I solved the problem by uninstalling the offending utility:
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sudo apt-get remove suld-scantopc-gui[/url]
It was actually interfering with any apt-get installation.
I have no problems printing, and though I have not tried scanning since I removed this file, I doubt I will have any problems there. I am assuming (based on the message) that there is some kind of error in the configuration files for this utility, at least as far as Mint 15 and/or kernel 3.10.0 are concerned.