scanner recommendation

[Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com>]

Hi!

It may be time for a new scanner.

For years I have used a Visioneer OneTouch 7100 usb flatbed scanner on
various x86 computers running various versions of Debian and
simple-scan.

Currently:
Debian Unstable (updated, of course)
Linux 5.10.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.28-1 (2021-04-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Cinnamon 4.8.6-2
Dell Inspiron 3542 (laptop, circa 2015), 64-bit
Scanner software: simple-scan, from Debian Unstable repositories
Use case: light duty home use.

For years it worked "okay".  But it suddenly started producing scans
with a narrow pink stripe down the left side of the scan image
produced.

I tried installing xsane (too complicated for me), which I did not
configure at all.  And if I just clicked the scan button in xsane it
would "dim out" and then do nothing.  As a bonus, simple-scan then no
longer worked; upon clicking scan in simple-scan it would just do
nothing, with a rotating "activity busy" circle displaying
indefinitely.

So I uninstalled (purged) both xsane and simple-scan, re-installed
simple-scan, then rebooted.
Simple-scan now "works", but still produces the pink stripe down the
image left side, just as before.

: (

Note: the scanner is (about) 20 years, so no parts or service
available from Visioneer.

: (

So . . .
Can anyone recommend a good replacement scanner?

I am really hoping to get something that works "out of the box", with
little or no configuration, etc.