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WIA-compliant scanner driver for Canon MX700 on Windows 7
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JRosen
Dec 12, 2012, 2:03:32 PM12/12/12
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This question is more about software than about hardware but here goes: The Computer Manager window of my Windows 7 laptop contains a device labeled "Canon MX700 Ser" (I have a Canon MX700 multifunction) and Canon's documentation identifies ScanGear, the one-and-only scanner driver invoked from MP Navigator Ex (the Canon-supplied scanner software), as TWAIN-compliant. However, I can also operate the MX700's scanner from "Windows FAX and Scan," so there must be a WIA-compliant scanner driver somewhere in the laptop. This begs two questions:
1) Is there just one scanner driver ("Canon MX700 Ser") in the laptop which is both WIA- and TWAIN-compliant?
2) Or has Canon supplied two scanner drivers, one TWAIN-compliant and the other WIA-compliant?
Thanks in advance for any help in answering these questions.
JRosen
1) Is there just one scanner driver ("Canon MX700 Ser") in the laptop which is both WIA- and TWAIN-compliant?
2) Or has Canon supplied two scanner drivers, one TWAIN-compliant and the other WIA-compliant?
Thanks in advance for any help in answering these questions.
JRosen
Ian Jackson
Dec 12, 2012, 4:18:17 PM12/12/12
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In message <e8504c61-99d0-4ff6...@googlegroups.com>,
JRosen <jeff.c...@gmail.com> writes
I'm using XP Home, and I'm not sure if this is related, but about a year
ago, I suddenly found that I could no longer could scanning with my
Epson 1260. All my imaging programs said "TWAIN driver not found".
I searched and found what appeared to be the appropriate TWAIN driver
(there are at least two), but no matter what I did, it simply didn't
work. [I think it was the same as the one which was on the software that
came with the scanner.] Apparently I'm not the only one suddenly to lose
scanner function, and it is said that this is probably caused by one of
the Windows updates.
By chance, I found that MS Paint and Photoshop 7 (but not 4) offered a
WIA scan. At first sight, it's much more basic than with the Epson
driver - but at least it does the job - so in practice, all is well. So
it might be worth trying MS Paint (which Windows 7 should have - and if
not, I think you can download it free). [Note that my scanner continues
to work as originally (with TWAIN) on a laptop with XP Professional and
on another with Windows 7 Professional.]
--
Ian
JRosen <jeff.c...@gmail.com> writes
ago, I suddenly found that I could no longer could scanning with my
Epson 1260. All my imaging programs said "TWAIN driver not found".
I searched and found what appeared to be the appropriate TWAIN driver
(there are at least two), but no matter what I did, it simply didn't
work. [I think it was the same as the one which was on the software that
came with the scanner.] Apparently I'm not the only one suddenly to lose
scanner function, and it is said that this is probably caused by one of
the Windows updates.
By chance, I found that MS Paint and Photoshop 7 (but not 4) offered a
WIA scan. At first sight, it's much more basic than with the Epson
driver - but at least it does the job - so in practice, all is well. So
it might be worth trying MS Paint (which Windows 7 should have - and if
not, I think you can download it free). [Note that my scanner continues
to work as originally (with TWAIN) on a laptop with XP Professional and
on another with Windows 7 Professional.]
--
Ian
JRosen
Dec 12, 2012, 5:20:17 PM12/12/12
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