I'm looking for a scanner update of some sort to my HP Color LaserJet 2840.
My understanding is HP no longer supports this model so wiht my Mac Pro Desktop 2012, I can no longer use the scanner unit.
I would even like to review a third party software that will do the job.
Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Vuescan is an excellent product whose raison d'etre is support for older scanners (and doing a better job in many cases than the software supplied when the scanner was new).
I heartily endorse David Wood's comment. And you can try it out before you paying for it.
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I just checked in at Vuescan and found they do not support HP 2840 on Mac OS 10.8.x.
No chance to do any testing there.
As an added note, HP's firmeware update totally errased any connection from scanner to computer (for the HP 2840).
Have you tried using Image Capture or Preview?
Yes I have but consider this: If the scanner is not visible to Apple or HP, it is also not visible to Image Capture or Preview.
For those interested in Vuescan, if the scanner is not visible to Apple or HP then Vuescan cannot see it and therefore is just another Preview app without scanning capabilities. I have Vuescan and it is as I say.
What is needed from Apple and HP is support for All-in-One printers to upgrade the firmware to include the scanner. The latest fireware upgrade did not include scanner upgrade. It has been done for other printers especially for Windows. Trouble there is that scanned documents cannot be migrated to the Mac side of the computer.
Of course one can keep and maintain an older Mac computer just for scanning???
I'm still hopeful.
Is there anyone in discussion groups that can really help?
Can there be a way to get HP and Apple to bring about an update for HP Scanners for HP All-in One printers to work in Mountain Lion?
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