Bit of a breakthrough :)
Launching simple scan and xsane via the terminal with the USB3 workaround[1]
environmental variable works:
$ SANE_USB_WORKAROUND=1 xsane
Or
$ SANE_USB_WORKAROUND=1 simple-scan
The weird thing is I had previously set that variable by adding `export
SANE_USB_WORKAROUND=1` in my ~/.bashrc as outlined here.[2]
But that *did not work*.
It's only by chance I tried this.
So, apparently for the SCX-4600, the USB3 issue is the culprit.
[1] See 'Note 3' in the 'Latest News' banner
https://web.archive.org/web/20180630125520/http://www.sane-project.org/
[2]
https://askubuntu.com/questions/966834/ubuntu-17-10-and-samsung-scx-4624f-scanner-not-working/966835#966835
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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)
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