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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Canon scanner and Mavericks
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Date: 5 Feb 2014 14:58:29 GMT
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On 2014-02-05, Peter James <peter@pfjames.co.uk> wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> You seem to have hit the bulls eye with that comment.
>
> Using "Spotllight" I went through the HD and ID'd every bit of Canon
> software on it.  These I deleted, and then went into sys prefs>printers
> and scanners and deleted the entry for CanonLide 200.
> I then rebooted and OS X immediately found the scanner loaded its own
> drivers and low and behold it all works. 

Try scanning again to see if it continue to work. If not, try logging
out and back in to see if it works only once after a logout / restart.
I've read reports of this online:

<https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2570203?start=0&tstart=0>

> So the moral of the story is to shun Canon drivers like they carry the
> black death!

They definitely appear to be buggy.

> I'm not crowing too soon, because I've been in this postion before.  And
> if it reverts to its previous behaviour, then I'll convert the scanner
> into a boat anchor and buy an Epson 370.

Just a word of warning: I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure I recall
seeing similar reports with Epson drivers.

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