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Robin McInnes
Hi,
I have an Acer Scanwit 2720S film/slide scanner, which is connected to
my PC via a SCSI 2 card. I know this is an outdated method of connecting
stuff, but as far as I know it is the only way to connect the Scanwit.
Last winter I was using the scanner regularly to scan my old slides, and
it worked fine. I've not used it since the spring, and I'm now trying to
use it to do some more slides.
The trouble is that whenever I try to acquire images from the scanner,
(via the 'Acquire TWAIN image' button on Paint Shop Pro), the Mirafoto
scanner driver software insists that it cannot find my scanner. It just
throws up an error message saying 'Scanner is not found!' But it is
definitely powered up and securely connected. Unfortunately I can't
think how to check up on a SCSI connected device; it doesn't seem to
appear in my device manager.
I rather think that perhaps the long period between when I last used it
may be relevant, but it's never been disconnected or anything in that time.
The only change in my PC since I last used the scanner is that I now
have a broadband Internet connection, via a USB port, but I can't work
out how that could possibly affect the scanner situation.
Anyone think what might be going wrong please?
I'm running WinXP SP2.
Cheers,
Robin
Altrincham, Cheshire, UK
-Si non confectus, non reficiat-
I have an Acer Scanwit 2720S film/slide scanner, which is connected to
my PC via a SCSI 2 card. I know this is an outdated method of connecting
stuff, but as far as I know it is the only way to connect the Scanwit.
Last winter I was using the scanner regularly to scan my old slides, and
it worked fine. I've not used it since the spring, and I'm now trying to
use it to do some more slides.
The trouble is that whenever I try to acquire images from the scanner,
(via the 'Acquire TWAIN image' button on Paint Shop Pro), the Mirafoto
scanner driver software insists that it cannot find my scanner. It just
throws up an error message saying 'Scanner is not found!' But it is
definitely powered up and securely connected. Unfortunately I can't
think how to check up on a SCSI connected device; it doesn't seem to
appear in my device manager.
I rather think that perhaps the long period between when I last used it
may be relevant, but it's never been disconnected or anything in that time.
The only change in my PC since I last used the scanner is that I now
have a broadband Internet connection, via a USB port, but I can't work
out how that could possibly affect the scanner situation.
Anyone think what might be going wrong please?
I'm running WinXP SP2.
Cheers,
Robin
Altrincham, Cheshire, UK
-Si non confectus, non reficiat-