![]() So if you have an old CanoScan LiDE 80 don’t throw it away, it works straight out of the box on |Ubuntu-MATE 16.04. ![]() We do now have a working Scanner at home! Straight out of the box, it Scans as it always has scanned! I go to Applications/Graphics/Simple Scan, the software open and I click on the button “Scan”…īzzzz, squzz…tzzz, zzzzzzzzzzz… It’s Working!! So with no hopes, I plug it into the computer via USB, no light, no noise, nothing happens. Then, a thought crossed my mind to try it to be sure not to have any regrets (I am on Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.3 LTS). ![]() I told her yes as it does not work with modern operating systems. Recently my wife cleans up the cabinet and asks me if we can throw the scanner (it’s her way to tell me that we need a scanner). This scanner was working when I was on Windows XP / Vista 32 bit, but when I switched to Apple in 2010-11 (64 bit) it didn’t work anymore, and Canon never put out a driver for 64 bit OS. I have an old scanner, the CanoScan LiDE 80, that stayed for years (maybe a decade) in my cabinet (a cabinet with old computer stuff).
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