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From: Fred on 6 Jan 2010 16:44 My Canon scanner won't work on windows 7, and Canon are not releasing the necessary driver. There is a driver available for purchase that will work with any or at least most scanners, but does anyone know of a freeware one?
From: David H. Lipman on 6 Jan 2010 17:29 From: "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> | My Canon scanner won't work on windows 7, and Canon are not releasing the | necessary driver. There is a driver available for purchase that will work | with any or at least most scanners, but does anyone know of a freeware one? Optical scanner software drivers and TWAIN middleware is highly hardware dependent. The chances of a 3rd party freeware utility is slim to none. If there is a Win7 driver that you can pay for, go for it as it may likely be your ONLY choice. However, I am suspicious of any 3rd party puporting to having Canon scanner software drivers and TWAIN middleware. What is the model ? -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Fred on 6 Jan 2010 17:53 "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:hi32tc05k7(a)news3.newsguy.com... > From: "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> > > | My Canon scanner won't work on windows 7, and Canon are not releasing > the > | necessary driver. There is a driver available for purchase that will > work > | with any or at least most scanners, but does anyone know of a freeware > one? > > > Optical scanner software drivers and TWAIN middleware is highly hardware > dependent. > > The chances of a 3rd party freeware utility is slim to none. If there is > a Win7 driver > that you can pay for, go for it as it may likely be your ONLY choice. > > However, I am suspicious of any 3rd party puporting to having Canon > scanner software > drivers and TWAIN middleware. > > What is the model ? Lide 30. Definitely not interested in paying for 3rd party software. I do have an old laptop (XP) that I can keep for scanning. It's far from an everyday use for me.
From: David H. Lipman on 6 Jan 2010 18:55 From: "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> | Lide 30. Definitely not interested in paying for 3rd party software. I do | have an old laptop (XP) that I can keep for scanning. It's far from an | everyday use for me. I have the SAME model ! :-) Have you tried the Vista version of the software ? -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Craig on 6 Jan 2010 19:20
On 01/06/2010 03:55 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: > From: "Fred"<reg(a)parachute.net.nz> > > > | Lide 30. Definitely not interested in paying for 3rd party software. I do > | have an old laptop (XP) that I can keep for scanning. It's far from an > | everyday use for me. > > I have the SAME model ! :-) > > Have you tried the Vista version of the software ? That's what I was gonna ask. Every time the aging peripherals gave me a bother about drivers under win7 (3 times & counting), I've been able to use Vista's w/o a quibble. hth, -- -Craig |