@luca.mg: have you checked for firmware updates? My Brother DCP-L2550DW can update from the web interface in the system tools/administration tab and there have been a few updates in the last year.
On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 2:45 PM luca.mg <[email protected]> wrote: > @ PeterPall: regarding the Epson scanner, yes it could be the firmware > upload, the first root scan took time, I thought it was the scanner > warming up longer than usual and not catching up, but I allowed time and > it finally went through, so You may very well be right. I did not run > lsusb -v, just a plain lsub, but before the root scan the scanner was > detected as an epkowa driven unknown model, after the root scan it is > detected with the proper model name. > > @ Chris Rainey: regarding the Brother MFP, I can confirm that I ran the > installer script and not the available deb packages. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728012 > > Title: > Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change > > Status in sane-backends package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Many scanners can no more be used since sane has changed something: > The 3rd-party plug-in the vendor provides as .deb package will still > install. But the scanner is no more recognized. > > Scanners that are affected are(besides others): > - Epson Perfection V10 > - Epson Perfection V1000 > - Epson WorkForce GT-1500 > - Brother MFC-8510DN > - Epson Perfection V33 > > It is to note that the probability that the scanner manufacturers fix > things others broke is below 100%. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 > Package: libsane1 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2 > Uname: Linux 4.14.0-041400rc5-lowlatency x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Fri Oct 27 12:35:52 2017 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > SourcePackage: sane-backends > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1728012/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728012 Title: Many 3rd party scanner drivers are broken by a sane change To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1728012/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
