Canon Pixma G3501 & *Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: though I CAN print, I CANNOT scan.

[Brian]

On Fri 03 Apr 2020 at 07:57:31 -0400, Little Girl wrote:

> Hey there,
> 
> Bas Roufs wrote:
> 
> >Canon Pixma G3501 & *Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: though I CAN print, I CANNOT
> >scan.
> 
> This may or may not be the same for you with your Canon printer, but
> my Brother printer does wired or wireless printing, but can only do
> wired scanning from my Ubuntu MATE machine. This is definitely a
> GNU/Linux driver issue, because the same printer does wireless scans
> with no issues from Windows, from an Android tablet, and from my iPad.

SANE does not provide a backend for Brother MFDs. The Android tablet
and the iPad do not use SANE but AirScan, which Ubuntu 18.04 can also
use. Lack of wireless scanning is not a GNU/Linux driver issue.

Additionally, it is probably not the same issue as with the Canon MFD.

-- 
Brian.