Are any scanners working with Mavericks? Am I the only person who believes that scanning has become an essential service of any current OS?

Hi -

In the Finder, go to the Help menu and enter "Set up a scanner"

Click on the topic and see if that helps.

MtD

While Apple, usually, includes basic manufacturer printer drivers in OS X, with the shear number of dedicated scanners and all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/fax units, Apple has never included any rea goodl drivers for all of the scanner manufacturers.

If you can't find manufacturer scanner driver updates, have you tried using OS X Image Capture app to see if your scanner is seen by this app?

If, no joy, look to this scanning app called VueScan.

http://www.hamrick.com/

Good Luck!

.. my HP C410 all-in-one works fine..

Can Apple has decided that scanning is not an essential service for an OS?

Try using the OS X pre installed Image Capture app in your Applications folder.

Connect the scanner to your Mac whether Wi-Fi or USB.

Launch Image Capture.

Click the very small black box bottom left side of the Image Capture window.

You'll see this pop up menu: Connecting this (device) opens:

You can select a default app to scan (Image Capture) and select a folder from the Imort To pop up menu on the right to save scanned files to.

On two machines I've upgraded and lost access to two differnt scanners that used to work via Image Capture. A total drag. Scanners are a few years old, but that shouldn't matter.

I have two Epson scanners. On October 28, 2013, they released new drivers on their website that are compatible with Mavericks. My scanners now work fine.

My Brother and HP printers/Scanners work fine, I did have to delete and re add them when I updated to maverick.

My Canon MP 750 printer/scanner no longer can scan either.

my cynical view is that i'm being forced to buy a new scanner or printer; surely if I had a new one it would be compatible. But the old one is quite a good unit and I shouldn't have to. Canon has not provided new drivers to match Mavericks, but it works fine on my boyfriend's PC.

I tried all of the differnt options suggested throughout these discussions (reinstall, verify & repair permissions, find new driver (none for scanner), use Image Capture (doesn't see the scanner when I'm connected to it neither does Photoshop).

if someone comes up with another solution I'd like to hear it. Is it Apple's responsibility or the responsiblity of Canon. I'm guessing Apple's mavericks team since it worked previously and also works on my partner's PC. Sigh.

My HP6520 (6525) worked great on ML and great with Mavericks and I did not have to make any changes or update any drivers.

Ditto. Can't use my Canon MP460 to scan. There is VueScan software that does work, but it costs $40. Apple use to provide printer support for Image Capture, now they don't. I would have gladly paid for Mavericks if it worked as well as previous OS X versions.

Vuescan is great software for all scanners.

This software is better than what is available from the scanner manufacturers or what is avaibke in OS X Image Capture software.

If you pay for the professional version, you are entitled to unlimited free upgrades of the software.

The software has been regularly updated for years and as is well worth the price.

IMO.

😉

Upgraded to Mavericks on day one. Have been waiting since then with no Epson scanner software.

(Just managing with Image capture since then).

I contacted Epson and was told they were working on the problem.

This week Epson have, as promised, released Scan software for my Epson Perfection 4870.

So, worth frequently checking on their website

Thank you Canon.

Burgee67 wrote:

My Brother and HP printers/Scanners work fine, I did have to delete and re add them when I updated to maverick.

Same here with my HP multifunction M2727nf. No new drivers needed.

Phil