This depends on the specific scanner and model. VueScan provides a list of all the scanners supported and what the requirements of use for each one is. MOST scanners … regardless of hardware interface … use drivers embedded and supplied by VueScan that are loaded at run time by the app.
Here's the entry for the Minolta Scan Dual IV: https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/minolta_scan_dual_iv.html#technical-information G — The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. > On Jan 20, 2018, at 7:13 AM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If I remember correctly, with a USB scanner Viewscan required that you have a > working USB driver for the scanner. That's usually why the "native" scanning > software fails. > > The driver model was changed by Microsoft several times from Win2000, to > WinXP and Vista and support for the old model was completely dropped with the > release of Windows 8. Sometimes you can get older drivers to work with > Windows 7, in compatibility mode, though that's not guaranteed as those > compatibility modes are sometimes not all that compatible. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
