Need advice for Trust flatbed scanner

[Ikke]

Hi everybody,

Years ago I've bought a Trust Imagery 4800SP flatbed scanner, which came
with its own little SCSI card. Both have always served me well.

Some time ago, I reinstalled the last one of my computers with Windows
2000, instead of Windows '95 which was still on it at that time. Alas, it
turned out that the software for my scanner was no longer supported for
Windows 2000 and just plain refused to be installed.

After visiting the Trust homepage, I found out that there are NO drivers at
all for Windows 2000 - which left me with a useless scanner!

Is there an alternative? I don't use the scanner that much anymore, but I'd
still like to be able to use it now and then. Buying a new scanner seems
stupid, this one still works after all.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Ikke

 

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You might look at the list of scanners that Vuescan supports to see if your
scanner is on the list. If it is, then you can download the demo and see if
it works for you. You will have to pay $50 minimum for it though and that
will go a long way toward buying a new basic flatbed scanner if that is all
that you really need.

Doug

 

[AAvK]

You might look at the list of scanners that Vuescan supports to see if your
scanner is on the list. If it is, then you can download the demo and see if
it works for you. You will have to pay $50 minimum for it though and that
will go a long way toward buying a new basic flatbed scanner if that is all
that you really need.

Doug

I checked that, doesn't. But he could try, download Vuescan and see if it will
simply run it. If not, use the hamrick "scanners.inf" as a driver, adding a line
of driver code that is found on this page:
http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/scanner/etc/sane.d/teco3.conf bottom line.
As placed in the "flatbed scanner" section, possibly make it match other driver
lines as to detail and placement, it may work then. A little creativity. Seeing
how the scanners.inf goes, one could probably make their own driver that way.
http://www.hamrick.com/

But to buy Vuescan after that? More viable to buy a new scanner with 48 bit
color depth for just as much $.

 

[Barry Watzman]

You can buy used HP 5470C's on E-Bay for as little as $10 (in fact there
is one right now for $1). This is a discontinued but modern USB scanner
with 48 bit color depth and 2400 dpi hardware resolution (actual
resolution, not interpolated) ... it's a very good scanner, a few years
old but works well under all OS' from 98 thru and including XP [I'm
waiting to see if it's supported under Vista]. [This was HP's "top of
the line" in about 2003.] The 5490C is the exact same scanner with an
ADF (and the ADF can be bought separately and added to a 5470C if
desired, it's item C9866A but be sure you get the replacement power
supply required when adding the ADF).

 

[rwatson767]

Hi everybody,

Years ago I've bought a Trust Imagery 4800SP flatbed scanner, which came
with its own little SCSI card.

IKKE

You might take a close look at the SCSI card. If it is an Adaptec SCSI
card there are drivers for XP on the Adaptec site.

I had a similar problem with my Nikon LS4500AF scanner when going to
XP. Since I was using an Adaptec card a friend put me on to the SCSI
drivers on ther Adaptec site. Everything came right up.

Bob AZ

 

[Danny]

Hello Ikke,

I've never worked with (or heard of ) the Trust Imagery product... but,
if it's a twain compliant scanner, chances are that you can get it to
run on that OS even if the manufacturer doesn't 'support' it. If the
old drivers were for the 32bit version of Windows 95 and not the
16Bit, then chances are that you can get the scanner to operate on not
only Windows 2000 but also XP. But, if your scsi card is an ISA card
(like the Adaptec 15xx series, then you'll probably need to get a pci
scsi card like the AHA-2906E. As far as I know, ISA will not work on a
2000 or XP environment.

If your scsi card is PCI, try the following:
1. install the Twain Drivers for your scanner (If you have a choice,
then install the latest OS supported by the manufacturer- hopefully NT
or even 98 should be okay)

2. goto:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/speed/software_pc/aspi/aspi_v471_exe.htm

3. download the aspi_v471.exe to your desktop and run it
a. select the default location for extracting the files (26 files
should extract to the c:\adaptec\aspi directory)
b. close winzip

4. navigate to C:\adaptec\aspi and run the aspiinst.exe
a. select defaults again
b. after the message "aspi is up to date" , you should be prompted
to restart ... go ahead and reboot

5. after loging into windows as administrator again, run the
c:\adaptec\aspi\aspichk.exe to confirm everything updated properly:

aspi32.sys & wnaspi32.dll -> ver 4.71.1
wowpost.exe & winaspi.dll --> ver 4.60

6. exit the aspichk utility

7. goto device manager and confirm the SCSI card is properly seen as a
SCSI and RAID controller- (adaptec 2902 won''t say AVA-2902, but
aic78xx for pci.. usually)
* the key is to verify windows sees the scsi card properly without
any ! or ? on the SCSI controller- no matter what the brand is

8. confirm the scanner is seen as well (even if windows couldn't locate
the drivers durning the found new hardware wizzard.. just make sure you
finished the hardware wizard and didn't cancel... The scanner should be
seen as an 'other device' or unkown device with a ? icon. But the
product id should still read your make/model.

9. right click on the scanner, and disable it

Now Test:

1. Goto Start | Programs | Accessories | Imaging

2. goto file | select device (or scanner)

3. select your scanner

4. goto file | scan new/ batch (or similar- my memory of Wang Imaging
is rusty- but you get the idea... if not call me)

Hopefully your twain UI pops up here and you're able to scan.

give me a call if you have any questions/ problems

Hop[e this helps


Danny
408-996-1829

 

[Ikke]

You might look at the list of scanners that Vuescan supports to see if
your scanner is on the list. If it is, then you can download the demo
and see if it works for you. You will have to pay $50 minimum for it
though and that will go a long way toward buying a new basic flatbed
scanner if that is all that you really need.

Thanks, Doug, and everybody else who replied.

I'll try Vuescan, but given the fact that it's a $50 minimum I think it's
better to look for a cheap new scanner.

Thanks,

Ikke

 

[AAvK]

Thanks, Doug, and everybody else who replied.

I'll try Vuescan, but given the fact that it's a $50 minimum I think it's
better to look for a cheap new scanner.

Thanks,

Ikke

Microtek makes the BEST oem twain software of all, ScanWizard. You should
get one that has digital ice, licensed from Kodak. it is hardware infrared detection
and cleaning of dust, removed from the scan via software.