Vista - (Unofficial) drivers for Epson Perfection 1660 scanner

I had a bear of a time trying to find Vista x64 drivers for this scanner, so with some help from "Smoove Love" over at PlanetAMD64 forums, I was able to deconstruct the x64 drivers for the Perfection 2400 and create a driver install package for the 1660.

This driver set should install the printer with the correct name and in the the correct registry location.

While the drivers work fine for me, I take no responsibility for its effects on your system or registry. Use at your own risk/discretion. Drop me a PM if you have any questions!

I needed a place to upload the file, so I put it on Megaupload, hope that's ok!

Epson1660_Vista_x64_v1.zip:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BWZK5L6W

Thank you so much for this...It works perfectly...I was pulling my hair out...uninstalling vista...reinstalling XP...reinstalling Vista...thanks to all the posts in forums like this and the AMD64 site I got my Sound working... my Modem...my card reader...and now my scanner...Thank god for people like you who solve these problems : )

andrewdag

Thank you so much! all i can say is god bless the internet because epson's only solution was to buy a new scanner. this works perfectly. i'm unable to launch it through photoshop but maybe with some googling i'll find out how to do that also. Your'e the best vistax64user!!

Thank you very much for the x64 driver. I was really stuck until I found your post. Muchas Gracias

R.

What's the possibility of doing the same thing for the Perfection 2480 Photo scanner?

Hey man,
Up until 2 days ago I was using a sony vaio I bought in 1999. I was forced to get a new system because computers age like dogs; so my pc was 70 and done. Photoshop was kicking it's ass. I draw for a living ( Arzeno on deviantART ) and other than the pc itself my wacom tab and scanner are absolute necessities. Wacom has driver ready to go, they're a great company. Epson however, still to date does not provide a driver for vista 64. After frantically searching for one everywhere else, this post came up in a google search. Without hesitation I followed you link and gave it a shot.
Dude, I joined the forum today just to thank you for creating this driver! It works even better than the one I was using on my xp system. Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are a genius and a godsend.

Your fan,
-Rey

Thank you so much!!!! With your help my good old scanner works nearly perfect. two days ago I didn't know what to do, but now, after 24 hours of searching, my weekend will be quite sunny.

Take care,
calteri22

Much Mahalo from Hawaii!!!!

I was about to go out and get a new scanner until i tried this out!
It works great!

Better News


This is a great driver.

Beside Vista 64, I installed it on Windows 7 64 bit, and still works flawlessly.

If you are looking for a scanner software try Documalis,

Documalis Free Scanner (French) - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com

Normally the packed software for scanners are very big with lots of useless stuff. This little software has the basics with just 4 Mb in size, and free.

Thanks to uploader

I recently converted to Windows XP x64 and was horrified to find that my beloved Epson 1660 didn't work. I looked all over for a driver and finally stumbled upon this forum. I downloaded the driver hoping that it might work on XP x64 as well. I installed it without having first uninstalled the Epson Smart Panel. The new Epson Scan app ran fine, but the old software still didn't work. So I uninstalled the Smart Panel and the Epson Scan stopped working - evidently the uninstall of the Smart Panel got rid of some DLLs common (in name) to both packages. I reinstalled the driver and it works like a charm. My compliments and thanks to the uploader. It is a sad state of affairs when a company the size of Epson is unwilling to devote a few hours of manpower to support a product that just happens to no longer be in production. This happened to me once before with Logitech. I can't punish them since they stopped making scanners. But I sure can punish Epson.