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Are there ANY scanners out there that are compatible with Maverick?

My Microtek i800 Scanwizard Pro is not recognized by Maverick, and after reading through various posts I have yet to find anyone with a scanner that works with 10.9.3 — are there any scanners out there that will function with Maverick?

OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

Posted on Jun 5, 2014 5:18 AM

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Jun 5, 2014 5:41 AM in response to scribejm

Yes, pretty much any scanner listed on this article:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669


Apple support downloads for vendor specific drivers exist for HP, Ricoh, Canon, Epson, Brother, Lexmark, Samsung, Fuji/Xerox


Open source support from:

http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/ together with http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html


Additional ones from

http://www.exactscan.com/download/compatiblescanner.html


Some HP ones have a trick you can do as documented by this thread:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5786673#5786673


http://www.hamrick.com/ Vuescan has support for these scanners:

http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/supported-scanners.html


Image Capture support http://macmanus.nl/2013/11/28/use-unsupported-scanner-in-mavericks/


http://www.silverfast.com/show/mavericks/en.html has Mavericks support for numerous scanners.

Jun 9, 2014 3:02 PM in response to scribejm

Thank you for the quick responses. Mostly they did not apply to my Microtek scanner, but ...


I wrote to Microtek and they sent me the following:


The ScanPotter can be downloaded from here

http://ww1.microtek.com.tw/installer/mac/scanpotter/scanpotter_1110.dmg


ScanPotter replaces ScanWizard Pro. It has fewer options for manipulating the scan, but I do that in Photoshop anyway and it works just fine!

Jun 9, 2014 3:55 PM in response to scribejm

As a fairly veteran and experienced Photoshop user, when scanning, it is really best to get the best scan possible, initially, than using Photoshop, afterwards, to try fix any issues from not having enough control of over the initial scan.

If you want/desire more control of your initial scanned images, look at VueScan and check to see if it is compatible with your Microtek scanner model.


http://www.hamrick.com/


I have been using this software for over a decade and it is very comprehensive and works very well on both low end and higher end scanners.

It is well worth the asking price.

Are there ANY scanners out there that are compatible with Maverick?

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