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any good os-x native scanners ?
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i bought a canon lide 80 today , total crap
the drivers only work in os-x classic mode
not os-x native mode
i'm not going into os-9's dreadful look just to scan a poxy pic
any small , lightweight but good scanners that have NATIVE os-x software / drivers ?
this is really disgraceful imo , canon have had ages to get their act together ( X's been out c. 3 years !! ) , they should be ashamed of themselves
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"There's absolutely nothing wrong with their drivers. They're very complete and intuitive.
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So what is going on here?
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i've decided , i'm gonna get a refund and put up with my epson 1200 from 3 years ago
it's slow , it's clunky and it's os-x support is mediocre
but then again , 3 years later , seems so's the so-called competition
talk about disilluisoned
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Originally posted by eddiecatflap:
i've decided , i'm gonna get a refund and put up with my epson 1200 from 3 years ago
it's slow , it's clunky and it's os-x support is mediocre
but then again , 3 years later , seems so's the so-called competition
talk about disilluisoned
Return it for sure by why not get a new epson?
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is there an epson thats nice and slim and usb powered ?
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Originally posted by eddiecatflap:
is there an epson thats nice and slim and usb powered ?
I think Epson only has florescent scanners and not LED ones like canon so i would say no.
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I have the Canon LiDE 80 and think it's great. The latest drivers from the Canon website work with OS X natively - I use it with Photoshop CS on 10.3.
Sounds like you've got an old installation CD or installed the wrong drivers. Try downloading again. Here's a link
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Originally posted by mrwalker:
I have the Canon LiDE 80 and think it's great. The latest drivers from the Canon website work with OS X natively - I use it with Photoshop CS on 10.3.
Sounds like you've got an old installation CD or installed the wrong drivers. Try downloading again. Here's a link
-mrwalker
Do the buttons on the front of the scanner work?
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Originally posted by eddiecatflap:
i bought a canon lide 80 today , total crap
the drivers only work in os-x classic mode
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this is really disgraceful imo , canon have had ages to get their act together ( X's been out c. 3 years !! ) , they should be ashamed of themselves
No, you should be ashamed of yourself for jumping to conclusions! Canon's had mature Mac OS X native drivers for all the Lide scanners for at least a year and a half now. I know this because one of my clients has been using them for that long.
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Originally posted by tooki:
No, you should be ashamed of yourself for jumping to conclusions! Canon's had mature Mac OS X native drivers for all the Lide scanners for at least a year and a half now. I know this because one of my clients has been using them for that long.
tooki
So why the heck don't they include them in the box?
Do the front buttons work with the OSX drivers?
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They probably do include them in the box.
Yes, the buttons work, but only to launch the CanoScan Toolbox, not to launch the Photoshop plugin.
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Yeah I have an earlier LIDE 30 and it works great with OSX. I only use it through photoshop though. I'm not sure what software cannnon supplied for you, but mine works flawlessly.
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the link above just brings up a blank page
i'm buying a hewlett packard 4670vp anyways
canon don't supply the correct drivers in the box and don't even have full support on their website
if tooki can show me a link to the de facto software i'd be more than happy to d/l it
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Originally posted by tooki:
No, you should be ashamed of yourself for jumping to conclusions! Canon's had mature Mac OS X native drivers for all the Lide scanners for at least a year and a half now. I know this because one of my clients has been using them for that long.
tooki
can you show me a direct link for that ?
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it get's worse
i hopped over to cnet to look at their readers reviews of the hp and canon scanners
they all suck apparently , the software on xp being just as bad as os-x
seems basically , you either buy an expensive scanner like an agfa ( the only one with exc software ) or put up with what you've got
scanners are one thing that do not seem to have evolved , personally i think its because were all moving to a totally digital world , one where the digital camera will provide the visual input and the scanner is a purely analogue tool
i find i can do a pretty good copy of a document with my digital camera anyway and its a doddle to input the data on my imac compared to all that farting about with a scanner
scanners are old hat in other words , along with the fax machine they're being consigned to the techno wasteland
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Originally posted by eddiecatflap:
can you show me a direct link for that ?
OS X driver download
OS X 10.1.x-10.3.x
The Canon scanners are just fine; either the original poster missed the OS X drivers on the disk, or Canon accidentally dropped the wrong disk in the box or omitted the OS X driver disk.
We've also had a batch of LaCie DVD burners go out without the Mac driver disk in the box. Doesn't change the fact that it's an excellent product that works well with OS X.
These things happen.
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tried that already , don't worry , i got a refund and am gonna go to my local applestore next week and get some expert advice
thanks for all the help , anyway
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Sounds good. I have pretty many Canon products (printer, scanner, one of my 2 digicams). They make pretty good products. I don't use my scanner a whole lot, but it's very portable and never has let me down.
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Originally posted by eddiecatflap:
tried that already , don't worry , i got a refund and am gonna go to my local applestore next week and get some expert advice
thanks for all the help , anyway
Did you try downloading the OSX drivers first?
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yeah , i tried everything
i got the toolbox working in x , but it only recognised 3 buttons
it all looked so xp-ish it was depressing to be honest
scanner makers sure seem to have dropped the ball recently
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Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
So why the heck don't they include them in the box?
Do the front buttons work with the OSX drivers?
The almighty internet?
In the worst case, there are third-party solutions that should work adequately.
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Originally posted by wuzup101:
Yeah I have an earlier LIDE 30 and it works great with OSX. I only use it through photoshop though. I'm not sure what software cannnon supplied for you, but mine works flawlessly.
I'm using a Canoscan LIDE 30 with PSCS also. However, everything I scan has a red tint to it. Even the white scanner lid is reddish pink. I've played around with all kinds of color settings. Am I missing something here?
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Well, other than actual hardware failure, I can think of just two possible sources of the problem:
1. (which I can't verify, since I don't have a Canon scanner here to play with) Perhaps the adjustment curves have been set weird and need to be reset to normal.
2. The scanner lid must be laying flat and closed when the scan is first started, so that it can calibrate against its white target. If the lid is open, or the target area is covered, it may not be able to properly white-balance.
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