Epson all-in-one printers are ubiquitous in all electronics stores and offer excellent printing and scanning solutions at affordable prices, as long as you use Windows!
I believe that Ubuntu 7 was the last version that supported Avasys's Iscan scanning solution for linux systems. After that, the kernel change lost a feature that Iscan depends on; it's in Iscan's download page warnings, with a workaround that seems inherently dangerous to attempt!
We Epson users need a SANE solution to this dilemma [pun intended] to fully exploit their potential. I use a CX8400 and my dad is using his CX4600 as a paperweight till there's an answer. I do not, will not support Windows just to use a peripheral!