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CanoScan N 650U

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Scratchbc

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Jan 14, 2005
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Hi

I was recently given a working Canon CanoScan N 650U. I cant seem to find the softwear online to get it working. I have checked the Canon website for the softwear and have been unsucessful in finding anything useful. I am currently on a Macbook Pro running 10.4.5. The only softwear that I can find requires clasic and I dont have it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

thx- Alex
 
Glad to hear that you picked up a free scanner!

I happen to have the same model, and after bugging Canon for a month or two, they finally released the scanner driver for Mac OS X. You can get it from http://www.usa.canon.com/html/canonindex.html

Unfortunately, none of their actual software programs are OS X compatible...which means you'll need a separate program (Photoshop Elements, GraphicConverter, etc.) to use it. I recommend GraphicConverter, which is shareware and is available at http://www.lemkesoft.com

What you'll need to do is install GraphicConverter and then install the Canon scanner driver. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details at the moment, but once that is done, you need to choose File->Acquire->TWAIN acquire in GraphicConverter, and I believe it will come up with the Canon Scanner utility, which will allow you to scan/modify settings.

I hope this helps...my scanner is actually back in SC, so I can't actually tinker around to give you more details!

Good luck!

-S
 
I have the same scanner. For years, I've been using the CanoScan software that came with it -- under Classic. But I will also attest that the plugin for Photoshop and GraphicConverter works in OSX.
 
Scratchbc said:
Hi

I was recently given a working Canon CanoScan N 650U. I cant seem to find the softwear online to get it working. I have checked the Canon website for the softwear and have been unsucessful in finding anything useful. I am currently on a Macbook Pro running 10.4.5. The only softwear that I can find requires clasic and I dont have it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

thx- Alex
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Try this? http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/7610
Don't know if it works, but the feedback is very impressive. Good luck.
 
I use the same scanner, with the OS X driver. I use it through Photoshop, but it was a real pain to setup everything the first time. I remember having some trouble.
 
EricNau said:
The CanoScan Toolbox X doesn't work for this scanner?

I have a CanoScan N670U and it works just fine in OS X.
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If you're referring to the freestanding software, no it doesn't. Unfortunately, Canon never updated it to work with the N650U, to the annoyance of many.
 
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