I am closing the simple-scan task, because looking at the workaround/fix it is clear that this is not a problem with simple-scan but with libsane /sane-backends/the scanner driver and simple-scan cannot do anything (reasonable) about this.
You should file a bug against libsane and/or contact the sane-backend people on sane-devel via http://www.sane-project.org/mailing-lists.html ** Changed in: simple-scan (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/707289 Title: Scanner not recognized. Brother DCP-J315W To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/707289/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs