This will be simpler than the brother printer as we won't be configuring anything on the network. The Epson ES-400 doesn't have a wireless option so it must be plugged in via usb.
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Once the scanner is plugged in via usb, we just need to install the Epson driver and away we go! These instructions are for CentOS 7.4 specifically.
Get the driver:
wget https://download2.ebz.epson.net/epsonscan2/common/rpm/x64/epsonscan2-bundle-6.7.0.0.x86_64.rpm.tar.gz
This will download a tarred file which I wasn't able to get it to install via rpm. Instead you can untar the file and run the install script directly.
tar xvf epsonscan2-bundle-6.7.0.0.x86_64.rpm.tar.gz
cd epsonscan2-bundle-6.7.0.0.x86_64.rpm
./install.sh
This will install the Epson driver.
Now we can run scanimage -L:
[root@localhost ~]# scanimage -L
device `epsonscan2:123:123:ES0231:425' is a EPSON ES-400II:001:005 flatbed scanner
Now we can load a page and give it a shot:
scanimage --format tiff -d "epsonscan2:123:123:ES0231:425" > image.tiff
With that we are done! We can now use a Epson scanner connected via usb to a Linux machine.
You can get device specific options by:
scanimage --help -d 'epsonscan2:ES-400II:123:123:ES0231:385'
...
Options specific to device `epsonscan2:ES-400II:001:005:esci2:usb:ES0231:385':
General:
--mode Color|Grayscale|Monochrome [Color]
Selects the scan mode (e.g., lineart, monochrome, or color).
--source ADF [ADF]
Selects the scan source (such as a document-feeder).
--duplex[=(yes|no)] [no]
Selects the ADF mode (yes:duplex/no:simplex)
--resolution 50..1200dpi (in steps of 1) [200]
Sets the resolution of the scanned image.
--x-resolution 50..1200dpi (in steps of 1) [inactive]
Sets the horizontal resolution of the scanned image.
--y-resolution 50..1200dpi (in steps of 1) [inactive]
Sets the vertical resolution of the scanned image.
--scan-area Auto Detect|Auto Detect(long paper)|Letter|Legal|A4|A5|A5 (Landscape)|A6|A6 (Landscape)|A8|A8 (Landscape)|B5 [JIS]|Postcard|Postcard (Landscape)|PlasticCard|Maximum|Manual [Manual]
Select an area to scan based on well-known media sizes.
Geometry:
-l 0..215.9mm [0]
Top-left x position of scan area.
-t 0..393.7mm [0]
Top-left y position of scan area.
-x 0..215.9mm [215.9]
Width of scan-area.
-y 0..393.7mm [393.7]
Height of scan-area.
Enhancement:
--deskew[=(yes|no)] [no]
Rotate image so it appears upright.
--dropout None|Red|Blue|Green [None]
Selects the dropout.
--text-enhance None|Normal|High [None]
Text Enhance
--rotate 0 degrees|90 degrees|180 degrees|270 degrees|Auto [0 degrees]
Rotate
--skip-blankpages 0..100 (in steps of 1) [0]
Skip Blank Pages Settings.
--brightness -100..100 (in steps of 1) [0]
Controls the brightness of the acquired image.
--contrast -100..100 (in steps of 1) [0]
Controls the contrast of the acquired image.
--threshold 0..255 [128]
Select minimum-brightness to get a white point
Other:
--double-feed-detection None|Thin [None]
Detection Double Feed
--gamma-correction 0.5..3 (in steps of 0.0999908) [2.2]
Selects the gamma correction value from a list of pre-defined devices
or the user defined table, which can be downloaded to the scanner
--image-count 1..999 (in steps of 1) [0]
Image Count
--long-paper-mode[=(yes|no)] [no]
Select this mode if you want to scan documents longer than what the
ADF would normally support. Please note that it only supports automatic
detection of the document height.
--transfer-format[=(yes|no)] [inactive]
Selecting a compressed format such as JPEG(=yes) normally results in
faster device side processing.
--remove-background None|Standard|High [None]
Remove Background
--background-color Black|White [inactive]
Background Color