The Kernel
The first component one must get working with a scanner is their kernel. The kernel must recogonize a scanner before any other software can work with it. All USB devices have a unique manufacturer and product ID. The 1250 is no exception. We must tell the kernel to recogonize the 1250's ID's and associate them with a scanner driver. To do this we need to edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file and add the following line:

/sbin/insmod scanner vendor=0x04b8 product=0x010f

Epson Hardware
Epson uses a different chipset in the 1250. Therefore it DOES NOT use the /etc/sane.d/epson.conf file for configuration of this particular scanner. Rather, you'll be changing the /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf file to recogonize the Plustek chipset of the 1250.

Configuration Files
Now it's time to edit the file that tells SANE how to work with your scanner. To do this move the original /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf file to a safe, backup location.

mv /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf.bak

Now paste the following code into the /etc/sane.d/plustek.conf file.

#---------------START PASTE TEXT-----------
[usb]
device /dev/usbscanneroption lampOff 0
option warmup 180
option lOffOnEnd 0
device /dev/usb/scanner0
#---------------END PASTE TEXT-------------

Time to scan!
That's should be it! You can now reboot your system. To start scanning type the command: /usr/bin/xsane. This should recogonize your scanner and allow you to start scanning images.

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