[sane-devel] Simple Scan on Ubuntu 20.04 with Canon Pixma TR4540

[Ralph Little]

Hi,
It looks like you have not done the upgrade to get Rolf's version of the 
packages.
You have added the repo and updated to get sync'ed up with it.

You should try:

sudo apt upgrade

Cheers,
Ralph

On 2020-05-15 5:42 a.m., Lucy Dixon Hendry wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
> I have just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my Dell Inspiron 5559. I have a 
> new Canon printer, a Pixma TR4540, which is connected by USB and is on 
> my home wifi network.
>
> I've installed the latest drivers for scanning & printing, and the 
> printing works brilliantly, both via USB & the network.
>
> But I cannot get the scanning to work, even though Simple Scan seems 
> to find the scanner (see below).
>
> I've been using Ubunto and Canon printers for over 10 years and have 
> never encountered this issue before. And I can just about follow step 
> by step instruction for installing stuff via the terminal, but that's 
> the extent of my knowledge... ie backend & frontend stuff is over my head.
>
> Please could someone advise me as to how to proceed?
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>
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