Keith Nuttle wrote:
I have an HP Scanjet 3300c. Since HP stopped supporting this scanner a
couple of years after I purchased it, I have been using the generic
scanner driver on my 32 bit XP computer. This driver was found in the
standard list of scanner drives in my OEM XP system.
How I have a 32 bit tablet, and while I have never been able to find a
64 bit driver to use on Windows 8. the though occurred to me if I could
find that 32 bit generic drive, I possibly could use the scanner on my
32 bit Windows 8 table..
If this is would be possible, where can I find that 32 bit generic XP
driver?
http://www.sane-project.org/man/sane-niash.5.html
The sane-niash implements a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) backend that
provides access to NIASH chipset based scanners. This backend will try
to support the following models:
MANUFACTURER: MODEL: USB ID:
--------------- ---------------- ---------
Agfa Snapscan Touch 06BD-0100 (1)(a)
Trust Office Scan 19200 047B-1000 (1)(a)
Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 3300c 03F0-0205 (1)(a)(b)
Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 3400c 03F0-0405 (2)(b)
Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 4300c 03F0-0305 (2)(a)
Silitek ScanJet 4300c 047B-1002 (2)(b)
ASIC: (1) - NIASH00012/00013/00014 / (2) - NIASH00019
ANALOG FRONT-END: (a) - ESIC ES8100QA / (b) - WM8143-12
The 3300c was introduced in the year 2002, and is 13 years old.
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For the owner of a Windows 7 table, there is WinXP mode,
available with Windows 7 Pro or higher. You could run
the WinXP driver there.
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There is Vuescan
http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/supported-scanners.html
http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/hp_scanjet_3300c.html
See if there is a trial.
I can't find any OS version info.
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You could install VirtualBox, install a copy of WinXP,
and use USB passthru. Even without a WinXP license, that
might work for a month without activation. When it asks
for the license key, just click next.
It'll mean reinstalling WinXP once in a while.
This command, run as administrator in the WinXP install,
will rearm activation. But there is some limit to how
many times.
rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk
HTH,
Paul