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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
I am testing VISTA Ultimate and find that I cannot get any of my older
scanners to scan - nor can I find VISTA drivers for them. I have 1) HP PSC950 AIO (It prints however) 2) MUSTEK 1200LP 3) UMAX POWERLOOK II Anyone out there have any luck getting any of the above to scan in VISTA? If so, how did U do it? Did you find driver(s) somewhere? Any help would be appreciated. -GECKO |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
Try VUESCAN it is a universal scannersoftware and it works with x some of
older ans modern scannners. Vuescan homesite http://www.hamrick.com/ http://www.softexia.com/news.php?readmore=3953 Succes GC "gecko" schreef in bericht ... I am testing VISTA Ultimate and find that I cannot get any of my older scanners to scan - nor can I find VISTA drivers for them. I have 1) HP PSC950 AIO (It prints however) 2) MUSTEK 1200LP 3) UMAX POWERLOOK II Anyone out there have any luck getting any of the above to scan in VISTA? If so, how did U do it? Did you find driver(s) somewhere? Any help would be appreciated. -GECKO |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
In article , Gecko wrote:
I am testing VISTA Ultimate and find that I cannot get any of my older scanners to scan - nor can I find VISTA drivers for them. I have my HP SJ5P scanner working fine with VISTA Ultimate but I had to do what I did with XP and W2K before it -- install the HP Deskscan 2.9 softwre that uses TWAIN with the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) disabled. That worked fine and WIA is on Automatic again now. You can get Deskscan 2.9 from the HP website if you do a search for it. Or you can use other TWAIN software. |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
But where did you get a PCI SCSI adapter?
The adapter than came with my SC5P is ISA and a machine new enough to run Vista has no slot for it. -- A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here! Change Alpha to Numeric to reply "huwyngr" wrote in message .. . In article , Gecko wrote: I am testing VISTA Ultimate and find that I cannot get any of my older scanners to scan - nor can I find VISTA drivers for them. I have my HP SJ5P scanner working fine with VISTA Ultimate but I had to do what I did with XP and W2K before it -- install the HP Deskscan 2.9 softwre that uses TWAIN with the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) disabled. That worked fine and WIA is on Automatic again now. You can get Deskscan 2.9 from the HP website if you do a search for it. Or you can use other TWAIN software. |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
In article , Not Me wrote:
But where did you get a PCI SCSI adapter? I needed a full scsi controller to deal with hard drives and CDROM drive at that time so I got the Adaptec 19160 which was the one at that time that had the external socket on it that matches the scsi cable for the scanner -- an adapter from one plug size to another would have cost nearly as much as the controller board! But they seem to be very expensive now unless you can hit on a cheap source. |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:15:05 -0400, huwyngr
wrote: In article , Not Me wrote: But where did you get a PCI SCSI adapter? I needed a full scsi controller to deal with hard drives and CDROM drive at that time so I got the Adaptec 19160 which was the one at that time that had the external socket on it that matches the scsi cable for the scanner -- an adapter from one plug size to another would have cost nearly as much as the controller board! But they seem to be very expensive now unless you can hit on a cheap source. I think I understand what you are saying. My UMAX Powerlook II is a SCSI scanner, and was working on the same machine that was XP and now is my test bed for VISTA, I think the problem may be with the PCI adapter card itself, which I now discover Device Manager says does not have drivers installed. I'll have to discover if a VISTA driver exists for this card. Thanks for your interest. This goes for all you guys. -GECKO |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:56:53 GMT, gecko wrote:
I think I understand what you are saying. My UMAX Powerlook II is a SCSI scanner, and was working on the same machine that was XP and now is my test bed for VISTA, I think the problem may be with the PCI adapter card itself, which I now discover Device Manager says does not have drivers installed. I'll have to discover if a VISTA driver exists for this card. Thanks for your interest. This goes for all you guys. -GECKO I downloaded and installed VUESCAN v8.4.63, and it executes fine, but cannot find a scanner (both the HP AIO and the Powerlook II were on at boot). I have searched for a driver for this SCSI card, but have not been able to find one. VISTA's method of searching for a driver did not come up with anything. DriverAgent.com does not either. I haven't tried DriverGude yet, but that site drives me crazy. I examined the card and only found the following identifiers: AV 2906 ASSY 1778406 BESC 1260294 1778407-00 REV A I am hoping this card will run under VISTA, but now I am having doubts. What do you guys think? Thanks -GECKO |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
"huwyngr" wrote in message .. . In article , Gecko wrote: I am testing VISTA Ultimate and find that I cannot get any of my older scanners to scan - nor can I find VISTA drivers for them. I have my HP SJ5P scanner working fine with VISTA Ultimate but I had to do what I did with XP and W2K before it -- install the HP Deskscan 2.9 softwre that uses TWAIN with the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) disabled. That worked fine and WIA is on Automatic again now. You can get Deskscan 2.9 from the HP website if you do a search for it. Or you can use other TWAIN software. Have an Epson Photo Scanner. Epson has a TWAIN driver update for Vista but it took going to hell and back to finally get the scanner to work right. At the moment, if I plug the scanner USB cable in a computer port other than the one I used for the installation it won't work. I did get some help instructions from Epson, haven't tried them as yet because I think, in my iterations of trial and error, I've already done what they recommended. Epson made it a point to say DO NOT TO USE the original install CD when using the TWAIN driver update. HA! After all else failed, that's what it took to make the scanner work MLD |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
How about diconnecting the scanner before installing the drivers and
software? A lot of printers need to be installed that way and perhaps scanners also. "gecko" wrote in message news On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:56:53 GMT, gecko wrote: I think I understand what you are saying. My UMAX Powerlook II is a SCSI scanner, and was working on the same machine that was XP and now is my test bed for VISTA, I think the problem may be with the PCI adapter card itself, which I now discover Device Manager says does not have drivers installed. I'll have to discover if a VISTA driver exists for this card. Thanks for your interest. This goes for all you guys. -GECKO I downloaded and installed VUESCAN v8.4.63, and it executes fine, but cannot find a scanner (both the HP AIO and the Powerlook II were on at boot). I have searched for a driver for this SCSI card, but have not been able to find one. VISTA's method of searching for a driver did not come up with anything. DriverAgent.com does not either. I haven't tried DriverGude yet, but that site drives me crazy. I examined the card and only found the following identifiers: AV 2906 ASSY 1778406 BESC 1260294 1778407-00 REV A I am hoping this card will run under VISTA, but now I am having doubts. What do you guys think? Thanks -GECKO |
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I can't get scanners to work in Vista
Well, I cannot find any info on my SCSI controller card (PCI), which
means I cannot upgrade to the driver needed for it. Since VISTA Device Manager says the controller card is not working properly, I am up the creek as far as ever getting my UMAX Powerlook II to work under VISTA, at least until I find a VISTA supporting driver. My HP950 AIO is another matter. It is connected to USB. It prints fine. It must be using the driver embodied in VISTA. Device manager shows it to be 'working properly' under 'Imaging Devices'. Yet it will not scan - at least in Windows Photo Gallery. This despite the fact that an ICON for the HP950 clearly shows in the selection panel in Photo Gallery. Additionally. VUESCAN cannot find it either. I have e-mailed HP, but have received no reply. I'm open to any and all suggestions from anyone. Thanks -GECKO |
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