Comment 4 for bug 1728012

Kubuntu 17.04
Fail to use Epson Perfection V30

$ lsusb |grep -i epson

Bus 003 Device 005: ID 04b8:0131 Seiko Epson Corp. GT-F720 [GT-S620/Perfection V30/V300 Photo]

$ apt list --installed |grep -e esci -e iscan -e libsane -e sane-utils

esci-interpreter-gt-f720/now 0.1.1-2 amd64 [installed,local]
iscan/now 2.30.2-2 amd64 [installed,local]
iscan-data/now 1.36.0-1 all [installed,local]
libsane-common/now 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1 all [installed,local]
libsane-extras/artful,now 1.0.22.5 amd64 [installed]
libsane-extras-common/artful,artful,now 1.0.22.5 all [installed,automatic]
libsane-hpaio/artful,now 3.17.7+repack0-3 amd64 [installed]
libsane1/now 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1 amd64 [installed,local]
sane-utils/now 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1 amd64 [installed,local]

$ scanimage -L

No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different,
check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the
sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation
which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages).