Is Scanner Canon Pixma MG2450 supported in Linux?

The Cannon Pixma MG2450 printer has an integrated scanner that should work with a tool like Simple Scan (or Xsane, Skanlite). I have the proper drivers (provided by Canon: scangearmp-common and scangearmp-mg2400series) and I was under the impression that with them the scanner worked in the past, but now Iţm not so sure... after trying and failing to make it work... As seen [here](http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-CANON) , the Cannon Pixma 2400 series look supported. I cannot access the scan in Linux: I have tried to access it in Ubuntu and other *ubuntu-based systems like Linux Mint 17.2 KDE and elementary OS Freya. The scanner cannot be faulty, because **it works in Windows** (I have multiple boot). How could I investigate this farther? **Can I be wrong that this scanner is supported and that it worked in the past?** The printer works. --- But is this scanner really supported ? --- --- etc/sane.d/dll.d contains only these two files: Also: sudo sane-find-scanner [sudo] password for cip: # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details. # Not checking for parallel port scanners. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program. Trying to start skanlite tool in terminal, I get: skanlite Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address. IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon etc/sane.d/ddl.conf contains some lines starting with cannon, one pixma, none is commented out. --- Edit after a first answer : The situation is a bit confusing so I try to follow the most simple part, the one about installing the scanner drivers first: > if you install first the scanner, when you turn on the machine, after > installing the driver, mint installs the printer. Again you have to go > to Menu-Administration-Printers and eliminate the printer mint > installed for you. Then you can install the canon printer driver, this > time without interruptions Using the debian packages instead of the deb files I get indeed a second entry in the printers list but there is no way I can make it disappear forever: any time I re-connect the printer, a second one is added. Removing it manually I have only the one installed by me but only until I reconnect the printer. Even so, the scanner doesn't work. Anyway, the printer is not added automatically unless the Canon drives are installed!