IrfanView and Scanning

Have used IrfanView for years. For scanning in photo's (Hp R-40 printer/scanner/copier) I've always used Adobe products. I would like to use IrfanView 3.8 but when I choose "Select Source" dialog box is empty and "select" is greyed out. Only option is cancel. When I choose "Acquire" I get a screen error TWAIN error ... Can't connect to device or TWAIN driver not installed. Since my Photoshop Elements 2.0 reconized my Hp for scanning, I snooped around and found 2x files.....
TWAIN_32.8BA and WIAsupportEL.8LI
I copied / pasted them into IrfanView plugin folder. No suprise it did not work. The strange thing, IrfanView reconizes my Hp by model number when "Print Picture" selection is chosen, providing a boat load of "print picture and print text" options. Any ideas what TWAIN / WIA file(s) it's looking for and where IrfanView wants them installed?
Thanks

 

Email the author ?

You can email the author of the program at irfanview@gmx.net it will probably be the best place to start

 

Hi is the printer ,copier ,scanner, wia compliant, maybe not for just the scaner part dono

Windows Image Acquisition
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270157
OR-MS KB type in wia for all ms products

You'res I think should be get it updated,at HP or have you ?
Im not sure exactly what model you have,

Start here
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/software.html

My cheap scanner is not wia compliant , this means word , wordpad, notepad, paintbrush( It was not made for windows)cant import to or I should say aquire to.
I have to use photo shop , Hp photo printing ,or imaging and just checked infranview works to.
In infranview> file > select twain source
have you done this
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but shows examples of how other
software can get in the way, if it is wia
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300944

"Could Not Enable TWAIN Source" or "There Is No Scanner Found" Error Messages Are Displayed
If you cancel an in-progress scan from a third-party program that is obtaining images from a Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)-supported device, you may receive the following error messages: Could not enable TWAIN source. -or- There is no scanner found...
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And I know the . SYMPTOMS dont fit exactly either, but please read, atleast it will get you started

Lonny

 

Hi Guys

I forgot there was a button on my Hp I can push which status itself as scanner. This assist when a calling program (Irfanview) is not directly configured to the Hp. I seldon use it, since Adobe and my OCR software automatically detected the Hp/scanner/twain/WIA values when they were installed. Thus a push of the magic button, select "Acquire" in Irfanview and my Hp scanning software leaped into action via a Irfanview input. Thanks for your interest and response.

 

Dennis


Problem solved then.

Glad I could get in the way

I still dont understand WIA --beging to- just threw that in ,something found when we had scanner problems.

Infranview is new to me also, great program,,
the only one I can get to enlarge something and keep the quality
havent tried to save once enlarged Yet, ive heard thats what it's good for.
Can open or aquire almost any picture , simply grab border of window enlarge and print,,none of our other programs will,

Lonny