Canon scanner MF4140

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Canon scanner MF4140

I just bought a new Canon MF4140 printer/scanner/fax for my MacBook. According to the Canon description there should be no issue to use it under Mac OSX.
I installed the drivers from the Canon web page and all functions are working except the scanner. I tried VueScan, Digital pictures and scangear from Canon but I could not get the scanner running. The response from Canon support was not very helpful, too. Does someone have experience with this type of Canon scanner?

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Cheers Rainer

Mac Book, Mac OS X (10.4.9), Intel Core Duo 2 2GHz

Posted on May 22, 2007 4:53 AM

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Alek IV

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May 25, 2007 5:38 AM in response to rritzenhoff

I have the exact same problem. The printer works perfectly, scanner not at all. Strangely on the system requirements on the (separate) scanner manual the OSX is not mentioned, eventhough the machine is supposed to support mac... Canon, wake up!

Is there any ideas how to make the scanner work?

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a iv

PowerBook G4 12" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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Mateo

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Jun 15, 2007 1:57 PM in response to rritzenhoff

I too have a Canon scanner. The software they provided me worked fine, but try using Apple's Image Capture under Applications. If the scanner is connected directly via USB, it should automatically load the scanner and begin the preview scan immediately.

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