Mark
I have an aging Canon Lide 30, and the XP drivers and Canon Toolbox work in
Vista.. have you tried installing from your original Canon CD?
"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7286B025-C517-43F3-8D2A-86381A635C30@microsoft.com...
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Thanks for getting back to me.
>
> I have another scanner attached to the same computer - a Canon Canoscan
> 4200F. There are no drivers available for this device yet, so it shows up
> in
> the device manager under an "Other devices" category.
>
> The following steps allow me to install the "Laserjet 1220 Scanner" driver
> for the Canon:
>
> 1. Select "Update Driver Software" for the Canon scanner
> 2. Select "Browse my computer for driver software"
> 3. Select "Let my pick from a list of device drivers..."
> 4. Select "Imaging Devices" from the "Device Type" menu.
> 5. Select "Hewlett Packard" from the "Manufacturer" list.
> 6. Select "HP Laserjet 1220 Scanner" from the "Model" list.
> 7. Select "Next" - then press "Yes" in the "Update Driver Warning" popup
> window
> 8. The HP Laserjet 1220 Scanner drivers are then installed for the
> Canon -
> of course, they don't work for the Canon...
>
> The "Driver File Details" window for the Canon scanner now includes the
> following driver files:
>
> C:\Windows\System32\Dot4Prt.sys
> C:\Windows\System32\Dot4.sys
> C:\Windows\System32\Dot4Scan.sys
> C:\Windows\System32\ksthunk.sys
> C:\Windows\System32\hpljbfig.sys
>
> Any help or ideas on this issue are much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
>
>
> "Bruce Sanderson" wrote:
>
>> If you can say where (or how) you see a "Vista scanner driver for th
>> 1220",
>> I (or someone else) may be able figure out how to "install" it.
>>
>> I don't have an HP LaserJet1220, so I couldn't tell whether it works or
>> not.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>>
>> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5C3B3390-0EA6-49DF-A22E-B38F92DCA98D@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Everyone,
>> >
>> > I've got an HP Laserjet 1220 with the scanner attachment. It installs
>> > fine
>> > in Vista Enterprise RTM as a printer, but not as a scanner.
>> >
>> > However, I noticed that there is also a Vista scanner driver for the
>> > 1220
>> > that includes both the printer and scanner drivers for the 1220.
>> >
>> > Is there any way that I can force the printer to use the scanner
>> > version
>> > of
>> > the Vista driver when the driver wizard will only let me install a
>> > printer
>> > driver for this device?
>> >
>> > In other words, how can I reach the generic driver wizard that allows
>> > me
>> > to
>> > select the device type so that I can tell vista that this is a scanner
>> > instead of a printer?
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help.
>>