Why won't my Epson 1260 Scanner launch on my Mac OS X 5.8

I can't get my Epson scanner to launch on my iMac.  Any suggestions?

Try using Image Capture.
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Over a period of 8 years and 6 different OS X's, I have used Image Capture instead of EpsonScan and it has never let me down.

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