your printer is outdated no drivers avalible online but this program has some drivers you can try before buy VueScan 9 Scanning Software for Windows 7, Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) and Linux
OK, thanks for your good advice. I have tried to use the software that came with the scanner (Smartpanel 1.0) under Windows 7, but it doesn't work.I got my HP scanner to work using XP drivers in 32 bit Windows 7, I installed and run it in compatibility mode. I suppose whether you can do that would depend on how the your drivers are written.
But msfanboy98 is correct in that VueScan will allow many older scanners to work in Windows 7. It does seem though, that some part of a basic driver is needed from the manufacturer for Vue Scan to work, but I can't remember exactly.
If you try to install, make an image backup or a restore point first so you can back out if it doesn't go well.
Nice,could you please tell me if it works?Will do, thank you.
Yes I will. It works! But there is just one thing about VueScan that I don't understand - as far as I can see, there is no way to set it to a resolution higher than 600dpi. But in the User Guide, under Advanced tools and techniques/Maximizing Image Quality it says: "For instance, scanning at 2700 dpi and..." so it would seem that a higher setting is possible but there's nothing on how to go about it. Perhaps you know?Nice,could you please tell me if it works?
Great, happy to know VueScan is good with support.Right. I just received reply from Ed Hamrick re this:
"The optical dpi of this scanner is 600 dpi - anything higher is just software interpolation. I could easily modify VueScan to allow scans at 1 million dpi, but this wouldn't give any more image detail
This guy obviously knows his sh*t. Kudos to him and his application.
Well, if you're half as happy as I am, then I'm twice as happy as you my newfound friendGreat, happy to know VueScan is good with support.