Canon Lide30 scanner will not work with PS in CS3

Hi all,

I have just re-installed CS3 on my G5 after a clean erase and install of the OSX Leopard. All software has been updated. All went smoothly except that I simply cannot get the Canon Lide 30 scanner to work again in PS. I keep getting the same message saying......'The necessary file could be missing or damaged, or the settings are incorrect. Reinstall the scanner driver. Scanner driver will be closed'.......

This is the latest driver downloaded from canon? Its been reinstalled a few times, mac restarted etc?

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can get it working again?

Thanks in advance.

YZ

Kind of a waste to use $1000 piece of software as a scanner interface. just use Cannons software and scan while continuing to work in Photoshop.

Very few here, if any, use Photoshop to scan with.

Hi Buko,

I can't even get Canons own Lide30 software to work, despite repeated installs?

YZ

kevin,

Why did you do a clean install of everything? Did you change your OS? Also check that you have the latest Canon scanner software.

And check that it is compatible with both your OS. If it worked under OS X 10.4.x but doesn't under OS X 10.5x, that could be the problem.

Neil

get VuScan

Success..!!!

I'm not sure what was going on? Perhaps the file was being corrupted on download or maybe it was not fully Leopard friendly even though the driver I downloaded is supposed to be up to date. Anyway, I went to the original install disc which has not been used in about three years. All works fine now! I'll definitely look into VueScan as well.

I just decided to do a fresh install of everything from the ground up as my G5 has just had its CPU replaced under warranty and it seemed like a good time to do it. Surprisingly it was no where near as bad as I thought it would be after X2 back ups were made on different external drives. The ONLY problem I have had all day is the scanner.

Thanks again for the help.

K

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