trying to add a acanner!!! need help

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 8:40 am

need help trying to add a scanner that a friend gave me... dont know how to do so, and either does she...can somebody give me and advise..... i'm new to this kink of stuff..thank you for your time

MailmanX · Post by **MailmanX** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 9:38 am

Plugging the scanner in is the easy part... But you gotta have the right driver software for that scanner. Did she give you a disk with the scanner? If not, get on the web and try to find a driver for the specific brand and model of the scanner. Try the manufacturer's website first.

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cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 11:08 am

Originally posted by MailmanX:
Plugging the scanner in is the easy part... But you gotta have the right driver software for that scanner. Did she give you a disk with the scanner? If not, get on the web and try to find a driver for the specific brand and model of the scanner. Try the manufacturer's website first.

thank you for you help..she did not give me the software to it...but just cant figure it out... i mean to took it up...can it be hooked up with the printer or alone!!!??? i dont know... HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 11:09 am

she did not give me the software.. and i can not understand how to hook it up???!!!!!!

HELP!!!!!!!!!!

noslow · Post by **noslow** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 1:27 pm

Well im no #1 by any means.
But if the scanner has a pin connection then it's probably a printer (parallel) connection.
I use a USB, and I know nothing about the connection you have.
So, I'd wait for a better repley, and mean time, do some surfing for that brand of info for that scanner..
odds are, the cards your pc has and the finding of drivers for that scanner are gonna make or break its operation fuction with your PC..
anyway Goodluck!!

rbrescia · Post by **rbrescia** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 2:54 pm

Cdonez
Connect the 25 pin parallel interface cable to your PC's printer port. Attach the other end of the cable to the connector to the "To PC" on your scanner. If you want to connect a printer, connect it to the connector named "To Printer" on your scanner. You should also check if your computer supports EPP for Parallel Port Mode. Hope this helps.

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 3:25 pm

Originally posted by rbrescia:
Cdonez
Connect the 25 pin parallel interface cable to your PC's printer port. Attach the other end of the cable to the connector to the "To PC" on your scanner. If you want to connect a printer, connect it to the connector named "To Printer" on your scanner. You should also check if your computer supports EPP for Parallel Port Mode. Hope this helps.

that's the thing.. if i want to connect the printer to the scanner, port on the scanner is way bigger..i try connecting a card inside the computer but when i turned my computer on.. it would on do anything,, it would just sit there...

i would like to thank everybody for helping me on this....

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 3:26 pm

Originally posted by noslow:
Well im no #1 by any means.
But if the scanner has a pin connection then it's probably a printer (parallel) connection.
I use a USB, and I know nothing about the connection you have.
So, I'd wait for a better repley, and mean time, do some surfing for that brand of info for that scanner..
odds are, the cards your pc has and the finding of drivers for that scanner are gonna make or break its operation fuction with your PC..
anyway Goodluck!!

thank you for your help

rbrescia · Post by **rbrescia** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 3:44 pm

cdonez send me the model and brand of this scanner.

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 3:49 pm

Originally posted by rbrescia:
cdonez send me the model and brand of this scanner.

i will, but i'm at work right now...i get home at 6

o pm..then i post it later this evening..thank you so much for your help

cindy

rbrescia · Post by **rbrescia** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 3:52 pm

Anytime Cindy, that's what were here for.

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Tue Oct 17, 2000 4:02 pm

Originally posted by rbrescia:
Anytime Cindy, that's what were here for.

thank you so much

noslow · Post by **noslow** » Wed Oct 18, 2000 12:22 am

What brand scanner is it? Get the software if she has it. And the Brand & #'s should be written on it somewhere.. What type of a connection does it have, USB.. ?? Is it fairly new?
Like said in the other repley, 1'st go to the manufactures web site and see if they have the drivers for that brand scanner to dwnload, if not, you'll need to find another site who does.
But, with out the proper drivers you not gonna make it work.

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Wed Oct 18, 2000 12:40 am

Originally posted by noslow:
What brand scanner is it? Get the software if she has it. And the Brand & #'s should be written on it somewhere.. What type of a connection does it have, USB.. ?? Is it fairly new?
Like said in the other repley, 1'st go to the manufactures web site and see if they have the drivers for that brand scanner to dwnload, if not, you'll need to find another site who does.
But, with out the proper drivers you not gonna make it work.

that's cool, cause she dont have the software..about the connection....that's were i'm lost.. it's the one with the pins sticking out..not the holes...good!! can you tell i'm the # 1tech!!!! LOL...can it be alone or does it have to be plugged to the to the printer????

rbrescia · Post by **rbrescia** » Fri Oct 20, 2000 2:26 pm

Cindy the only thing I can think of is if you are using a old AX SCSI Card, it's not compatible with the Twain 32 drivers. It was released with that scanner in 1992 for use with Windows 3.1. If this is the case your better off just buying a new USB scanner, you can pick one up for under $100.

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Fri Oct 20, 2000 3:54 pm

Originally posted by rbrescia:
Cindy the only thing I can think of is if you are using a old AX SCSI Card, it's not compatible with the Twain 32 drivers. It was released with that scanner in 1992 for use with Windows 3.1. If this is the case your better off just buying a new USB scanner, you can pick one up for under $100.

thank you.. that's what i was thinking about..cause i dont have a scsi card..

thank you so much

cdonez · Post by **cdonez** » Sat Oct 21, 2000 12:28 am

the scanner is a

Mustek MFS-6000CX

i tryed to download the software to my desktop and it will not let me install it.. it's asking for the correct interface card...i plugged it into my printer port....and i still can not do anything.. i when to the man. site and got the software bu nothing.....

richardc · Post by **richardc** » Sat Oct 21, 2000 12:48 am

Hi CDONEZ - on mine I had to do the following:
1- plug scanner directly into PC
2- reboot
3-install software
4-cry that nothing worked
5- get a new parallel port

yep -EPP is a must for me too