Canon Pixma G3501 at *Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: help needed to get the scanner running.

[Brian]

On Sat 12 Sep 2020 at 15:55:56 +0200, Bas G. Roufs wrote:

> Hello fellow *Ubuntu users.
> 
> Ever since about 10 months, I have been using a Canon Pixma  G3501 all in
> one printer-scanner at Kubuntu 18.04 LTS amd64 - at a Lenovo X220, 8 GB RAM,
> 1 TB SSD. Printing goes quite well - however, scanning so far not. As far as
> I can see, I do have the right software, drivers, etc. However, there is
> apparently still some configuration problem. Also a lot of research has not
> helped me so far to get the scanner running.
> 
> I have used three different packages: Skanlite, Simple Scan and XSane. Each
> of the three packages apparently recognizes the device. However, so far, no
> result - also not via the terminal. When trying to analyse the terminal
> output, I get similar error reports in the realm of communication, data and
> input/output (I/O). Some details I share below.
> 
> Can some amongst you help me to get solutions or workarounds?

I think you have the device networked. Please would you confirm this.

A mystery: you say your device is a G3501 (one of the G3000 series) but
it is identified later as Canon PIXMA G4000 Series.

Give what you get for 'scanimage -L'.

-- 
Brian.