between Epson scan and the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service. To test this on your system, first log into your administrator account. This will just make it easier since Epson scan will only run as administrator.

Open your services panel:
Start - All programs - Accessories - Services

Click in the list and then press the W key,
This will take you down to the Ws.

Scroll down to Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)

Right click on Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) and click properties.

Click the "Start up type" drop down box and select disable.

Under Service Status click the Stop button and wait until the service shows that it is
halted.

Once the service has stopped

We need to set Epson scan compatibility mode to run under XP(Service Pack 3)
Right click the Epson Scan icon and then click on the compatibility tab.
Click the "Run program in compatibility mode" check box.
Click the drop-down box and select Windows XP (Service Pack 3).
Click the OK button to apply changes and close the properties window.
Start Epson scan.

If you are not logged in as Administrator, you must run Epson scan as administrator by right clicking the icon and choosing "Run as Administrator". In addition you must run under XP(Service Pack 3) compatibility mode.

I suspect that this is all that needs to be done to get Epson scan working.

If Epson scan runs, right click the Epson scan icon and then click properties.
If the Short cut tab is not selected, select it.
Click the Advanced button and click on the box next to "Run As Administrator".
click the OK buttons to apply and close the options window.

Things to note:
When you disable and stop the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service and then right click on the printer in Devices and Printers, the "Start scan" command will not be present. This is not an issue for people having this problem because clicking that menu option only causes the (You need a WIA Driver) error to load.

When you open Epson scan settings as a regular user and click the test button, Epson scan settings will not find the scanner. If you run Epson scan settings as Administrator, Epson scan settings will detect the scanner and show it as ready. In addition to this, starting the Event Manager will only cause the "Epson Scan cannot be started" error dialog to open up.


This is just a work around, so what's the solution to this problem?
It is quite simple. The solution is for Epson to get off their cheep lazy backsides and refactor Epson scan, Epson scan settings, and Event Manager to run as regular users on Windows Vista and above.


If the above does not work take these extra steps: Open Programs and Features from control panel.
Click the "Turn Windows Features on and off" link.
Scroll down to Print and Document Services and click the plus sign next to it.
While I found this unnecessary on my system, UN-check the Scan Management and Windows Fax and Scan as well as any other checked items in the list and click OK.

Hope this works for people.

Scott A. Tovey

 

[satovey]

WIA error solved.
Epson Scan error solved
Workforce610 Epson Scan WIA error solution.

I finally figured out how to correct the problems I am having with Epson scan 3.76 and Windows 7 Pro x64.
I posted my solution to this issue at the following link where I also posted my 2 workarounds.

Follow the steps in my third post on the following page and you should be able to fix your issues with Epson scan.
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...d-epson-scanner-cause-network-workaround.html

After I followed those steps, Epson scan runs without doing any of the following:
Setting compatibility mode
running as Administrator.
Disabling the Windows Image Acquisition service.

It is to bad that Epson tech did not have the foresight to resolve this issue with a simple upgrade to the latest version of Epson Scan. The steps that must be followed indicates just how unconcerned Epson is regarding customers that have purchased their products. They clearly do not want us to return and purchase their products in the future.

Scott A. Tovey

 

[peterritter]

Epson scanner software not working

I got an Epson all in one Stylus BX625 FWD, and it worked fine for a long time, but then all of a sudden Epson scan did not work anymore - likely after some Windows Update. I tried to run the software with compatibility settings for previous versions of windows, but it still didnt work.

The last thing I tried was going to start->Devices and Printers-> There I clicked on my printer (the printer functionality was working fine). I had given the printer a 'fixed ip address' on my network (192.168.0.98 in my case, via the keypad on the printer itself).

So then I clicked on 'Scanner Management - Epson Scan Settings'. In there I manually entered my Printer IP address. And 'voila' - the scanner came finally alive!!

I had previously followed some what what others had suggested in other forums, like running the scanner software .exe in administrator mode - so this may have had something to do with my success but I dont think so - the problem was the sofware was unable to communicate with the scanner. Good luck everyone

P.

 

[satovey]

Just a final update on this issue.

Some months ago I downgraded my system from Win7_64 bit to Win7_32bit.

After installing the drivers for the Epson Workforce, I found that I was able to configure the scanner to work over the USB port without any issues.

This indicates that the problem is in the driver itself and not the Epson Scan front end program which accesses the driver and why setting Epson Scan to run in compatability mode does not always work.

This issue comes down to corporate greed as a programmer could easily edit the code and update the driver and or Epson Scan front end to work properly in both Win7_32 bit and Win7_64 bit. But the Corporation is just to greedy and selfish to pay a programmer to do so.

This past spring I replaced my all in one Epson with a brother laser printer (not all in one). I grew tired and just could not afford to keep buying inkjet cartriges that dried out or expired before I could use every last drop. And having to spend the money on ink cartriges and expend an entire cartrige in order to get the printer to temporarily print properly was just unacceptable.

Laser good, inkjet bad.

I got the laser with duplex printing and it's really awesome to be able to print on both sides of the paper without having to manually flip it over. It's a nice printer but it could due with better grey scaling.

Take care.