Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.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: android Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Canon scanner and Mavericks Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:16:26 +0100 Organization: thecenter Lines: 73 Message-ID: References: <1lghdmf.tq1bv511uc2feN%pfj@doesn't.exist.com> <8b6dndPDNaVchG3PnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@giganews.com> <2014020408304940194-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2014020518020111748-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> X-Trace: individual.net q1n7eC5QIpGiByI5M0ztxQ942IbPCmyOJSEwZQoNdlXxP7M3om X-Orig-Path: here Cancel-Lock: sha1:vtvX+7GPA5SleTYYnh9AoARqRR0= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:20964 In article , Lewis wrote: > In message <2014020518020111748-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> > Savageduck wrote: > > On 2014-02-05 20:23:57 +0000, android said: > > >> On 2014-02-04 17:30, Savageduck wrote: > >>> 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 tol > >>>> d > >>>>> 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 . > >>> > >>> That should work rather than trying to use the now cripple TWAIN option. > >>> > >>> I am running this Mac under OSX 10.9.1. > >>> I just bought an Epson XP-610 "Small-In-One" printer to supplement my > >>> R2880 photo printer and to take on flatbed scanning tasks from my now > >>> unsupported Canon LiDE 70 scanner. > >>> > >>> I have no trouble at all scanning into TIFF, JPEG, PDF, etc. using the > >>> Epson scan app, "Preview" or "Image Capture" and then editing the > >>> resulting TIFF/JPEG in photoshop. All of the scans and printing is done > >>> via Wi-Fi to my home network. > >>> > >> If you're into commandline then you could install xsane via macports. A > >> list of supported devices can be found at > >> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html > > > No need for that, especially as it doesn't support my old Canon LiDE > > 70, or my new Epson XP-610. > > As I said above, I have no issues scanning with my XP-610 using "Epson > > scan", Preview, or Image Capture". I currently get the best results > > using "image Capture". > > Yep, I use Image Capture also. It even supports the sheet feeder on my > MFP, so when I got a 30 page contract in the mail and had to send it > back, I dropped it on the scanner, opened up Iamge Capture, and told it > to scan the pages to a single file. A couple of minutes later I had a 30 > page PDF. Good 4 U! The problem the OP had was with unsupported hardware IIRC... Sane can help you with that. The Sane drivers can give you access to the your Sane supported scanner either through iCapture or third party solutions like XSane. There is prefab packages to be found if you don't like to "take command"! Hey! I should write copy!!! -- teleportation kills