Visioneer 7100 USB Scanner --- Need driver

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Visioneer 7100 USB Scanner --- Need driver

As the subject states, I need a driver for the Visioneer 7100 USB scanner. I just bought my first Mac this month, the 20" imac, and now I'm trying to hook everything together. The system profile scans the USB ports and find the Visioneer scanner. But when I use Vuescan or other software applications to use the scanner, the application comes back with scanner not found. Visioneer does not have a Mac driver. SANE shows the scanner as unsupported. I've done some searching on the internet but still am not having any luck. The kind people at Apple Help tried, but could not help and directed me to this forum. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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imac, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Oct 28, 2009 8:40 AM

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Oct 28, 2009 9:06 AM in response to KC4SQJ

1. The Visioneer 7100 is NOT supported by VueScan.
http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#visioneer

2. Visioneer says: "This product is classified as END OF LIFE."

3. The last update to the "OneTouch 7100 Scanner Installation and Configuration Guide" was over 7 years ago on April 16, 2002.
http://support.visioneer.com/products/7100/downloads.asp

4. I think you need to buy a new scanner. The Visioneer 9520 is $90 USD. But, it is not supported by VueScan.

5. I would spend some time reading the posts in http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1344 to get an idea of what would be a good scanner to buy.

6. I really like our MicroTek scanner, but certainly could not recommend it: http://www.microtekusa.com/

7. You might want to consider a used scanner that is supported by VueScan.

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