Scanner Problems

[Colin Law]

On 15 May 2017 at 17:40, Peter <petergoggin at bigpond.com> wrote:
> I have three lenovo laptops all running ubuntu 14.02. Each has a virtual
> machine running Windows XP.
>
> Last week I was able to scan using any laptop , either in Ubuntu or Windows
> Virtual Machine. I have an epsom perfection 3490 scanner and a Canon MP230
> multifunction printer (both usb devices). Both were functional.
>
> Today the linux systems cannot see the Epsom scanner , They see the canon
> but when using XSane I get the error message: Error during read : Error
> during device IO.
>
> In the windows virtual machine Epsom Scan program finds the epsom scanner,
> but not the cannon but scans fail with the error message Epsom scan cannot
> be started.

I am confused, what are the devices plugged into?  Are you moving them
around and plugging them into the individual machines or what?

Colin