Visioneer One Touch 8920 USB scanner

[Gene E. Bloch]

Sigh! Another Windows Live Mail user. Windows Live Mail is the worst
Newsreader/e-mail client. If people here continue to use it, I
eventually killfile them, because their messages are next to
impossible to read.

I tend not to plonk people, but Justin's reply above is in a way
self-plonking.

I didn't have the patience to try to figure out where his reply started,
so I just pressed the button for "next unread post"

 

[Robin Bignall]

OTOH, I have a multi-function printer that I've had for several years.
I'm ready to get a new printer, but this one *just won't die* :-(

Canon Pixma MX850.

Try leaving it at the street end of your drive. It invariably works
here.
I had a huge metal cabinet (steel) in my garage, weighed a ton. The
local junk dealer, a friend, carted it away and it took two of them to
put it into his locked yard. It had vanished two days later, having
been manhandled over his 6-foot fence during the night.

 

[Ken Blake]

I tend not to plonk people, but Justin's reply above is in a way
self-plonking.

I didn't have the patience to try to figure out where his reply started,
so I just pressed the button for "next unread post"

I tend to only plonk people who are trolls or are nasty. I hate to
plonk Windows Live Mail users who are neither, but if they continue to
post with Windows Live Mail even after they are told that their
replies are unintelligible, I end up plonking them too.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Try leaving it at the street end of your drive. It invariably works
here.
I had a huge metal cabinet (steel) in my garage, weighed a ton. The
local junk dealer, a friend, carted it away and it took two of them to
put it into his locked yard. It had vanished two days later, having
been manhandled over his 6-foot fence during the night.

Good idea with only one problem: my partner might see me doing it

We probably have pretty strong thieves around here too, sadly. Although
the big deal where I live (Silicon Valley) is thieves stealing copper.
That includes *live* copper wire from churches, schools, street lights,
traffic signs on the freeways, ...

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I tend to only plonk people who are trolls or are nasty. I hate to
plonk Windows Live Mail users who are neither, but if they continue to
post with Windows Live Mail even after they are told that their
replies are unintelligible, I end up plonking them too.

I don't plonk them. I didn't plonk Justin. As I said, he sort of plonked
himself.

When it's easy enough, I manage to read a WLM post OK, but when it's too
much work, I skip it.

I'm kind of mean that way

 

[Ken Blake]

I don't plonk them. I didn't plonk Justin. As I said, he sort of plonked
himself.

Yes, I understood that. But we are different in that regard.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Yes, I understood that. But we are different in that regard.

Ah, I see. I thought your remarks meant you were thinking I had plonked
him. Sorry about the misinterpretation.

All squared away now.

 

[Robin Bignall]

Good idea with only one problem: my partner might see me doing it

We probably have pretty strong thieves around here too, sadly. Although
the big deal where I live (Silicon Valley) is thieves stealing copper.
That includes *live* copper wire from churches, schools, street lights,
traffic signs on the freeways, ...

It's just the same here.

 

[Muad'Dib]

Hi,

Has anyone been able to get this scanner to run under Windows 7? I get
a message that says the driver was not successfully installed. But, the
software does run, just can't connect to the scanner.

If I knew exactly which file was the actual driver, I'd try setting the
XP compatibility mode and see if that works. Determining which which
file is the driver is above my pay scale.

I've got a one time use where I need to take the scanner to a remote
location and scan some documents. I'd like to take my netbook with Win7
Starter. I don't own a laptop.

The last driver written for the scanner was for XP, SP 1 or 2 I believe.
I only need to scan once in every 4-6 months, so not that happy with
buying a new scanner. On my Mac, I use virtual machine software w/ XP
to do the occasional scan.

I doubt the netbook has the power to run Virtual Box or MS's VM software.

I'd rather not buy a new scanner, but that alternative is not out of the
question.

The only way I got my Visioneer to work was/is within a VM on the
desktop computer, and use it happily to this date. I tried in Vista and
Win 7 final to no avail. I have an older Acer Aspire One, w/ 1gb memory
and XP that I had successfully run Win 7 RC in VirtualBox. (Just for
kicks of course) A bit slow, but wasn't irritating. I expect if you have
somewhat of a similar netbook with at least 1gb of memory, you would be
successful. Hmm, What OS does your netbook sport anyway? It is all about
memory and what can be afforded towards the VM. If newer, (Win 7?), and
you have a legit copy of XP, I really don't see why one couldn't do XP
in a VM and install the Visioneer software in it. Might wind up being a
bit slow, but if it does what you want, then you are successful.

Cheers

 

[choro]

Hi,



The only way I got my Visioneer to work was/is within a VM on the
desktop computer, and use it happily to this date. I tried in Vista and
Win 7 final to no avail. I have an older Acer Aspire One, w/ 1gb memory
and XP that I had successfully run Win 7 RC in VirtualBox. (Just for
kicks of course) A bit slow, but wasn't irritating. I expect if you have
somewhat of a similar netbook with at least 1gb of memory, you would be
successful. Hmm, What OS does your netbook sport anyway? It is all about
memory and what can be afforded towards the VM. If newer, (Win 7?), and
you have a legit copy of XP, I really don't see why one couldn't do XP
in a VM and install the Visioneer software in it. Might wind up being a
bit slow, but if it does what you want, then you are successful.

Cheers

I keep my old WinXP laptop handy to use on rare occasions when I need to
access my Visioneer 4400 USB scanner. Simple, effective solution. It
just doesn't make sense to buy another scanner to use on my Win7 machine
for the very rare occasions that I need to use it. My scanner was not
even supported by VueScan which boasts support for over 1,800 different
scanners.--
choro
*****

 

[Drew]

Has anyone been able to get this scanner to run under Windows 7? I get
a message that says the driver was not successfully installed. But, the
software does run, just can't connect to the scanner.

If I knew exactly which file was the actual driver, I'd try setting the
XP compatibility mode and see if that works. Determining which which
file is the driver is above my pay scale.

I've got a one time use where I need to take the scanner to a remote
location and scan some documents. I'd like to take my netbook with Win7
Starter. I don't own a laptop.

The last driver written for the scanner was for XP, SP 1 or 2 I believe.
I only need to scan once in every 4-6 months, so not that happy with
buying a new scanner. On my Mac, I use virtual machine software w/ XP
to do the occasional scan.

I doubt the netbook has the power to run Virtual Box or MS's VM software.

I'd rather not buy a new scanner, but that alternative is not out of the
question.

I went through the same thing with a Visioneer 9020 that was a great
scanner. Just not supported on vista or 7. Finally broke down got a
Epson v30. It has worked well and if anything is faster than the
Visioneer. Sold the Visioneer to a friend who still runs xp for almost
the same amount it took to buy the Epson.

 

[choro]

I went through the same thing with a Visioneer 9020 that was a great
scanner. Just not supported on vista or 7. Finally broke down got a
Epson v30. It has worked well and if anything is faster than the
Visioneer. Sold the Visioneer to a friend who still runs xp for almost
the same amount it took to buy the Epson.

Question is: Do you still have a friend?--
choro
*****

 

[Robin Bignall]

Question is: Do you still have a friend?--

Good question.

A couple of years ago I bought an Epson V350 scanner. Come Win 7, they
didn't produce a driver but suggested the Vista one. Didn't work
properly, buttons wouldn't select the right application, etc. Yet
another doorstop to the recycler and another company whose products I
would not touch with a barge pole.

 

[Drew]

Question is: Do you still have a friend?--
choro
*****

Yessir I do.. he still has the visioneer..It still works as well.

 

[Zaidy036]

Has anyone been able to get this scanner to run under Windows 7? I get a
message that says the driver was not successfully installed. But, the
software does run, just can't connect to the scanner.

If I knew exactly which file was the actual driver, I'd try setting the
XP compatibility mode and see if that works. Determining which which
file is the driver is above my pay scale.

I've got a one time use where I need to take the scanner to a remote
location and scan some documents. I'd like to take my netbook with Win7
Starter. I don't own a laptop.

The last driver written for the scanner was for XP, SP 1 or 2 I believe.
I only need to scan once in every 4-6 months, so not that happy with
buying a new scanner. On my Mac, I use virtual machine software w/ XP to
do the occasional scan.

I doubt the netbook has the power to run Virtual Box or MS's VM software.

I'd rather not buy a new scanner, but that alternative is not out of the
question.

Look at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com...e/thread/f2d460e8-bb39-4576-86f6-4615fdb88049
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/visioneer-8920-a-t4031653.html
http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=43308&vforum=0c1122d17

 

[Ken Springer]

I keep my old WinXP laptop handy to use on rare occasions when I need to
access my Visioneer 4400 USB scanner. Simple, effective solution. It
just doesn't make sense to buy another scanner to use on my Win7 machine
for the very rare occasions that I need to use it. My scanner was not
even supported by VueScan which boasts support for over 1,800 different
scanners.--
choro
*****

I've been trying to get the scanner to work under Virtual Box, to no
avail at the moment. I can't seem to get XP to "talk" to anything USB.

I don't remember if I mentioned it, but I'm using Windows 7 Starter on a
netbook for this project. And once the scanning is done, I'll probably
delete Virtual Box and likely never use it again.

Right now, I'm waiting for my email password verification from Oracle so
I can post in their forums and see if I can get any answers.

I don't have access to any other laptop of any kind.


--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 16.0.1
Thunderbird 16.0.1
LibreOffice 3.5.6.2

 

[Paul]

I've been trying to get the scanner to work under Virtual Box, to no
avail at the moment. I can't seem to get XP to "talk" to anything USB.

I don't remember if I mentioned it, but I'm using Windows 7 Starter on a
netbook for this project. And once the scanning is done, I'll probably
delete Virtual Box and likely never use it again.

Right now, I'm waiting for my email password verification from Oracle so
I can post in their forums and see if I can get any answers.

I don't have access to any other laptop of any kind.

Don't give up. It took me two tries to get USB passthru working
on my laptop. The first time, all I got was a stream of error dialogs
for my efforts. Uninstalled and reinstalled a bit later, and suddenly
it started working.

The last time I tested (with pretty well the latest version),
the USB setup seemed a lot smoother. No hassle at all, not like before.
But the rest of VirtualBox was then acting up :-( That was under Windows 8.

Paul

 

[Ken Springer]

On 10/25/12 5:23 PM, Paul wrote:

Don't give up. It took me two tries to get USB passthru working
on my laptop. The first time, all I got was a stream of error dialogs
for my efforts. Uninstalled and reinstalled a bit later, and suddenly
it started working.

The last time I tested (with pretty well the latest version),
the USB setup seemed a lot smoother. No hassle at all, not like before.
But the rest of VirtualBox was then acting up :-( That was under Windows 8.

Well, I gave up. LOL

I looked at the time I've spent so far trying to get the scanner to
work. I looked at the instructions/help given in the VB forum. I
looked at all the other things I need to get done before winter really
sets in, plus other things I want to do. And all of it wasn't helped by
the slowness of a netbook.

So.....

I ordered a scanner. LOL It's 4-5 times the quality of results,
faster, runs natively with my Mac, so for me I think this is the best
option.

Thanks to all that offered support and help.


--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 16.0.1
Thunderbird 16.0.1
LibreOffice 3.5.6.2

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On 10/25/12 5:23 PM, Paul wrote:



Well, I gave up. LOL

I looked at the time I've spent so far trying to get the scanner to
work. I looked at the instructions/help given in the VB forum. I
looked at all the other things I need to get done before winter really
sets in, plus other things I want to do. And all of it wasn't helped by
the slowness of a netbook.

So.....

I ordered a scanner. LOL It's 4-5 times the quality of results,
faster, runs natively with my Mac, so for me I think this is the best
option.

Thanks to all that offered support and help.

Good move. There comes a time when it's worth noting that the effort is
being wasted.

This is a lesson that I am sometimes too slow to learn

 

[charlie]

Good move. There comes a time when it's worth noting that the effort is
being wasted.

This is a lesson that I am sometimes too slow to learn

"This is a lesson that I am sometimes too slow to learn "

I'll second and third that, and add that you're definitely not alone!
My blood pressure went down considerably when I realized the error of my
ways, although the pocketbook whimpers from time to time!

Scanners have always been of interest to me, since I was also interested
in photography. Fax and scan in general were areas that classically had
some real problems, resulting in a lot of head scratching, nasty words,
and so forth. Twain was an attempt to try and inject some sanity, and
was doing well until MS decided to implement their unique version, and
screwed up the standard ones. Oh Well!

At least USB I/O won the battle. Before that, even the scanner's I/O
interface was up for grabs, with a fax unique i/o (Panasonic and copier
OEM's loved it), SCSI, modified SCSI(simplified SCSI I/O cards that
didn't follow the standards), serial, and parallel i/o(modified Centronics).

One of my more notable experiences with a scanner was a warranty return.
Seems that the scanner used a parallel cable that had identical
connectors on both ends, and looked like a conventional parallel cable,
but was not. Inadvertently reversing the cable resulted in killing the
scanner's interface circuitry. I took back the failed scanner, exchanged
it for a better one, and got a significant refund to boot.
When all was said and done, I had all of $60 invested in a $200 or so
scanner.
I still wish that the scanner mfrs and MS would eliminate the unneeded
wait for the lamp bit that I still see in some of the scanner software.