Unresolved Photoshop CS2 Twain Issue

Hi , and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

Have you done any OS/Disk Maintenance Lately, if not at least start with this...

Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.

If you need a workaround until we can solve this problem, VueScan can scan into PhotShop if you wish...

http://www.hamrick.com/

See notes here on the 3490...

http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm

Disk permission Repair was one of the first steps i took to try to solve the problem...

Yes, but the Safe Boot does some Directory Repair beforehand. 🙂

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions ...

I see you are running Leopard 10.5. Your post will receive more exposure to Leopard users here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=235 But before you do that ...

Try BDAqua's advice, if the problem still exists ... I had a similar situation. I unplugged everything including the Mac desktop I was using at the time. Disconnected all peripherals, turned off my network (Airport), and shut down the Mac. Waited a good ten minutes. Rebooted the Mac. When it's finally to the Desktop, reconnect your scanner and then turn it on. Launch Photoshop, click File/Twain (I think it's still available from "File" in the Menu Bar?) and see if your Twain driver is available and works. Twain drivers can be finicky.

Carolyn 🙂

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Has you ever been able to use the Twain driver and Import into PS2? I've been to the Canon site and can't locate your particular scanner model, not even the Support tab has it listed.

Carolyn 🙂

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Have you by chance upgraded from Tiger to Leopard recently?

Carolyn 🙂

Ok Bella, but your profile states you are running 10.5 just so you know.

I honestly believe that this is an Adobe issue. Try going through their FAQ's and every iota of information in their Support area.

Carolyn 🙂

Hi, Reading your discussion I think it might relate to de issue I'm experiencing. (sorry for my language, I'm Dutch)
A week ago Adobe PhotoShop Elements 3.0 worked fine. Then HP ?helped? me installing my C5280 all-in-one printer, problems with creating PDF-Files. They advised me to delete de contents of the "Cashes-folder", as well a lot of files in de "Preferences", all to do with HP or Print.
Now, when I try to start PSE-3.0, I get this massage "The programm PhotoShop Elemenents is unexpected stopped" choose [Quit], [Report] or [Open again].
I have run the installation again, not working. I thrown the folder in the trash, emptied the trash and installed again, same result, not working. Downloaded trail-version PSE-6.0, same result, also not working.
Help from Apple and Adobe, same as mentioned, they blame each-other. so no help.
I'm nearly at the point of total re-install from OS X 10.4.4 but you have to know, " I love the MAC but I'm a knit-with for IT technology.
So, I hope somebody can help me, has a good idea before I throw myself in the unknown world of re-installation.

A little background; after 1000 crashes with my windows computer I have thrown it out and bought myself an Apple. Up to now, very satisfied!!! This is the first real problem, I hope I will not be disappointed so I can tell my "Windows-friends", Apple is still the best.

Regards, Erik

Okay, sorry, but I have no idea of what these files are called in Dutch, so you'll have to figure that part out yourself:

go to your username>library>preferences folder and delete:

com.adobe.Photoshop.Elements.plist
PSE 3.0 Paths
PSE 3.0 Settings
Opera preferences

repair permissions and relaunch PSE. If it still crashes, go to applications>PSE>plug-ins>import/export and delete the Adobe TWAIN driver.

Hi Barbara,
removing the Twain-Driver did the trick, PSE 3.0 opens again.

Thank you very much!!!

PS what does a twain-driver?

Regards, Erik

Sorry, one more question,

How and where do I repair permissions??

"PS what does a twain-driver?"
A twain driver provides functionality from a software program and hardware. So in this case you could be running Photoshop and be able to use your scanner from that program.
"How and where do I repair permissions??"
In your Utilities folder launch Disk Utility. Select your HD from the left side column and then select Repair Permissions.