how to install et-3750 ubuntu 17.1

I dl the epson drivers, got epson recommendation to apt-get install lsb. I think I need more stuff in term before this part works, so, what do I need to type in to get apt-get to work, what's next...? thanks! st

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While Ubuntu 18.04 recognizes this printer out of the box, setting up the scanner need a few more steps. Precondition is, that scanner and Ubuntu client are in the same network. And you will have to find out the IP address from your scanner/printer.

1. Search on Epson website for your driver:

2. Download imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-18.04-1.3.40.x64.deb.tar.gz from here:

3. Extract archive and change into directory. Call install script via sudo ./install.sh That installs several packages for you. One is imagescan, a replacement for simple scan - but you won't need it in the end.

4. Do a cat /etc/sane.d/dll.con and check that there is no comment sign before epson, epson2 or epkowa. It may be the last one is missing, nevermind. If there is a comment sign before one of those entries, open the files as root and remove it (sudo gedit /path/o/file).

5. Use sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epkowa.conf OR (if there is no epkowa) sudo gedit /etc/sane.d/epson2 as root and insert the following line:net 192.168.1.111 1865. You have to replace 192.168.1.111 with the IP address of your printer/scanner. Save and close file.

6. Now open imagescan configuration file with sudo gedit /etc/imagescan/imagescan.conf and insert the following code:

   [devices]
   net.udi = networkscan:esci://192.168.1.111:1865
   net.vendor = Epson
   net.model = ET-3750
   net.name = Epson ET-3750

7. Again: Replace 192.168.1.111 with the IP address of your scanner/printer and the other Informations with the type of your Scanner/printer if it differs from ET-3750. Save and close. If you start simple-scan now, your scanner should be available.