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Scanner Driver

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sharkman

Flightless Bird
So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP 6300c
scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I remember)
the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in the USB and
the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?

thanks
sharkman

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A

Agent_C

Flightless Bird
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:54:48 -0400, "sharkman" <shark@verizon.net>
wrote:

>So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP 6300c
>scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I remember)
>the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in the USB and
>the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?

It's possible that W7 has native drivers that will work with your
scanner. Plug it in and see.

The scanning interface that comes with W7 is actually not all that
bad.

A_C
 
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sharkman

Flightless Bird
"Agent_C" <agent-c-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:arp3r5hfr82vuna7a15n1d9fib3t15bvih@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:54:48 -0400, "sharkman" <shark@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
>>6300c
>>scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
>>remember)
>>the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in the USB and
>>the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?
>
> It's possible that W7 has native drivers that will work with your
> scanner. Plug it in and see.
>
> The scanning interface that comes with W7 is actually not all that
> bad.
>
> A_C

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Tried that.. Didn't work.. thanks for the suggestion.

sharkman
 
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Dave-UK

Flightless Bird
"sharkman" <shark@verizon.net> wrote in message news:hostj3$f8c$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>
> "Agent_C" <agent-c-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:arp3r5hfr82vuna7a15n1d9fib3t15bvih@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:54:48 -0400, "sharkman" <shark@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
>>>6300c
>>>scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
>>>remember)
>>>the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in the USB and
>>>the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?
>>
>> It's possible that W7 has native drivers that will work with your
>> scanner. Plug it in and see.
>>
>> The scanning interface that comes with W7 is actually not all that
>> bad.
>>
>> A_C
>
> --
> Tried that.. Didn't work.. thanks for the suggestion.
>
> sharkman
>

Are there any Vista drivers you could try ?
 
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Trev

Flightless Bird
"Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
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>
> "sharkman" <shark@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:hostj3$f8c$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>>
>> "Agent_C" <agent-c-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:arp3r5hfr82vuna7a15n1d9fib3t15bvih@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:54:48 -0400, "sharkman" <shark@verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
>>>>6300c
>>>>scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
>>>>remember)
>>>>the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in the USB
>>>>and
>>>>the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?
>>>
>>> It's possible that W7 has native drivers that will work with your
>>> scanner. Plug it in and see.
>>>
>>> The scanning interface that comes with W7 is actually not all that
>>> bad.
>>>
>>> A_C
>>
>> --
>> Tried that.. Didn't work.. thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> sharkman
>
> Are there any Vista drivers you could try ?
>

Get the latest drivers from Hp that you can. Vista If possible then Right
click on the setup exe and pick Properties. Then select the Compatibility
Tab and install as Vista or XP. Disable HP update checker as in my Case It
updated and I lost my special feature and Had to re install the drivers for
My HP 4890 to get the slide scan back
 
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Al Smith

Flightless Bird
sharkman wrote:
> So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
> 6300c scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
> remember) the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in
> the USB and the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?
>
> thanks
> sharkman
>


This is a common problem. My Epson scanner won't work under
Windows 7 because Epson can't be bothered writing an updated
driver for it. They'd rather force people to buy new scanners.
Well, I haven't bought a new scanner, and when I do, it won't ever
be an Epson. You may want to think about installing Windows Vista
or XP as a second operating system, just so that you can keep
using your scanner. It's a pain but better than throwing out a
perfectly good scanner.

-Al-
 
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jbresn

Flightless Bird
Al Smith wrote:
> sharkman wrote:
>> So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
>> 6300c scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
>> remember) the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in
>> the USB and the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?
>>
>> thanks
>> sharkman
>>
>
>
> This is a common problem. My Epson scanner won't work under Windows 7
> because Epson can't be bothered writing an updated driver for it.
> They'd rather force people to buy new scanners. Well, I haven't bought
> a new scanner, and when I do, it won't ever be an Epson. You may want
> to think about installing Windows Vista or XP as a second operating
> system, just so that you can keep using your scanner. It's a pain but
> better than throwing out a perfectly good scanner.
>
> -Al-

If they don't want a full second operating system installed, they could
see if their machine will run the Windows 7 XP Mode, it will install and
handle their old scanner stuff with no problem.

JB
 
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Trev

Flightless Bird
"jbresn" <jbresn@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:FIqdnTQSAOZG7i_WnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Al Smith wrote:
>> sharkman wrote:
>>> So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
>>> 6300c scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
>>> remember) the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in
>>> the USB and the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> sharkman
>>>
>>
>>
>> This is a common problem. My Epson scanner won't work under Windows 7
>> because Epson can't be bothered writing an updated driver for it. They'd
>> rather force people to buy new scanners. Well, I haven't bought a new
>> scanner, and when I do, it won't ever be an Epson. You may want to think
>> about installing Windows Vista or XP as a second operating system, just
>> so that you can keep using your scanner. It's a pain but better than
>> throwing out a perfectly good scanner.
>>
>> -Al-
>
> If they don't want a full second operating system installed, they could
> see if their machine will run the Windows 7 XP Mode, it will install and
> handle their old scanner stuff with no problem.
>
> JB

Just install in Compatibility mode works in Home and all Versions. See my
post in this Topic
 
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bb

Flightless Bird
On 3/30/2010 7:54 AM, sharkman wrote:
> So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
> 6300c scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
> remember) the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in
> the USB and the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?

Try www.hamrick.com vuescan
It's a combined driver/application that works with lots and lots of
scanners.

Worked great with my 64-bit Win7 and old Epson Perfection.

Test it free for 30-days, only pay for it ($40 I think) if it works.

-bb
 
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sharkman

Flightless Bird
"bb" <bb@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:hou8t7$lnq$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 3/30/2010 7:54 AM, sharkman wrote:
>> So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
>> 6300c scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
>> remember) the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in
>> the USB and the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?
>
> Try www.hamrick.com vuescan
> It's a combined driver/application that works with lots and lots of
> scanners.
>
> Worked great with my 64-bit Win7 and old Epson Perfection.
>
> Test it free for 30-days, only pay for it ($40 I think) if it works.
>
> -bb
>

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Yeah, I know about vuescan. I didn't want to pay for the driver.
thanks
sharkman
 
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sharkman

Flightless Bird
"Trev" <trev_uk@hotmail.com invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
> news:9uqdnS5_Yp3dZyzWnZ2dnUVZ8jKdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>
>> "sharkman" <shark@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:hostj3$f8c$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Agent_C" <agent-c-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
>>> news:arp3r5hfr82vuna7a15n1d9fib3t15bvih@4ax.com...
>>>> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:54:48 -0400, "sharkman" <shark@verizon.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>So it looks like HP will not be providing a Win 7 driver for my old HP
>>>>>6300c
>>>>>scanner. With Windows XP Pro, the scanner operated with the (as I
>>>>>remember)
>>>>>the scanner and camera wizard. I think that I just plugged in the USB
>>>>>and
>>>>>the wizard came up. Is there anything comparable in Win 7?
>>>>
>>>> It's possible that W7 has native drivers that will work with your
>>>> scanner. Plug it in and see.
>>>>
>>>> The scanning interface that comes with W7 is actually not all that
>>>> bad.
>>>>
>>>> A_C
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tried that.. Didn't work.. thanks for the suggestion.
>>>
>>> sharkman
>>
>> Are there any Vista drivers you could try ?
>>
>
> Get the latest drivers from Hp that you can. Vista If possible then Right
> click on the setup exe and pick Properties. Then select the Compatibility
> Tab and install as Vista or XP. Disable HP update checker as in my Case
> It updated and I lost my special feature and Had to re install the drivers
> for My HP 4890 to get the slide scan back

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thanks. tried all the compatibility modes and none worked..
 
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