Epson 4490 scanner not found by Acrobat X in Lion 10.7.4

1. Uninstalled Epson software with software in "epson12887" uninstaller (from Epson).
2. After connecting scanner, ran Apple Software Update and added the Epson Printer Software Update 2.11 from Apple.
3. Epson 4490 Scanner is visible in System Preferences > Print & Scan window.
4. Apple's Image Capture sees the Epson 4490 scanner, and Image Capture works with the scanner.
5. Adobe Photoshop CS6 sees the scanner after adding Adobe's TWAIN plug-in, and Photoshop works with the scanner.
In Acrobat, go to:
FIle > Create > PDF from Scanner
Scanner > Please select a device
The Epson scanner isn't listed.

I found the answer, thanks to this link:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1054100
The solution is to go to Epson's site, and download the software that's specific to OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) for my scanner. In my case, I installed both the ICA driver and the EpsonScan software specific for OS X 10.6 for the Epson Perfection 4490 Photo scanner.
Unfortunately, Epson's Lion page:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supportLion.jsp
points you to Apple's Software Update page for Epson drivers for Lion. While this is generally good advice (these were needed and appropriate for Image Capture and Photoshop CS6), the older 10.6 drivers and software from Epson are also required for Adobe Acrobat Pro X to "find" the scanner.

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