Thank you @Franz47 I did try a number of options with my 2022 Dell XPS13 Laptop which has Windows 11 installed. The USB port seems to be picking up the hardware/physical scanner. But the software cannot connect to it. I assume the driver is not work...
I have a Canonscan LiDE 70 which worked fine on Windows 10 but there is no driver for Windows 11 so I can no longer use it there. This built in obsolesce is not right. Products should be more sustainable than this. Badly done Canon as it is your pr...