Lion update kills scanner drivers for Epson Perfection 1250

Lion Mac OS 10.7  was supposed to have a driver to use my scanner.. but I get no interface and no way to connect and use my scanner..
Anyone else have any luck?
I connected my scanner via USB, and then ran Software Update and it installed something..
When I open my System Preferences/Printer and Scanner  I do see a driver..  when I try to connect I just get something loading and I get a blank screen.

What do you mean that you have no interface? Can you open System Preferences > Print & Scan, then select your scanner, and then open the scanner from there? Is there where you are getting a blank screen?
If you do, I would remove the scanner from Print & Scan, use the uninstaller from Epson, which you can get from here: http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid= 14550&prodoid=6464129&infoType=Downloads&platform=Macintosh
Then, install the scanner again. Updates can be complicated, and perhaps you were using previously some PPC code through Rosetta (which Lion doesn't support.) Re-installing should install Intel64 code, which seems to exist for your scanner according to the page above.

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