help with canon scanner install

i saw an answer to this issue somewhere but I can't find it anymore. so
if this is a repeat, forgive me.

I'm trying to reinstall the drivers for my scanner and the installer
won't open.

i've got 10.3.6, with a Canon N650U scanner. went to the website and
got the ScanExpertv380x app. Stuffit is Deluxe. 8.0.2. Unstuffed it and
tried to open installer and got nothing. no error or anything. it just
flashed like it was going to open and then didn't.

any suggestions.

In article <161120042059290103%Chris@nospam.com>, <Chris@nospam.com>
wrote:

> i saw an answer to this issue somewhere but I can't find it anymore. so
> if this is a repeat, forgive me.
>
> I'm trying to reinstall the drivers for my scanner and the installer
> won't open.
>
> i've got 10.3.6, with a Canon N650U scanner. went to the website and
> got the ScanExpertv380x app. Stuffit is Deluxe. 8.0.2. Unstuffed it and
> tried to open installer and got nothing. no error or anything. it just
> flashed like it was going to open and then didn't.
>
> any suggestions.

Run the utility "Console" and see what ends up in the console log when
you launch the installer.

It could be a Stuffit problem.  The 8.x StuffIt Engine seems to be very
flakey.

In article <161120042059290103%Chris@nospam.com>, <Chris@nospam.com>
wrote:

> i've got 10.3.6, with a Canon N650U scanner. went to the website and
> got the ScanExpertv380x app.

Exact same situation with me, Chris.  It looks like Canon isn't making
an OS-X driver for the N650U scanner.  What I did, was I copied the old
Canoscan Toolbox into my System 9 applications folder.  Then, in order
to use the one-click to copy feature, I copied my printer driver into
the extensions folder of Sys 9.  The front-button (of the scanner)
functionality won't work across the OS-X/Classic barrier, so I just keep
an alias of Canoscan Toolbox in the dock.  Works great.  I haven't tried
the one-click Fax function yet -- I suppose I'll have to figure out an
equivalent method using the built-in OSX fax function.


I also discovered that Samsung isn't making any further OS-X drivers (I
have a cheapie monotone laser printer from them, about a year old)  I
sent them a letter telling them of my disappointment with their
shortsighted attitude toward the Mac platform.  I got a really snarky
reply, telling me I just "plain don't understand" how drivers work, etc.
The same guy told me that Apple keeps changing their OS, and so
frequently, that it "breaks" the Samsung drivers.

I can't print my reply here, assuming this is a "family" newsgroup!!
<heh heh>

In article <vwram-F2975A.20431217112004@news.telus.net>, RB
<vwram@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <161120042059290103%Chris@nospam.com>, <Chris@nospam.com>
> wrote:
> 
>
> Exact same situation with me, Chris.  It looks like Canon isn't making
> an OS-X driver for the N650U scanner.

yes they did. I had it installed perfectly just like two months ago. I
upgraded my computer and changed my systems drive to a bigger drive and
now it won't open so I can put the plugin back into Photoshop,  which
is actually my pref since I rarely scan anything that I'm not about to
edit.

In article <mcmurtri-F959AA.21335116112004@corp-radius.supernews.com>,
Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote:

\
>
> Run the utility "Console" and see what ends up in the console log when
> you launch the installer.

it says nothing when I try to launch the installer.

>
> It could be a Stuffit problem.  The 8.x StuffIt Engine seems to be very
> flakey.

In article <171120042348528844%Chris@nospam.com>, <Chris@nospam.com>
wrote:
 
>
> yes they did.


Really?  I couldn't find it at their website.... can you point me to it?

In article <vwram-534C2F.12185718112004@news.telus.net>,
RB <vwram@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Really?  I couldn't find it at their website.... can you point me to it?

Never mind - I found it.  But I guess I'm .  This appears to be
a plug-in, and I don't run anything like Photoshop right now.  I simply
want to enable the scanner to run under OS-X, instead of switching into
Classic the way it does if I start Canoscan Toolbox.

Maybe I should leave well enough alone, or is there something I'm
missing here?

> Exact same situation with me, Chris.  It looks like Canon isn't making
> an OS-X driver for the N650U scanner.

I found OS X drivers for my N1200U on Canon's European website.
Weren't available from CanonUSA.

Larry

In article <mcmurtri-F959AA.21335116112004@corp-radius.supernews.com>,
Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> It could be a Stuffit problem.  The 8.x StuffIt Engine seems to be very
> flakey.

inspired by your comment. I uninstalled and reinstalled Stuffit. and
guess what, when I unstuffed the file again, it worked.


I should have thought of that sooner. I guess I didn't cause I had just
installed it when I redid my drives.