I'm running Ventura 13.1 (you can upgrade from System Settings if you're running an earlier version). I have a new computer and am just getting around to installing my old Epson e200.
I don't like ScanSmart from Epson, so I thought I would just download the drivers from the Epson site and then I could use Apple's ImageCapture or Preview to scan. But that didn't work; I didn't get the Mac Studio to recognize the scanner, though it was plugged in and available during the installs.
I resorted to download the whole utilities and drivers combo installer. With the e200 connected by USB to my computer and powered on, I did the complete install. Unlike the barebones installers for the drivers, the Epson installer for the combo prompted me through the whole install, including connecting to the scanner and making a test scan.
I'm not sure that will help, and I'm not sure why my earlier plain vanilla attempts did not work, but you might try it.
ImageCapture, as someone in this discussion mentioned, is a very serviceable app that Apple provides as part of the standard system install (no need to download it, as they said). You can scan documents from ImageCapture, or you can even directly scan from Apple Preview (Preview--> File --> Import from [name of scanner]).