Canoscan N650U How do I?

Hi Harleymon!

Searching the entire boards for n650u results in only 21 hits, so hopefully you can find your answer among them:

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I do see what appear to be some promising leads among them. Good luck:)

You're referring to applications that operate that scanner, so generally it should all go into the "Applications" folder. Mac OS X generally places everything that's related into one folder - there are not parts of software scattered all about in OS X. Keep in mind that if there is bundled software included, it's not all related, except in the most general sense.

Put the Canoscan tool box, if there is one, in its own folder in the Applications folder. Put each brand of software into its own folder, again in the Applications folder. So, if there is Photostudio software, it all goes into a Photostudio folder in the Applications folder. If there is Omnipage software, it all goes into its own folder in the Applications folder. Etc., etc. If there is some sort of OCR application, place that as is, without a folder, into the Applications folder.

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I hope this helps and doesn't confuse. I've been looking through my Applications folders trying to find the twain. My earlier description may have been misleading (when it comes to the twain) since I was assuming it had to be there somewhere. However, I was describing what I saw in my Applications folder, and apparently the twain isn't installed there.

I haven't been able to find it anywhere else, either, but in the documentation I notice a reference to the "ScanGear CS" being the Twain. I have a Canoscan 8400F. The installation did place a Canoscan 8400F folder (containing html and images for the Scanning Guide) in my Mac HD, next to the - Applications, Library, System, User Guides And Information, and Users - folders. The Installer Log File [I hadn't realized the ScanGear CS is the twain] shows:

ScanGear CS Installer
Type of Install: Easy Install
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:ColorSync:Profiles:CANON CanoScan 8400F N
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:ColorSync:Profiles:CANON CanoScan 8400F R
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:ColorSync:Profiles:CANON CanoScan 8400F P
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:CFMLib
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Resources
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:SGCS102
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:CFMLib
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:CFMLib:BaLCo_Library.shlb
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:CFMLib:CanoFine_Carbon.shlb
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:CFMLib:NBS4mb_carbon.shlb
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:CFMLib:rstcol_carbon.shlb
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:CFMLib:Scrprmv_carbon.shlb
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:Resources
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:Resources:English.lproj
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:Resources:English.lproj:Info Plist.strings
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:Resources:English.lproj:SGCS 102.rsrc
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:Resources:Info.plist
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:A:SGCS102
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Frameworks:SGCS102.framework:Versions:Current
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:Info.plist
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:MacOS
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:MacOS:CanoScan 8400F
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:PkgInfo
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:Resources
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:Resources:DeviceInfo.plist
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:Resources:English.lproj
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:Resources:English.lproj:CanoScan 8400F.rsrc
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Image Capture:TWAIN Data Sources:CanoScan 8400F.ds:Contents:Resources:English.lproj:InfoPlist.strings
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:CFMSupport
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:CFMSupport:CNQL3202_ButtonManager.app
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:CFMSupport:CNQL3202_Library.shlb
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:CFMSupport:CNQA3202_Library.shlb
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Library:Preferences:CanoScan 8400F
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Preferences:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202_ButtonManager.link
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Preferences:CanoScan 8400F:CNQ8400.DAT
Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Preferences:CanoScan 8400F:CNQS8400.DAT
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Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Preferences:CanoScan 8400F:CNQ8400N.DAT
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Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Preferences:CanoScan 8400F:MC2.TXT
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Installed Macintosh HD:Library:Preferences:CanoScan 8400F:THRESHOLD.DAT
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F
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Installed Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202_Driver.bundle:Contents:Info.plist
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202_Driver.bundle:Contents:MacOS
Installed Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202 Driver.bundle:Contents:MacOS:CNQL3202Driver
Installed Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202_Driver.bundle:Contents:pbdevelopment.plist
Installed Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202_Driver.bundle:Contents:PkgInfo
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202_Driver.bundle:Contents:Resources
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202_Driver.bundle:Contents:Resources:English.lproj
Installed Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:CanoScan 8400F:CNQL3202_Driver.bundle:Contents:Resources:English.lproj:InfoPlist.strings
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:System:Library:Extensions:CNQL3202_ClassicNotSeize.kext
Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:System:Library:Extensions:CNQL3202_ClassicNotSeize.kext:Contents
Installed Macintosh HD:System:Library:Extensions:CNQL3202_ClassicNotSeize.kext:Contents:Info.plist
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Created the Folder: Macintosh HD:System:Library:Extensions:CNQL3202_ClassicNotSeize.kext:Contents:Resources
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The one application and three applications folders in my Applications folder that are related to my scanner are:

1. OmniPage SE_DirectOCR (application only)

2. OmniPage SE (containing 15 items - including an exact duplicate of the above #1. in an OmniPage Extras folder)

3. PhotoStudio (containing 13 items)

4. CanoScan Toolbox 4.8
containing:
CanoScan Toolbox X (application)
basicj.ocr (Text document)
PCat_carbon.shlb (Shared Library)
pafcv2_carb.lib (Shared Library)
Installer Log File

Looking through the packaging I notice there is also included an Adobe Photoshop Elements disc that I hadn't bothered to install since it wasn't mentioned in the Quick Start Guide, so I suppose that could be put in the Applications folder as well.

Am I to assume that any application needing scanner
will know the twain driver will be in the Canon
folder, as the system knows this?

I used Spotlight to search for both twain and "scangear cs" but get no actual location other than an unopenable preferences item - ScanGear CS 10.2 prefs - otherwise only seeing html from the Scanning Guide. Regret I can't be more help.

Looking through the packaging I notice there is also included an Adobe Photoshop Elements disc that I hadn't bothered to install since it wasn't mentioned in the Quick Start Guide, so I suppose that could be put in the Applications folder as well.

Elements has an installer of its own, but yes, it will install into Applications. There may be a plug-in that will let you scan directly into PE, which is more convenient than hassling with the canonscan utility if you plan to edit your photos there. (Not all models have a plug-in available-not sure about yours).

If you just point all the installers at the default locations, you should be fine. The only exception might be any plug-in for Elements. A lot of those don't get to the right level from their own installers. If you have such a plug-in it needs to go into the PE program files>Plug-ins>import/export.

Oops, that wasn't clear. I meant you need to move it after running the installer. The installer will show the right destination: it just won't always put it there. Sometimes it goes a level too high. Just drag it where it should be.

Hi Harleymon!

I should mention that my Canon scanner came with a software program that the instructions pointed out was only for windows users, so naturally I didn't try to install it. In addition, my old umax brand scanner (that I used in OS 9 and that later worked in OS X) came with more than one windows-only program included on the install disc. So it may be typical, and your install disc may also contain something, so be sure to look for that in the instructions or in the Read-me. The Canon website shows the dates for your software of 2000-2002, 2000 being the same year I got my umax scanner.