Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd E Parsons Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Canon scanner and Mavericks Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 09:19:13 -0600 Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <1lghdmf.tq1bv511uc2feN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com> <8b6dndPDNaVchG3PnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net YOdx1L6aH2OybpdRl2nrAAxluwqKdjvwMVfYlkIof09ewNn89c Cancel-Lock: sha1:z0SeaodFO37D9PpA1XQwuPb737E= User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:20892 On 2014-02-03 22:35:45 +0000, Alan Browne said: > On 2014.02.03, 02:40 , Peter James wrote: >> I am running an iMac with a 3.33GHz Core 2 duo processor, 8 gig memory >> and a CanonLide 200 scanner. All software is up to date from Apple and >> Canon. >> >> I'm having terrible problems with the scanner not working or working >> intermittently. >> >> Very often in attempting to scan using preview or Image Capture I'm told >> that there is no scanner connected, even when the scanner is shown in >> System Preferences. >> I did manage to get the scanner working via Photoshop Elements for a >> while, but that has stopped now. Elements tells me there is no scanner >> present. > > Don't "call" VueScan via Elements (TWAIN), rather run VueScan directly, > make your scan (to file) and then open that in Elements. While you > should be able to use VueScan from Elements, this sometimes does not > work. > > > -- “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” > - Mike Tyson I've not seen that problem with Canon scanners. Brother and Kodak scanners just wouldn't work properly when called from an application, usually would scan but not pass the data to the application. -- Lloyd