Anyone successfully scanning with Snow Leopard on Intel?

Post #337,116 by Another Scott 12/11/10 8:43:57 AM 12/11/10 9:04:01 AM Reply	Anyone successfully scanning with Snow Leopard on Intel? I've got a Canon LIDE80 that I'm trying to use with Snow Leopard Server on my MacMini Server. I've installed the driver from Canon's US website and the CanoScan Toolbox 4.1 software. It eventually found the scanner, but on trying to do anything it would immediately quit. I installed the Toolbox 5.0 software. No scanner ever shows up as being connected. No scanner has ever been visible in ImageCapture. No scanner is ever found with Preview. I've tried the VueScan demo. It knows the scanner is attached, but it can't find an Intel driver. Some people have reported success on G5 machines, but problems on Intel - http://discussions.a...messageID=7413903 Any tips you OS X gurus can offer? Thanks. [edit:] The LIDE80 drivers rely on Classic. That's why they won't work on SL Intel. No joy so far on the G5. I'm trying the LIDE200 drivers (the 80 didn't work on the G5 running 10.5 either.) Cheers, Scott. (Who may have to hold onto the G5 machine longer than expected...) Edited by Another Scott Dec. 11, 2010, 09:04:01 AM EST Expand All History
Post #337,120 by boxley 12/11/10 9:28:36 AM Reply	why I keep my 10yo imac around, vuescan works on that Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #337,122 by SpiceWare 12/11/10 10:58:02 AM Reply	I use ImageCapture never had to install anything for my old Epson 2480 to work. I found this page at Apple that might help, it lists supported scanners Mac OS X v10.6: Printer and scanner software http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669
Post #337,124 by folkert 12/11/10 11:27:41 AM Reply	+1 to this. Our All in one (epson something) just works with Image Capture. Every once in a while we have to shut off the scanner and reboot the iMac. Usually after a system update. Other than that... it just works.
Post #337,126 by Another Scott 12/11/10 12:14:27 PM Reply	Thanks. I saw that. I guess the LIDE80 is too old. I've got to check a few other things, though. It doesn't power cycle when the Macs are rebooted, unlike when it was hooked up to my Winders machine. It does show up in System Profiler, so it seems to know it's there. <GooglieGoo> Maybe the trick is to install the French driver - http://forums.macrum...read.php?t=503869 There are some other tips on the 2nd page. :-/ I'll try again tonight. Cheers, Scott.
Post #337,125 by SpiceWare 12/11/10 11:53:01 AM Reply	This guy has step-by-step instructions to make it work http://macdiddy.com/archives/148 Looks like the 2 key issues are 1) It's not Intel code, so it needs Rosetta for PowerPC emulation. With Snow Leopard, Rosetta is now an optional install. 2) the installer skips a required file.
Post #337,127 by Another Scott 12/11/10 12:19:52 PM Reply	Excellent. Thanks very much.
Post #337,233 by Another Scott 12/13/10 9:54:20 PM Reply	VueScan has lots of tips too. http://www.hamrick.c...uescan.htm#macosx I still haven't had a chance to get the desk cleaned up enough to install the DVD drive... I'll report back on my success. Thanks again. Cheers, Scott.
Post #337,949 by Another Scott 1/2/11 12:15:03 AM Reply	Time flies. Progress, but still not there. I've got an external USB LiteOn DVD-RW drive hooked up to the Mini through an IOGear 7 port powered USB hub. It works fine. I installed XCode, X11 and some other goodies for some future experiments from the Admin Tools Install CD. But, there's no obvious way to install Rosetta. There are lots of pointers out there that indicate either: 1) You can install it from the Snow Leopard Install DVD, or 2) The OS will throw up a popup window and offer to download it if you have an application that needs it. Neither were happening for me - Rosetta isn't on the OS Install DVD in an obvious way. Turns out, Snow Leopard Server is different. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3877 Gotta use the Terminal. (Here's hoping that set of instructions still works...) More later, it I get it to work... Cheers, Scott.
Post #337,950 by Another Scott 1/2/11 12:57:51 AM Reply	Works with CanoScan Toolbox X 4.1.3.0 Yippee. But, so far, ImageCapture and VueScan don't see the driver so they don't work with the Lide80. It's not worth fighting with any more right now. It looks like the Lide 110 is fully supported - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3669#canon - and is only $50 from Amazon - so maybe I'll grab one of those or something similar if I get too annoyed with the Toolbox. Thanks for the help! Cheers, Scott.
Post #337,974 by SpiceWare 1/2/11 12:44:09 PM Reply	Haven't worked with Server before interesting that Rosetta is done differently. Glad you can at least can get scans now.

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