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Driver for Agfa 1212u Scanner?

I have an old Agfa snapscan 1212u flatbed scanner. I can still run it in Classic on my G4.
I'd like to be able to run it in Tiger.

I found this link from the Agfa home page, where they say they no longer support their scanner line.

Can someone please take a look at this link for me and let me know it it looks like this driver is an OK thing (aka safe thing) to download?

Once I download the driver, are their any tricks to instaling a driver that I need to learn?

I assume this is a no go for my Intel MBP?

http://static.agfa.com/digicamscanner_drivers/scanner/snapscan1212u/index.html

Thanks,
Mrs H

MacBook Pro, Dual 450 G4, iBook G3, Powerbook 170, Mac Plus, Mac OS X (10.4.11), iPod Classic 160G

Posted on Mar 23, 2009 7:38 PM

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Mar 24, 2009 7:18 AM in response to BDAqua

It looks old...

I got the scanner in 2001. It still should work in Classic? (or at the very least on its old driver on the G4 if I use my OS 9 HD as my startup disk?).
what is the date on it?

By "it" do you mean my scanner or the download?
I got the scanner in 2001.
The download - I did download it but not install it - isn't dated as I look at the info in the download window. The other download (for Scanwise) on the same 1212u page but specifially for Classic is dated 10/2/01 This is newer than the version of Scanwise I have on my OS 9 (9/20/99) which worked fine before I upgraded to OS X and I haven't used it since.
The home page has this note: "Agfa discontinued its DTP scanner product line (SnapScan, DuoScan, Horizon and Arcus range) and digital cameras (ephoto, ActionCam, StudioCam) at the end of 2001. However, driver & software downloads as well as manuals remain available on this page."
The FAQ refers to OS 10.3 but makes no mention of 10.4 in any info for any of the products.

Would there be any harm in plugging in the scanner with NO driver for Tiger and seeing what happens?

Could I have screwed up Tiger by installing the old driver, which I have downloaded buy NOT installed?

I'm looking for a free/inexpensive way to do this. At $40 for Vue Scan I might just be better off getting a new scanner when I next must scan in Tiger. I haven't priced them obviously and I may be way off base here.

I'd love to hear your thought on the additional info I've provided.
Mrs H
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Mar 24, 2009 10:52 AM in response to Mrs H

if I use my OS 9 HD as my startup disk?).


Yes, should work as always booted into OS9.

isn't dated as I look at the info in the download window.


Do a Get Info on the downloaded file & report the Date Created, if it's not 2004 or more, I doubt it'll work in Tiger.

The FAQ refers to OS 10.3 but makes no mention of 10.4


Some 10.3 stuff does work in 10.4.

Would there be any harm in plugging in the scanner with NO driver for Tiger and seeing what happens?


Should be no harm whatsoever.

Could I have screwed up Tiger by installing the old driver, which I have downloaded buy NOT installed?


Nope, only installing would have any effect one way or the other... you could store any kind if file on your Mac.

At $40 for Vue Scan I might just be better off getting a new scanner when I next must scan in Tiger.


I understand, but it is imo the best Scanning SW for any scanner, and will likely support 99% of any new Scanners! Some Scanners or MFps are dirt cheap these days.

I use it for both my AGFA Snapscan USB and my Firewire Epson Perfection.

BTW, If you don't use it that much, it has a free trial anyway.
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Mar 24, 2009 12:33 PM in response to BDAqua

Yes, should work as always booted into OS9.

That's what I figured.
isn't dated as I look at the info in the download window.

Do a Get Info on the downloaded file & report the Date Created, if it's not 2004 or more, I doubt it'll work in Tiger.

Ge info shows the same info as in the window in finder, just that it's a Stuffit.dmg.sit. I don't think I even HAVE stuffit in OS X.
For date created it shows yesterday - the day I downloaded it.
In the FAQ where it was mentioning OS 10.3 it wasn't specifically talking about this driver, it was just that was how recent the page got in its discussion of apple OS for anything.
BTW, If you don't use it that much, it has a free trial anyway.

That's worth a look, the next time I need to scan I'll try it.
I've worked around the need for the scanner recently by photoing what I needed and then using my card reader to transfer the photo to the computer.

I was just planning for future when I started looking for the driver for the old scanner.

Thanks as ever,
Mrs H
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Mar 24, 2009 1:09 PM in response to Mrs H

Mrs H,

Don't throw away that old Snapscan 1212. I have the old blue translucent model that came out about the time as the original bondi blue iMacs (have one of those too) and it works great with my current iMac G4 running Tiger. I've always run the Scanwise software and have it runs for me now in Tiger, not in Classic. I'll check and see what version I have and let you know.

Looks like I have Scanwise X version 2.1fc2. Is that what is currently available for download?

P.S. The OS X version from the following link is the same version that I have and should work fine for you in Tiger.

http://static.agfa.com/digicamscanner_drivers/scanner/snapscan1212u/index.html

You can easily get the free version of Stuffit if you end up needing it to open the download.

Regards,
Steve M.

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Mar 24, 2009 1:19 PM in response to Steve M.

🙂 thank you for the updated information, Steve. Do let me know if you discover more.

The link you provided is exactly where I found the download I did (the OS X choice, not the Classic one which I did download as well for my OS 9 just in case it was newer)

ScanWise SnapScan1212u.dmg.sit this is what the title of the download is in my download folder.

Mrs H

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Mar 24, 2009 2:04 PM in response to Steve M.

Looks like I have Scanwise X version 2.1fc2. Is that what is currently available for download?

How can I tell what the version available for download is. The only info I can get on it is what I said above.
P.S. The OS X version from the following link is the same version that I have and should work fine for you in Tiger.

http://static.agfa.com/digicamscanner_drivers/scanner/snapscan1212u/index.html

Do you see your version number anywhere here and I'm missing it?

Great to know that I can get my scanner to work in Tiger. It is the white model and has served me well in the past but for the last year it has been sitting unused on a shelf.

Mrs H
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Mar 24, 2009 2:16 PM in response to Mrs H

Mrs H,

I think you can use the download you have with Tiger, as I said, it's the one I am using. It may not have been updated in a long while, but it nevertheless works fine. It doesn't really matter if the OS X driver is newer or older than the OS 9, just go ahead and use the OS X version so you can stay in Tiger instead of using Classic.

As BDAqua suggested, you can use the Unarchiver instead of Stuffit, sounds like a good suggestion.

Regards,
Steve M.
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Mar 24, 2009 2:25 PM in response to Steve M.

Thank you so much for checking!

So, now that I've downloaded it, I just click on the .sit and hope it opens and it'll do it's thing? or track down the Unarchiver and use that to open it - thanks BDA 🙂

Do you know if I have to have the scanner attached to the USB to do the driver installation? It's been so long since I've installed driver I can't remember how to do it - and as far as I can see from what I can see, there is no read me to help. Wait, there is a pdf manual it may help.

Mrs H
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Mar 24, 2009 3:53 PM in response to Mrs H

No need to have the scanner attached to install the driver, installing Scanwise is just like installing any ordinary application. Yes, just double click on what you've downloaded, if it opens great, if not then go ahead and get the Unarchiver. At some point you'll end up with the Scanwise application that you'll just drag and drop into your Applications folder.

Regards,
Steve M.
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