{
  "id": "epson/ep-706a",
  "vendor": "Epson",
  "model": "EP-706A",
  "category": "peripheral",
  "identifiers": {
    "usb": [
      "04b8:08b7"
    ]
  },
  "status": "controllable",
  "interfaces": [
    {
      "name": "Scanning",
      "transport": "usb",
      "status": "documented",
      "notes": "SANE epson2 backend, support complete (USB). network interface supported via DFSG non-free iscan-network-nt package<br>all-in-one"
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "SANE epson2 backend",
      "url": "http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-epson2.5.html",
      "kind": "driver",
      "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
      "freedom": {
        "nonfree": [
          "device-firmware"
        ],
        "cloud": "none"
      }
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "SANE",
      "method": "host-software",
      "guide": "http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-epson2.5.html",
      "installer": "http://www.sane-project.org/",
      "difficulty": "easy",
      "brick_risk": "none",
      "reversible": "yes",
      "notes": "Nothing is flashed: install SANE (sane-backends, packaged by Linux distributions) and a scanning app such as Simple Scan or XSane."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "sane"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-25"
}