No driver for Canon Lide 80 scanner?

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No driver for Canon Lide 80 scanner?

I recently bought a Mac Mini with Lion installed to replace my old Windows PC and upgraded my late 2009 Imac to Lion to be able to use iCloud between my UK base and my second home in France. Everything went well until I realised that neither my Canon Lide 80 scanner or my Canoscan 4400F wwould work with Lion. I am waiting for a responsse from Canon but, meanwhile, any ideas for a workaround? My trusty old HP 920C printer is recognised as a generic printer and works fine but, it seems, there are no generic scanner drivers.

Posted on Nov 3, 2011 1:30 PM

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Nov 3, 2011 3:12 PM in response to motard

I can recommend VueScan if you have a scanner and no driver: seems to work with most of them. You can also get a trial copy to see if it works from http://hamrick.com/

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Nov 4, 2011 4:04 AM in response to John Whittaker

Thank you John. Vuescan worked for my Canoscan 4400F but, in fact, led me back to Canon support where the driver and toolbox, formerly unavailable, had been updated to my scanner. A very satisfying solution.

Motard

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