Thanx Stillblue for your attention, won't print means that the job is still 'pending' after two weeks. I'll try your suggestion of exporting as a jpeg, and see if that makes a difference. Scanning - no idea how to scan at all, any tips welcome.
Saney
Printing- go to Print then Job. Did your image somehow get placed on hold?
Scanning- Easiest way is to install simple scan. There's a reason that it is called that. You probably don't want to scan direct into inkscape until you get a little more experience with it because the results probably won't be what you expect.