Epson Scanner mischief during upgrade

Following last week's upgrade from 23.04 to 23.10 I had configured a flatbed Epson scanner.

Now that I am running 23.10 I have 2x problems w/ ```/usr/bin/simple-scan```:

1. It doesn't recognize my scanner anymore (Therefore my configuration wasn't ported? Perhaps because of the Epson driver I had to install to get it running?)
2. There used to be a link when no scanner was configured. That link is missed. If I single right click on it and "open link" it doesn't do anything. If I chose to "copy" it also doesn't do anything.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: simple-scan 44.0+git20230905-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-9.9-generic 6.5.3
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Oct 15 14:29:53 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-14 (184 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221018)
MachineType: {report['dmi.sys.vendor']} {report['dmi.product.name']}
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.5.0-9-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgubuntu--mate-root ro ipv6.disable=1 pcie_aspm=off ipv6.disable=1 pcie_aspm=off
SimpleScanLog:

SourcePackage: simple-scan
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2023-10-13 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/13/2023
dmi.bios.release: 5.17
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 6063
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: TUF X470-PLUS GAMING
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr6063:bd03/13/2023:br5.17:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnTUFX470-PLUSGAMING:rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuSKU:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.sku: SKU
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.apport: [deleted]