Epson perfection 1650 on Debian etch (4.0)

The scanner epson perfection 1650 (via USB) on a Debian stable (4.0) is fully supported. All you need in order to use it is to run the following packages and the use Gimp for acquiring images.

aptitude install -P xsane libsane-extras sane-utils

Also remember to add required users to the scanner group

adduser <your_user> scanner