Scanwizard Windows 7 64 Bit
Help me get this ball across the goal line!I have a old 'Microtek ScanMaker E3' scsi flatbed scanner that originally came with an ISA scsi interface (to give you some idea of how old it is). I connected it to my PC using a equally ancient Tekram 390F pci SCSI card (c.1995) that I've been using with 32bit WinXP Pro for years.The scanner has an 8-1/2' x 14' scanning bed, 9600dpi and 48bit color reproduction. It works great and I see no reason to spend a few hundred dollars to replace it just for Win7 compatibility, so I'm trying to get it to work with the 64bit version of Windows 7.To complicate things, the company that made my SCSI card (Tekram) went out of business years ago, so the 32bit XP driver was the last they made.
But after MUCH Googling, I found a 64bit Win7 compatible driver for another card using the same chipset, and low & behold, Windows 7 recognized it! It then 'detected' my scanner for the first time, but didn't have a driver.Again, after much searching, I found a Vista 64bit version of Microtek's 'ScanWizard' scanner software with 64bit driver, and now 64bit Windows 7 detects my scanner!
Yeah!But when I try to access the scanner, I get an error telling me I 'must install Color Matching System first' for the scanner to work. I don't remember any such software being needed to use the scanner with XP, and there is no such program in the ScanWizard software I just installed (searching online ).Anyone have any ideas?
So close yet so far! (I love doing things I was told were 'impossible'.) Help!
Microtek Scanmaker 8700 Driver Windows 7
This is sort of open to semantic debate. From my point of view, it's more along these lines, 'no, you like finding things to do that are impossible, then come here and expect us to tell you how do do them'.So, try installing 'XP Mode' in your computer, then run the scanner under that.If that doesn't work by itself, then install any version of Adobe Photoshop Elements into XP mode. PSE integrates color management into the computer, and interprets color profiles.Or, maybe you should kick back some lazy night, and write new drivers for it. XP ModeThe problem is you can't install 32bit drivers under a 64bit OS, and software installed under 'XP Mode' can't access hardware devices that are using 64bit drivers. You must either go ALL 64bit, or nothing.And I'm not asking to be 'bailed out'. I've already done the heavy lifting just getting the scsi card and the scanner to even be recognized by Win7 (they said it couldn't be done).
Now I'm just looking for software.Doing some more searching, I found 64bit Win7 versions of the Color Manager and ICC Profiler for the 9800XL scanner, but after installation, it doesn't recognize the E3 (I suspect it is looking for the 9800xl).And unfortunately, though my programming skill is decent, I wouldn't know where to start to solve this issue. It does NOT appear to be a 'driver' issue at this point (since all the Device drivers are installed and working), so much as a 'compatibility' issue. Oh well, then I guess you're SOL.Oddly certain drivers show up in the 'Add Remove' program listing. For example video drivers, audio drivers, and the there's LAN drivers, they show up there also.M$ says you can install software into the virtual machine.
Perhaps they should have said 'certain software'. Or they were lying. I simply hate it when that happens.Just as an aside, I have one of the old Canon scanners mentioned by raybay. In this case, an even older one, (8400F). Canon supplies Win 7 drivers for it, and it scans just fine off Win 7 32 bit.
So good in fact, I think I'll install the 64 bit version in my other PC. With all that said, Photoshop (or Elements) ingratiates itself into the color management of the OS. That said, when printers or scanners are installed those devices are directly linked to PS functioning.
Those profiles and color management are the things you claimed you are lacking. So, again, can you get PS or PSE to take over the color management from Windows?It's not working now, so installing the image editor first is something else to try. Besides, if that doesn't work, you'll have the satisfaction of telling me so.As my limited understanding of the subject goes, color profiles are digitally signed into a device at the hardware level. Accordingly, it's the responsibility of the driver to communicate that to the OS. My limited point being, that the driver can't be ruled out completely as the culprit. MS makes 'driver installs' confusing. But I can explain why some 'drivers' will appear in Add/Remove ProgramsBecause driver EXE files are really 'driver packages'.
The EXE file is a packed executable The EXE might contain just the device driver OR As often the case for LAN, audio and graphics driver packages: the EXE can contain more then just the device driver. The EXE will include application level stuff: e.g. That's a good question.
And my honest answer is 'i don't know'Understanding Windows and Windows devices seems to me to be a 'black art'. (At best, i'd say my knowledge is lighter shade of grey.) Frankly, sometimes the more i figure out, the more i get confused and amazed the whole darn thing works! (Well, Windows generally works ). It's quite a large, complex and layered beast!My best guess (also see about 32 bit programs on 64 bit hardware): Compatibility issues seem to always revolve around the driver and other low-level (kernel level) software.
The same compatibility issues will apply to those low-level components n the driver pacakge as well. Unfortunately, the VM is just an Emulator, so it doesn't support things like Drivers. When I open the Device Manager from within the Win XP Virtual Machine installed on my 64bit version of Windows 7, all 'obscure' drivers like my SCSI card and the Scanner aren't listed, replaced with a bunch of 'Unknown' (aka 'Question Mark') 'Virtual XP Device' entries.So if I try to install my XP scanner software on the VM, it says 'Scanner not found'.And XP software installed using 'Compatibility Mode' under Win7 likewise doesn't detect the scanner. Dunno why, which is why I'm looking for software that does.(More info, I Daisy Chained an OLD Zip-100 drive from the scanner, which worked perfectly, confirming that the scsi card & driver are not at fault. It is definitely a scanner issue.). When both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements are installed, Adobe RGB is substituted for Windows color management.
Accordingly, PS & PSE have a background process running all the time.The OP stated the scanner's color profile wasn't being picked up by Win 7. I suggested the software install as a 'what the heck, it's not working now' sort of last ditch attempt to determine if PS was able to pick up the scanner profile when Windows couldn't.PS CS-4 runs natively in Win 7 32 or 64 bit, and PSE-7 will run under it also, but with some quirks. PSE-8 and PSE-9 are supposed to have full compatibility with Win 7, but I think 32 bit only.
Again, they'll both run under 64 bits, Adobe just won't supporrt it.
Scanwizard 5 Version 6.15 now has a special edition for these Windows versions: Windows 7, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 10, Windows 10 64 bit, Windows 10 32 bit, Windows 8,Windows 8 32bit, Windows 10 64bit, Windows 7 Professional 32bit, Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit, Windows 10 S 64bit, Windows 7 Starter 64bit, Windows 10 Home 32bit, Windows Vista Enterprise (Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6000.0) 32bit, Windows 10 Education 32bit, Windows XP Starter Edition 64bit, Windows XP Home Edition, for home desktops and laptops 64bit, Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit.