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32 bit drivers
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? |
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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? I think that your HP drivers are highly unlikely to work unless your 32 bit tablet is running XP. Most drivers are written with specific parameters for the intended OS, and once you move away from that, all bets are off. Some manufacturers provide "generic" drivers to the OS developer, and in those cases, the device may work on a newer OS, though often with limited functionality. -- Best regards, Neil |
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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. ******* 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. ******* 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. ******* 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 |
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On 6/23/2015 8:52 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:47:23 -0400, 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? Make and model of the tablet? I have a HP Stream 7 5701 tablet, and find it has all of the capabilities of my Windows 8.1 laptop. The table has Intel® Atom™ Z3735G Quad Core 32 bit Processor with 1GB DDR3L memory. It has 32gb of on board storage. With the bluetooth I can easily transfer files between in and my laptop. I can also access my thumbdrives and the land drives through the LAN. OS is Windows 8.1 current updates. Yes I know the 3300c scanner is old but it works perfectly, and I thought that since Windows 8.1 will run legacy systems (ie XP), that the Generic XP driver would work on the 32 bit processor of the Tablet. _____________________________________________ It goes a against the grain to toss a perfectly good scanner, that is equal to or better that the current scanners you buy today. If I can not find drivers to run on the 32bit tablet, I will maintain the XP machine just to run the scanner. |
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On 6/23/2015 2:45 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:33:37 -0400, 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? Make and model of the tablet? From what I can determine your scanner is not a network capable device, unlike your storage devices. As your tablet has a microusb port, you might be able to hook the scanner up directly to the tablet. How did you anticipate connecting to the scanner? Did you expect to do it through the LAN or by using a USB cable? The HP Steam is a full functioning Windows 8.1 computer. With an adapter cable it can connect to any USB device through its micro USB port |
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On 6/23/2015 9:05 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:06:22 -0500, Neil wrote: 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? I think that your HP drivers are highly unlikely to work unless your 32 bit tablet is running XP. Most drivers are written with specific parameters for the intended OS, and once you move away from that, all bets are off. Some manufacturers provide "generic" drivers to the OS developer, and in those cases, the device may work on a newer OS, though often with limited functionality. Interesting, I thought he was talking about a "drawing tablet", e.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=draw...1 680&bih=875 OR http://bit.ly/1LiTKvD Interesting that you should bring that up. My first drawing tablet was a 12"x12" Summagraphics that I used with my PC in 1985 or so. The manufacturer provided all of the necessary I/O code references so that users could write their own drivers, which I did more than once during "upgrades". -- Best regards, Neil |
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On 6/24/2015 12:24 PM, Neil wrote:
On 6/23/2015 9:05 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:06:22 -0500, Neil wrote: 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? I think that your HP drivers are highly unlikely to work unless your 32 bit tablet is running XP. Most drivers are written with specific parameters for the intended OS, and once you move away from that, all bets are off. Some manufacturers provide "generic" drivers to the OS developer, and in those cases, the device may work on a newer OS, though often with limited functionality. Interesting, I thought he was talking about a "drawing tablet", e.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=draw...1 680&bih=875 OR http://bit.ly/1LiTKvD Interesting that you should bring that up. My first drawing tablet was a 12"x12" Summagraphics that I used with my PC in 1985 or so. The manufacturer provided all of the necessary I/O code references so that users could write their own drivers, which I did more than once during "upgrades". It has been a long time since I thought about drawing tablets, but mine is not a drawing tablet. It is this http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/tablet...-tablet---5701 |
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On 6/24/2015 4:10 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 6/24/2015 12:24 PM, Neil wrote: Interesting that you should bring that up. My first drawing tablet was a 12"x12" Summagraphics that I used with my PC in 1985 or so. The manufacturer provided all of the necessary I/O code references so that users could write their own drivers, which I did more than once during "upgrades". It has been a long time since I thought about drawing tablets, but mine is not a drawing tablet. It is this http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/tablet...-tablet---5701 I know. See my reply to you from a couple of days ago, if you haven't as yet. Related to Stormin' Norman's suggestion, I've used VueScan (Pro version) for years with a couple of my scanners, and found it to be very good software that uses its own drivers, so if it supports your scanner (quite likely that it does) it would be well worth the investment because it would eliminate the driver issues. -- Best regards, Neil |
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On 6/25/2015 2:46 PM, Neil wrote:
On 6/24/2015 4:10 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote: On 6/24/2015 12:24 PM, Neil wrote: Interesting that you should bring that up. My first drawing tablet was a 12"x12" Summagraphics that I used with my PC in 1985 or so. The manufacturer provided all of the necessary I/O code references so that users could write their own drivers, which I did more than once during "upgrades". It has been a long time since I thought about drawing tablets, but mine is not a drawing tablet. It is this http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/tablet...-tablet---5701 I know. See my reply to you from a couple of days ago, if you haven't as yet. Related to Stormin' Norman's suggestion, I've used VueScan (Pro version) for years with a couple of my scanners, and found it to be very good software that uses its own drivers, so if it supports your scanner (quite likely that it does) it would be well worth the investment because it would eliminate the driver issues. If you read the fine print VueScan and others, support the scanner with their front end. However the HP3300 drivers for VueScan are supplied by HP. So we are back to my same dilemma. |
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On 6/25/2015 4:38 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 6/25/2015 2:46 PM, Neil wrote: On 6/24/2015 4:10 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote: On 6/24/2015 12:24 PM, Neil wrote: Interesting that you should bring that up. My first drawing tablet was a 12"x12" Summagraphics that I used with my PC in 1985 or so. The manufacturer provided all of the necessary I/O code references so that users could write their own drivers, which I did more than once during "upgrades". It has been a long time since I thought about drawing tablets, but mine is not a drawing tablet. It is this http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/tablet...-tablet---5701 I know. See my reply to you from a couple of days ago, if you haven't as yet. Related to Stormin' Norman's suggestion, I've used VueScan (Pro version) for years with a couple of my scanners, and found it to be very good software that uses its own drivers, so if it supports your scanner (quite likely that it does) it would be well worth the investment because it would eliminate the driver issues. If you read the fine print VueScan and others, support the scanner with their front end. However the HP3300 drivers for VueScan are supplied by HP. So we are back to my same dilemma. That's HP for you. I bought HP scanners and printers in the early '90s and discovered their policy of discontinuing drivers and dropping support for their products long before the hardware was inoperable due to mechanical or electronic failures. I haven't bought an HP product since. It wouldn't surprise me if they gave Hamrick legal grief for developing drivers for earlier scanners, a la: http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/hp_scanjet.html -- Best regards, Neil |
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On 6/25/2015 6:49 PM, Neil wrote:
On 6/25/2015 4:38 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote: On 6/25/2015 2:46 PM, Neil wrote: On 6/24/2015 4:10 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote: On 6/24/2015 12:24 PM, Neil wrote: Interesting that you should bring that up. My first drawing tablet was a 12"x12" Summagraphics that I used with my PC in 1985 or so. The manufacturer provided all of the necessary I/O code references so that users could write their own drivers, which I did more than once during "upgrades". It has been a long time since I thought about drawing tablets, but mine is not a drawing tablet. It is this http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/tablet...-tablet---5701 I know. See my reply to you from a couple of days ago, if you haven't as yet. Related to Stormin' Norman's suggestion, I've used VueScan (Pro version) for years with a couple of my scanners, and found it to be very good software that uses its own drivers, so if it supports your scanner (quite likely that it does) it would be well worth the investment because it would eliminate the driver issues. If you read the fine print VueScan and others, support the scanner with their front end. However the HP3300 drivers for VueScan are supplied by HP. So we are back to my same dilemma. That's HP for you. I bought HP scanners and printers in the early '90s and discovered their policy of discontinuing drivers and dropping support for their products long before the hardware was inoperable due to mechanical or electronic failures. I haven't bought an HP product since. It wouldn't surprise me if they gave Hamrick legal grief for developing drivers for earlier scanners, a la: http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/hp_scanjet.html While many people are taken in by Vuescan the only thing they universally guarantee is their front end software will work on all operating system. However Vuescan only supports a limited number of scanners with their own drivers. In many cases when you read the fine print on the Vuescan website http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/hp_scanjet_3000.html You will get wording similar to this for the HP Scanjet 3300. "VueScan works with the HP ScanJet 3000 on Windows and Mac OS X. You need to install an HP driver to use this scanner on Windows and Mac OS X. If there isn't an HP driver at www.hp.com for your operating system, then unfortunately VueScan won't work with this scanner. VueScan uses a plugin library that's installed with the HP drivers to talk to this scanner, and doesn't work with this scanner without this plugin library." |
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On 6/25/2015 7:30 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 6/25/2015 6:49 PM, Neil wrote: On 6/25/2015 4:38 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote: On 6/25/2015 2:46 PM, Neil wrote: On 6/24/2015 4:10 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote: On 6/24/2015 12:24 PM, Neil wrote: Interesting that you should bring that up. My first drawing tablet was a 12"x12" Summagraphics that I used with my PC in 1985 or so. The manufacturer provided all of the necessary I/O code references so that users could write their own drivers, which I did more than once during "upgrades". It has been a long time since I thought about drawing tablets, but mine is not a drawing tablet. It is this http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/tablet...-tablet---5701 I know. See my reply to you from a couple of days ago, if you haven't as yet. Related to Stormin' Norman's suggestion, I've used VueScan (Pro version) for years with a couple of my scanners, and found it to be very good software that uses its own drivers, so if it supports your scanner (quite likely that it does) it would be well worth the investment because it would eliminate the driver issues. If you read the fine print VueScan and others, support the scanner with their front end. However the HP3300 drivers for VueScan are supplied by HP. So we are back to my same dilemma. That's HP for you. I bought HP scanners and printers in the early '90s and discovered their policy of discontinuing drivers and dropping support for their products long before the hardware was inoperable due to mechanical or electronic failures. I haven't bought an HP product since. It wouldn't surprise me if they gave Hamrick legal grief for developing drivers for earlier scanners, a la: http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/hp_scanjet.html While many people are taken in by Vuescan the only thing they universally guarantee is their front end software will work on all operating system. However Vuescan only supports a limited number of scanners with their own drivers. In many cases when you read the fine print on the Vuescan website http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/hp_scanjet_3000.html You will get wording similar to this for the HP Scanjet 3300. "VueScan works with the HP ScanJet 3000 on Windows and Mac OS X. You need to install an HP driver to use this scanner on Windows and Mac OS X. If there isn't an HP driver at www.hp.com for your operating system, then unfortunately VueScan won't work with this scanner. VueScan uses a plugin library that's installed with the HP drivers to talk to this scanner, and doesn't work with this scanner without this plugin library." I did read that for some of their scanner support, which is why I added the link to an older HP scanner that uses drivers developed by Hamrick and doesn't need the HP drivers to work. Considering the number of scanners in existence today, it is probably expedient to use the manufacturers' drivers, but that would just be one less reason to use VueScan. -- Best regards, Neil |
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