Hi Mark, Have you tried using the scanner in Windows Photo Gallery? Click
File/Import from scanner or camera.
If this works your in box drivers are installed and working. I had the same
problem with my Canon MP 500.
Jerry
"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01DCEECA-4FF9-42E3-BCC0-033B9FDB0F43@microsoft.com...
> Hi Mike,
>
> Thanks. However, I'm not really worried about getting the Canon scanner
> working. I'm more interested in a way to force Vista to use the "HP
> Laserjet
> 1220 Scanner" drivers for my HP (all-in-one Printer/Scanner). I just used
> the Canon as a convenient way to show that the Laserjet Scanner drivers
> actually exist in Vista since Vista only wants to install the printer only
> drivers for that device.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
> "Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> >>
>>
>>