Scanners and Windows 8

[ChrisVJ]

I have been trying to connect my Canon Lide Scanner to my new computer which runs windows 8.

According to the Canon site and the Windows sites ther are no drivers for any of the Lide scanners. There must be a gazillion of them out there, are they all to be summarily abandoned?

I just installed drafting software I have had for nearly twenty years. A quick call to the vendors confirmed the name and key and it was up and running in thirty seconds. Now that was service.

[onetrack]

What is the model number of the Canon scanner and does it use an SCSI cable or USB cable? These old scanners are a PIA to try and mate with newer Windows programs due to major incompatability problems.

[Bushfiva]

Try third-party software such as Hamrick Vuscan, which has its own drivers for most Lide printers. Plus, it makes better scans than the Canon software under most circumstances.

[ExSp33db1rd]

I'm using a 15 yr. old ACER scanner on Win. h'eight by switching to VueScan. Trouble was, when I found a driver it upgraded to the latest VueScan version, and stamped a watermark over everything, 'cos it was the free version.

I'd previously used an older free version on my last computer, which only put the watermark on the bottom of the page, which I could live with -I had to spend money to remove it, i.e. I paid for the Professional Version. Like it.

( Why do THEY have to keep changing everything ? I know, a common cry )

[Capetonian]

I had an old Canon Lide Scanner which worked on XP. When I bought a newer computer that had W7 I was able to find a driver that worked, on one of the download sites.

Then when I bought a newer Lide scanner, it wouldn't work on my even newer W8 machine, but again, I was able to find the drivers for that. Built in obsolescence at its worst.

[Ant]

I'm running a Lide 70 scanner happily on Win 7. So for Win 8 users try downloading drivers for Win 7 and run in compatibility mode.

right click the application file, scroll down and click properties, click compatibility tab, click top checkbox and experiment with the compatibility options.

[MidlandDeltic]

Try third-party software such as Hamrick Vuscan, which has its own drivers for most Lide printers. Plus, it makes better scans than the Canon software under most circumstances.

Bushfiva beat me to it. I use Vuescan for an old Epson Perfection, and the scanner performs better than it did on XP with the manufacturers drivers. It also works with a newer Epson scanner/printer which Epson support in the US on W8, but not in Europe - a stance which has ensured I will never buy another of their products.

[Booglebox]

I have an old Canon Lide scanner that will only work with XP. Absolutely no way to get it to work with W7 without rolling your own driver.

[MidlandDeltic]

According to VueScan Scanner Software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, they support the following Canon LiDE scanners :

Canon LiDE 100 Driver
Canon LiDE 110 Driver
Canon LiDE 120 Driver
Canon LiDE 20 Driver
Canon LiDE 200 Driver
Canon LiDE 210 Driver
Canon LiDE 220 Driver
Canon LiDE 25 Driver
Canon LiDE 30 Driver
Canon LiDE 35 Driver
Canon LiDE 40 Driver
Canon LiDE 50 Driver
Canon LiDE 500F Driver
Canon LiDE 60 Driver
Canon LiDE 600F Driver
Canon LiDE 70 Driver
Canon LiDE 700F Driver
Canon LiDE 80 Driver
Canon LiDE 90 Driver

MD

[riverrock83]

I know it is against our ingrained mindset, but a new Lide scanner is under £70 (first website I tried).

The Pro software costs 80USD.

Not cheaper to just buy a new scanner?

[Capetonian]

Interestingly, I just hooked my Lide 210 up to a friend's old XP machine and it worked, to my surprise.

[MidlandDeltic]

I know it is against our ingrained mindset, but a new Lide scanner is under £70 (first website I tried).

The Pro software costs 80USD.

Not cheaper to just buy a new scanner?

Er, no? GB£70=US$105. (BTW, that link gives the price as just OVER £70....) And I have used the standard version for a year without issues, although I have now upgraded to Pro.

MD

[Mac the Knife]

Another vote for Vuescan. Haven't found a scanner that it wouldn't drive and unfussy interface is better than most native software, as are the scans.

The Pro version is unlimited in terms of updates and you can install it on as many of YOUR machines as you like.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of Free Software and I love the GPL, but I don't mind paying for good specialised software with good support and if I do use freeware, find it good and use it often then I always contribute to the developer.

Fair's fair.

Mac



If you start binning every bit of working hardware just because Windows 10 doesn't have a driver for it, there's going to be any awfully big pile of "obsolete" stuff (most of which WILL have working modern Linux drivers, though as usual of varying quality).

My son just bought a real screamer ASUS gaming mobo and the supplied disk includes official Linux drivers for all the complicated mobo hardware.

Try a hint of Mint.