Windows 7 Thank you Windows 7...

MikeHawthorne

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Hi

I posted here in the past about not being able to get my Epson Scanner to work in Windows 7 64 bit.

I tried everything I could think of the several days, no luck.

I did finally get it to work in a way using 3rd party software but not from Photoshop with all the options I was used to.

But occasionally I would try and get it to work again, still no luck.

Well today my wife wanted some stuff scanned.
I figured I could do it with VueScan software.

I got the scanner out of the closet and plugged it in.
I got the updating your drivers message, so I thought I'll give it a try.

My scanner is back to normal, it works from Photoshop just like it used to.

Thanks Windows 7, it took a year but it did get fixed.

I procrastinated and never got around to buying a new scanner, so I didn't end up spending a couple of hundred bucks that I didn't need to.

Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow!

Mike
 
It really is the Manufactures in your case Epsons responsibility to provide the proper drivers for you scanner, not Micro$ofts.
I am glad you got it working.
 
Hi guys

I was really mad a Epson, partly because I had the same thing with HP.
When I first upgraded to Windows XP I had a expensive large format HP scanner that was only a few years old.

HP didn't make any drivers for XP, I contacted them and they said more or less tough luck we are not going to make XP drivers for anything but our new scanners. I gave the scanner to a friend who was still using Windows 98 and she is still using it.

I switched to Epson scanners and printers and have been using Epson ever since.
Now that everything comes to me as digital content I seldom have to use my scanner anymore. That's why I didn't rush out and buy a new one last year.

Mike
 
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