El Capitan Killed My Scanner

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it works with my Cannon MP610

Canon scanner software will not work with El Capitan

Vuescan 9.5.27 will work if you select Color media and leave the input bits per pixel set at Auto. You can set the output bits per pixel to whatever you like, from 1-bit B&W to 64-bit RGBI. This is in Professional mode with Vuescan Pro. The company -- probably just one guy --- just changed their UI a few versions ago and the new UI is confusing. The user guide hasn't been updated as far as I can tell. When things are in a stable state Vuescan is an excellent program, but the guy is probably pulling his hair out after Win 10 and El Capitan hit at the same time.

"Get a new scanner with compatible drivers" is rude, useless, and uncalled for.

I had the same problem, using a Canon LIDE 210 scanner. What solved the problem in the end was to remove everything related to the scanner from my computer, including the MP Navigator software and all other Canon utilities that came with the scanner when I bought it. I then went to the Canon support site and downloaded everything (driver, MP Navigator and Quick Menu) anew.

The Quick Menu looks quite different now, but the scanner works again. The only thing that I didn't get to work is the buttons at the scanner so I have to start the scan by using the Quick Manu - not much of a problem for me...

There is one problem remaining though: Apparently the driver cannot be used to scan text and images without resetting something. The workaround is to start Image Capture and choose Reset TWAIN devices under the File menu. This is described in the FAQ on the Canon support site and seems to be an issue with the Canon driver. I hope, Canon will fix this in the future, so it may be worth to keep an eye on driver updates. Or, maybe Apple will provide something...

Following your suggestion. I was able to do an image scan. Having an issue with scanning a PDF, 90% of my use. Tried your suggestion of launching Image Capture and resetting Twain devices. Upon doing so. Image Capture saw my scanner. When pressing the scan button in the Canon software got a dialog box indicating that scanner was set to Image Scan do I want to use twain. Said yes and then scanner just hung. Still playing around.

Interesting note. Canons web site has El Capitan listed as an OS without any drivers or files associated with the OS. Had to use Yosemite drivers and software.

Buy a new scanner because the cr@ppy OSX update broke the software? Bite me

Sorry I retract that comment.

I will go buy a new scanner now that my old one no longer works with El Capitan.

BTW Apple Mail doesn't work properly anymore either. What software can I buy to replace that Apple Mail program?

Randy, i have a CanoScan Lide 200 too. I just removed all Canon Software from my mac and run Image Capture. It just worked ok! Did some restart and Twain reset. But when Image Capture found my Lide Scan 200 it just worked. I also have Vuescan Trial version installed, don't know if this helped. Hope it woks for you and the rest! Fingers crossed....

Tom

Apple includes scanner software called Preview.

After opening Preview, go to File, Import from (Scanner name), and the scanning window will open.

Thanks! It works on my networked Brother scanner.

My Mail app works fine in El Capitan The only possible solution that I can think of is to reinstall El Capitan to see if something did not install correctly the first time. I would also install the latest update 10.11.2

Thanks. This works on my Canon MX892/

New information.

Using the Preview program did result in a scan, but of very low quality.

How I was able to fix the problem and have the Canon driver work:

- In settings remove the printer/scanner

- Then add the printer scanner back to the list

This now works for me as well as it did before upgrading to El Capitain.

Hope it helps you too (Canon MX 892).

The Image Capture app also works as scanner software.