UPDATE/CHANGE to: which of THESE scanners/printers will surely work on Ubuntu 22.04?

[Brian]

On Tue 18 Oct 2022 at 11:29:54 -0500, Keith wrote:

> On 10/18/22 10:54 AM, M. Fioretti wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 10:20:18 AM -0500, Keith wrote:
> > 
> > > Using that PPA will be fruitless. There are no packages to install for Jammy
> > > because of build failures.
> > > 
> > > https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-release/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=jammy
> > 
> > S**t. So what? Would the default SANE drivers be enough? (I am also
> > going to ask back on the sane-devel list, but the more feedback I
> > get, the better)
> > 
> >       Marco
> 
> As I posted previously, the SANE Project released their sane-backend drivers
> archive in January of 2022. The release version is 1.1.1. The libsane1
> package - which contains THE VERY SAME sane-backend drivers - is in the
> Jammy universe repository and its version 1.1.1-5. It was released in March
> of 2022 in preparation for the April release of Jammy 22.04.1.
> 
> The libsane1 package in Jammy should work for you. I would try it first.
> But if you really think you need the most up to date sane-backend packaged
> for Ubuntu you should use this PPA instead.
> 
> https://launchpad.net/~sane-project/+archive/ubuntu/sane-git

Additionally, why such emphasis on libsane1's pixma backend? As
alluded to earlier, Ubunti 22.04 will use the very capable airscan
backen by default. Which one is the most sutable backend can only
be determined  by someone in possession of the scanner.

-- 
Brian.