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Hi my friend has a Umax scanner but it wont run on xp so can you tell me how
to download a fix or somthing for him. Cheers gordon
 
Gordon said:
Hi my friend has a Umax scanner but it wont run on xp so can you tell
me how to download a fix or somthing for him. Cheers gordon
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There is no "fix." What you need is a driver for his scanner for Windows XP.
Depending on what model he has, there may or may not be a driver available.
If the scanner is old enough, there probably is not one.

Go to the UMAX web site www.umax.com and look for a XP driver for his model.
Check the UK UMAX site as well as the US one. Curiously, when I had a UMAX
scanner several years ago, I found an XP driver for it on the UK site, but
not on the US one.
 
If the Umax scanner is of the parallel/SCSI type, forget it.. if USB, you
may find a driver that will work.. bear in mind that even if you find a
driver, the 'control' program will not be part of it..

New scanners are cheap enough, and will save a lot of heartache..
 
Hi thanks for your help. Cheers Gordon

Ken Blake said:
There is no "fix." What you need is a driver for his scanner for Windows XP.
Depending on what model he has, there may or may not be a driver available.
If the scanner is old enough, there probably is not one.

Go to the UMAX web site www.umax.com and look for a XP driver for his model.
Check the UK UMAX site as well as the US one. Curiously, when I had a UMAX
scanner several years ago, I found an XP driver for it on the UK site, but
not on the US one.
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Hi thanks for your help. Cheers Gordon

Mike Hall said:
If the Umax scanner is of the parallel/SCSI type, forget it.. if USB, you
may find a driver that will work.. bear in mind that even if you find a
driver, the 'control' program will not be part of it..

New scanners are cheap enough, and will save a lot of heartache..
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Here's one that works fine in XP2 environment connected with an adaptec scsi
card in my PC. Microtek scanmaker USL X12. Also has connection for USB2.
 
The OP is looking for drivers that will work with an existing scanner, not a
scanner that will work with existing drivers..
 
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