Use Windows Subsystem for Linux to connect to unsupported hardware

Example: Canoscan N1240U. And old USB scanner that has not had Windows support for over a decade. Being driven by a community, not by profit, Linux has drivers for it. And why not? It s not like newer scanners are that much better FWIW: https://www.canon-europe.com/support/consumer/products/scanners/canoscan/series/canoscan-n1240u.html?type=drivers language=EN os=Windows%2010%20(64-bit) (no driver…