Canoscan 8800F casualty of ElCapitan

MASSIVE thanks to lorenzo303's answer for keeping my old Canoscan 8800f alive. I'm successfully scanning on macOS 10.12 Sierra using the instructions.

Couple of notes for those who come later:

At time of writing you can still find the version of MP Navigator EX 1.0.8 mentioned on canon-asia.com's site at http://support-ph.canon-asia.com/contents/PH/EN/0200328832.html

(better than risking some malware from some dodgy download site). Seemed to be otherwise quite hard to find.

I spent a bit of time puzzling where this "Use the scanner driver" checkbox was. But it's not in "preferences"; it's in the dialog which appears once you actually initiate scanning. The first time you use it you'll need to pick a destination app for completed scans to be sent to. Either of "Photos" or "Preview" seems to work fine.

George, I have the same issue with an Epson GT-1500 was seamless through Image Capture with previously. After installation of El Capitan it will not scan either through Image Capture or Scanner.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012)

2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 Processor

8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Memory

Just tested the Canon CS8800F scanner driver and supporting version of MP Navigator EX 1.0.8 for OS X 10.10 on OS X 10.11 and it works fine.

As for the older driver not working that you restored from TM, the scanner driver files are not kept in /Library/Printers.

I have the Canon 8600F scanner and have to use VueScan to scan with it. My model wouldn't work with the 64 bit version of VueScan so have to download and use the 32 bit version.

I downloaded the new driver for OS El Capitan 10.11 & still no performance.

One of you suggested looking in the Library, so I followed this chain:

Library > Image Capture > Epson Scanner > Open with Terminal.........Image Capture then opened and scans well.

There was also a prompt that stated "Image Capture will not work if you close Terminal" so we shall see.

I'm sorry as that explanation was not entirely clear.

Right Click on Image Capture, the "Open With" prompt appears. One of the selections is Terminal...Open with Terminal and it gets Image Capture to open.

I hope that it works as easily for you as it did for me.........I just sort of stumbled upon it.

GREAT NEWS FOR 8800F OWNERS WHO INSTALLED EL CAPITAN!

I spent hours on this problem, and think I have found an excellent solution. First off, the 8800F is an awesome scanner. And I didn't want to trade it in for a lesser model because of El Capitan. After I installed El Capitan and tried to use my scanner it didn't work with image capture , PS, etc. So I thought it was fried. And when I called Apple, they said it was Canon's responsibility to provide an updated driver. When I called Canon they said they would not be updating and I should consider buying a newer version scanner, etc. NOT ACCEPTABLE. SORRY! Then I remember MP Navigator EX 1.0.8, which I never used because I thought it lacked capabilities compared to scanning and importing with PS. But then I started experimenting with the MP Navigator and discovered two things: one, there was a box that you could check off in MP Navigator EX. This box says" Use the scanner driver. This is key. You must check this box. The other is to make sure you click on OPEN SCANNER DRIVER. If you do both of these things you will get a screen that give you complete scanner control. You will be able to preview, crop the area to scan, and use one of the three modes offered: Simple. Advanced, or Multi-Scan. Good luck. Hope this helps all and eliminates the need to buy something not as good as what you already have on your desk.

Thanks very much Lorenzo, but might this work with an Epson scanner?

Thank you for posting this, Lorenzo! I found this thread a week ago, before you'd posted. I was about to purchase VueScan, but after reading multiple reviews about the terrible customer service, I thought I'd check this thread one more time for updates. I had what I thought I was the latest version of MP Navigator EX, but it wouldn't open. For some strange reason, version 1.0.8 is newer than 5.0.x. Anyway, your solution worked. I understand that manufacturers at some point have to stop supporting legacy hardware and software, but the 8800F was one of their mid-range scanners (I bought it to replace a cheap CanoScan LiDE 30 that Canon had stopped supporting), it's still great, and there haven't been major advances in scanner technology that I'm aware of. Is writing hardware drivers that difficult?