Driver need for Scanner.

LadyDee

Hi, can anybody point me in the direction of a Windows 7 driver for an old Canon scanner - a Lide 30.

Thanks if you can help.

Fightsback

Try the w7 driver (assuming 64 bit) for the lide 25:

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/scanners/canoscan_series/canoscan_lide25?selectedName=DriversAndSoftware

if that doesn't work then try this:

http://www.geckoandfly.com/7569/canon-lide-scanner-and-printer-driver-for-microsoft-windows-7-64-bit/

AndyPix

Orrrr .

Use the drivers for the Lide30 ... from here ..

http://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/products/scanners/lide_series/canoscan_lide_30.aspx?type=download&language=&os=WINDOWS 7 (64-bit)

Fightsback

AndyPix wrote: »

Orrrr .

Use the drivers for the Lide30 ... from here ..

http://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/products/scanners/lide_series/canoscan_lide_30.aspx?type=download&language=&os=WINDOWS 7 (64-bit)

This only Windows 2000 (32-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows XP (32-bit)

Canon do not supply a w7 + driver for that scanner

LadyDee

Fightsback wrote: »

Try the w7 driver (assuming 64 bit) for the lide 25:

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/scanners/canoscan_series/canoscan_lide25?selectedName=DriversAndSoftware

if that doesn't work then try this:

http://www.geckoandfly.com/7569/canon-lide-scanner-and-printer-driver-for-microsoft-windows-7-64-bit/

Thank you - the scanner has been offered to me as a freebie so thought I'd search for a driver before collecting it, so it does look quite promising that it could work. Will let you know how I get on.

arrallas

You can get it to work using Vuescan software from hamrick.com (you can - and should - try it for free before you buy). It will cost you £20-odd to buy the full version though, which makes your freebie look less attractive.

LadyDee

arrallas wrote: »

You can get it to work using Vuescan software from hamrick.com (you can - and should - try it for free before you buy). It will cost you £20-odd to buy the full version though, which makes your freebie look less attractive.

Thank you - I did come across that in my search but, as you say, makes my freebie look less sttractive. If I can't get it to work using one of the above suggestions I'll probably put the £20 towards a nice new up-to-date shiny scanner:)

*j*

I had the same problem a couple of years ago and found I could use the vista drivers. They worked perfectly.

LadyDee

Thank you *j* - another option, so one of them's bound to work.

elektra

Fightsback wrote: »

Try the w7 driver (assuming 64 bit) for the lide 25:

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/scanners/canoscan_series/canoscan_lide25?selectedName=DriversAndSoftware

if that doesn't work then try this:

http://www.geckoandfly.com/7569/canon-lide-scanner-and-printer-driver-for-microsoft-windows-7-64-bit/

thanks, from first link I found a driver for my Lide 500F

LadyDee

No luck with the two scanners I've been offered on Freecycle, so I've decided to bite the bullet and actually buy one. Considering either the Canoscan 120 or the 220.

Thanks for advice though, and I'm pleased to see that it helped someone else.