RE: SCSI Scanner on Win 2K??

["LAURIE SOLOMON" <LAURIE@advancenet.net>]

Rafe,

I cannot say anything for sure about Win 2K and probably should keep my
mouth shut; but that is not in the cards.  I do know that when I use an old
Relisys RELI 4816 flatbed SCSI scanner on a Win 98 system.  The SCSI
controller on boot up gets recognized and the SCSI card BIOS recognizes the
scanner; similarly Window Device Manager recognizes the SCSI card in the
SCSI section but not the scanner.  If the scanner does show up in Device
Manager, it is under the Other section and with an exclamation mark.
However, in order to get it to do so and to eventually work as a Twain
scanner, I usually have to reinstall it about 7 times so that there is 7
instances of it under the "Other" section with exclamation marks.  Usually
this sort of a report, "Windows Support for SCSI was not found...," in my
experience is the product of a conflict between DOS type divers for the card
and Window based .dll files causing windows twain drivers to malfunction
with respect to the scanner in question even though the SCSI card has been
recognized in both DOS and under Windows and the DOS implementation of the
SCSI card at boot up recognizes the scanner.  On the other hand, I found
that my Umax PowerLook's recognition by Windows and even functioning became
finicky and dependent on what PCI slot the card was put in and what order in
the SCSI daisy chain it was placed in relation to other devices.

I put this out not so much as a solution or answer to your problem as pool
of potential hints of things you might explore if you have not already.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scan@leben.com [mailto:owner-scan@leben.com]On Behalf Of
Rafe B.
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:24 PM
To: scan@leben.com
Subject: SCSI Scanner on Win 2K??



Anything I should know about running an old
SCSI scanner under Win 2K????

More specifically, a Polaroid SprintScan 35+ ?

Insight (4.5, with "upgrade") seems to want
a file wnaspi32.dll -- but I get strong hints
that the usual "EZ-SCSI" stuff shouldn't be
be installed on Win 2K.

The old TWAIN backend (direct) driver reports
"Windows Support for SCSI was not found..."

Oddly enough, both the scanner itself and
the Advansys SCSI card show up properly in
Device Manager, with no errors.  (Advansys 922
is the PCI board that came with the scanner.)
The SCSI BIOS properly identifies the
Polaroid scanner during boot time.

FWIW, Epson 1640SU Photo and Nikon LS-8000
installed under Win2K without a hitch.


rafe b.


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