Scanner driver for Canon DR-2580C desktop document scanner

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Scanner driver for Canon DR-2580C desktop document scanner

Hi

Does anyone know if there is a driver for the Canon DR-2580C document scanner which will work with Snow Leopard? The scanner shows up in the System Profiler under the USB section. The Canon web site only lists Windows drivers for the scanner and a Google search was unable to find any reference to a Mac OS X driver. Any suggestions other than purchase a scanner which is Snow Leopard compatible?

Thanks advance!

MacBook Pro 2010, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 11, 2010 11:19 AM

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PAHU

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Sep 11, 2010 1:59 PM in response to forgot2duck

Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions.

At this point in time, Canon only offers three models of DR scanners with Mac OS X support; the P150, the DR2010C and the DR2510C. Your DR2580C has no official Mac OS X support.

So you could look at third party packages like VueScan or SANE, although these tend to offer support for the consumer scanners rather than the high volume business scanners.

Or you could get a virtual machine application for your Mac like VMware Fusion or Parallels and run Windows XP, Vista or 7. This may prove the cheapest and easiest option if you don't need to scan all the time. But if you need to scan often then I suggest having a Windows computer permanently connected to the DR2580C and share the scans folder so the Mac can connect directly to it.

Pahu

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forgot2duck Author

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Sep 11, 2010 2:07 PM in response to PAHU

Hi

Thanks for the quick reply. Currently, I am using Boot Camp with Windows 7 installed to handle all my scanning needs. At this time, the cost of purchasing a second scanner outweighs the time it takes to boot into Windows to scan a few documents.

Again, thank you for your time answering my questions.

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