scanner button does not work with epson perfection 610
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From: Mаrtin on 11 Aug 2010 18:31 > Sometimes this is the result of using windows built in scanner software > instead of the appropriate Epson software and drivers. Sometimes and maybe. But not in this case.
From: Elmo on 11 Aug 2010 21:30 Mаrtin wrote: > I have an Epson Perfection 610 scanner which works fine. But if I > press the scan button, nothing happens. If I go to the Control Panel > and open the scanner's properties, there is a tab for events. > The only possible event is "Start button" and the action is "no > action" and all other radio buttons for selecting an action are greyed > out. > So I cannot choose to be prompted for a program. > Why is this? > > Martin "Windows 3.1/95 and NT are not supported." http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=FAQ&oid=14559&prodoid=8160&foid=38189 Possibly, the "VueScan software from Hamrick" would work with your setup. There's a trial version that should let you see whether it's a viable solution. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=FAQ&oid=14559&prodoid=8160&foid=133821 The "One Touch" isn't working. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=FAQ&oid=14559&prodoid=8160&foid=38193 -- Joe =o)
From: Paul on 12 Aug 2010 01:09 Mаrtin wrote: >> Sometimes this is the result of using windows built in scanner software >> instead of the appropriate Epson software and drivers. > > Sometimes and maybe. > But not in this case. Just grasping at straws, I was looking at es06.inf from the Epson driver installer package. And it has the following string in it 7D245E24-56C0-11d1-BED9-00AA002F3325 Doing a search on that string, takes me here. http://www.communitypc.co.uk/Scanning.htm "Exploit the start button You have uncovered part of the mechanism by which Windows responds to a USB still-image device's start button. A program called Stimon.exe (Still image monitor} sits in memory watching for the device driver to signal that the button has been pressed Stimon then looks in the registry; in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\StillImage\Registered Applications to find out which programs are registered as image acquisition handlers. If there's more than one, the list is presented in a dialog box for you choose, or it is launched directly. All the program command lines have a feature in common - they are suffixed with a pair of switches. Path\to\someprogram.exe /StiDevice:%1 /StiEvent:%2 These are a generic link to client applications. To add new applications to the list, try following the same style. The switches definitely won't work if you add them to a command line in the Start/Run dialog, because %1 and %2 are placeholders for data, which is filled by Stimon. For instance on my system, when I press the button and choose an application, the switches become /StiDevice:Image\0000 /StiEvent:{7d245e24-56c0-11d1-bed9-00aa002f3325} " I have no idea what it means, but perhaps there is some mechanism there, for hooking up your own program to the button. I figured if I looked for that GUID number, I'd find an article about it. ( ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_unique_identifier ) On the virtual machine I tested the Epson driver installation on, the only thing in the "Registered Applications" registry entry, was a registry key for AMCAP.exe, which came from a previous webcam installation. I don't see any new entry put there by Epson. This is the only Registered Application I've got - AMCAP REG_SZ C:\windows\AMCAP.EXE /StiDevice:%1 /StiEvent:%2 AMCAP is a simple program for dealing with things like webcams, for test purposes. Various versions of AMCAP are modified by companies, and included on their software CD, so you have something to test with. Paul
From: Mаrtin on 12 Aug 2010 03:44 > "Windows 3.1/95 and NT are not supported."http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCook... I have XP Prof. and the question ist not: why is the start button not working. The question is: why are all options in the scanner settings greyed out so that it is not possible to select "prompt for an application".
From: Mаrtin on 12 Aug 2010 03:51
> > AMCAP REG_SZ C:\windows\AMCAP.EXE /StiDevice:%1 /StiEvent:%2 > Hi Paul, thanks for that info. AMCAP is in my registry also. But it does not show up in the events tab of the scanner properties. Also, all actions in the events tab are greyed out. |