pg wrote:
On Feb 11, 3:11 am, Martin Trautmann wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:39:28 -0800 (PST), pg wrote:
"The scanner is not ready! Please check the scanner connection."
Did I do anything wrong??
Microteks software here is most annoying.

I don't know which is the right order, but the scanner has to be plugged
in properly before/after installing the software (I'd guess after).
Otherwise it might be ignored.

Mine can't be used via an USB hub.

- Martin

I have plugged and unplugged the scanner, rebooted the PC several
times, and even un-installed and re-installed the software, and still
I got the error !!!

I checked the scanner as well, no problem.

Oh well ... This is getting very very weird !!

For the purposes of hardware testing, a scanner could
also be tested with a Linux distribution. Windows
has TWAIN and Linux has SANE as possible scanner interface
standards. A SANE driver for your scanner was done
some number of years ago, so it is possible that
you could interface to the scanner with a Linux
LiveCD and test it there. You'd use a program like
GIMP (equivalent to Photoshop), and in File:Acquire
there might be an option to scan from a SANE capable
scanner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWAIN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanner_Access_Now_Easy (SANE)

I'm only mentioning that, if you run out of options
in Windows to prove the device works. You can get
Linux LiveCD distributions like Knoppix (knopper.net)
or Ubuntu (ubuntu.com), which don't require installing
anything to the hard drive, to use the Linux desktop.
You boot from the CD, and are then running a Linux
desktop. It is possible the scanner may be accessible
there. At least then, you'd know whether to continue
fighting with it in Windows.

Based on my experience trying to get a webcam working
in Linux, I'm not promising this will be easy. But it
is another option... Like, if you're bored and have
nothing better to do.

Paul