Canon FS4000US and Windows 7

Chris Bishop · Jun 17, 2010

I'm thinking of upgrading from Win XP to Win 7. However I cannot find a driver for my film scanner. Anyone managed it? Before I buy the new OS! It's just I could use more RAM, and generally improve flow.
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Jammybstard · Jun 17, 2010

They list Vista compatibility and the vast majority of Vista drivers work on 7..

The have a contact form here: https://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/contact_support/index.aspx

Why not email them.

That said there's nothing to stop you adding Ram to a XP system!

Desktop or Laptop?
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Chris Bishop · Jun 20, 2010

Thanks. it's a desktop, and I've added RAM but XP SP3 cannot find it (all) It limits at 3Gb and I added 4.
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Jammybstard · Jun 20, 2010

Oh that old chestnut!

Well I have to say I've been using Seven for a while now and I have no complaints. especially after two years of Vista!
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Chris Bishop · Jun 21, 2010

I've emailed Canon, had an auto response, so just waiting.
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Craig Zendel · Jun 21, 2010

Chris,

Assuming you want to move to 64bit OS, Canon do not list drivers.

You could always try VueScan:

http://www.hamrick.com/

HTH

CraigZ

Chris Bishop · Jun 22, 2010

I use Vuescan for my flatbed. Does it not still need drivers? What about the dust removal etc?
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Craig Zendel · Jun 25, 2010

Chris Bishop said:
....Does it not still need drivers?....

Probably. But there doesn't appear to be an alternative, so it may be worth a try?

CraigZ

AnandaSim · Jun 25, 2010

Jammybstard said:
They list Vista compatibility and the vast majority of Vista drivers work on 7..

The have a contact form here: https://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/contact_support/index.aspx

Why not email them.

Good idea.

Jammybstard said:
That said there's nothing to stop you adding Ram to a XP system!

Windows XP is available in 32bit and 64 bit
Windows 7 is available in 32bit and 64 bit

If you stay on 64bit, you will find it hard to get drivers unless the makers take special care in providing you drivers.

If you stay on 32bit, you can't access more than 3.x Gb of RAM

AFAIK

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Phil88 · Jun 26, 2010

I also want to use my FS400US with Windows 7 (32 bit). Please let me know how you get on with Canon or otherwise.

I use a SiiG fast SCSI pro PCI adapter which is recognised by Windows 7 and the driver installs. The scanner itself is recognised by Windows 7 but it says it can't find a suitable driver but there is no option to navigate to the folder where the driver is.

After that I started the Scanner and Camera installation wizard but, although I navigated to the FS40US.inf file on the CD, no device models came up.

Has anyone managed to install it?
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pandionutv · Jul 5, 2010

I've put the same question to Canon's on-line support in Sweden and got a prompt reply that no driver for W7 exists and a superficial suggestion I should install the scanner on a separate PC (or buy a new scanner!).

Without having tried it I believe there are two or three ways to solve the problem:

create a W XP-partition on your boot HD from where you can run your PC under W XP, including the FS4000 drivers, and operate your scanner from there
there is a way to emulate W XP under W 7 (Microsoft has it well documented) which might offer the same possibility as above
same as the first alternative, but using LINUX/Ubuntu

Please advise if you have success through any of these routes!

Johan

Phil88 · Jul 6, 2010

Thanks, Johan.

I had thought of your second suggestion and have installed the xp mode in Win 7. Having trouble getting the scanner recognised so I can install the XP drivers as this normally done on booting.

I'm still trying. Your first suggestion should work. I'll let you know how I get on.

Many thanks again.
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ElFenix · Jul 6, 2010

i suppose i'm going to have to figure this out sooner or later. i'll probably go the vuescan route first.

pandionutv · Jul 6, 2010

ElFenix said:
i suppose i'm going to have to figure this out sooner or later. i'll probably go the vuescan route first.

Can vuescan supply their own W7-drivers? I thought they just were a clearing house for many manufacturers' drives. In this case, Canon has no W7-drivers for this old scanner.

Peter McNeill · Jul 6, 2010

If you upgrade to Win 7 you can always run XP with Virtualbox in Win 7 or get Win 7 Pro/Ultimate and you can download the files needed for XP mode.
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pandionutv · Jul 7, 2010

Peter McNeill said:
If you upgrade to Win 7 you can always run XP with Virtualbox in Win 7 or get Win 7 Pro/Ultimate and you can download the files needed for XP mode.
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I use Win7 Pro with no success re the acceptance of XP drivers for the FS4000 (but it works for several other types of peripherals ...). This option was not suggested by Canon's on-line support.

Craig Zendel · Jul 7, 2010

I suggested VuesScan as this software has it's own drivers for many scanners.

Read: http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/canon_fs4000.html

I don't know if it will work, but it's got to be worth a free trial?

CraigZ

DjD_a700 · Jul 7, 2010

Chris Bishop said:
Thanks. it's a desktop, and I've added RAM but XP SP3 cannot find it (all) It limits at 3Gb and I added 4.
Chris Bishop
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All the gear but no idea

Fuji S5000z then an S9500 now Canon EOS 450D (Bye Fuji, was good knowing you. Epson R2400, LR PS3)

32bit XP has a 4gb limit... You need to figure out why all the ram isn't being accessed.
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pandionutv · Jul 7, 2010

Craig Zendel said:
I suggested VuesScan as this software has it's own drivers for many scanners.

Read: http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/canon_fs4000.html

I don't know if it will work, but it's got to be worth a free trial?

CraigZ

It stands to reason that it isn't free for permanent use.

pandionutv · Jul 12, 2010

I've tried the demo for Vuescan and can mention:

it is a generic program for many types of scanners and runs also under W7
my FS4000 scanner worked without problems using Vuescan
the program is not too user-friendly and seems not to be able to do dust-removal with the FS4000 (I may be mistaken on this point)
the original Canon program for FS4000 was rather easier to operate with more custom-functions
my conclusion is that FS4000/W7 users may well find it more convenient to use Vuescan than to set up a W XP environment just for the old Canon drivers
however, if you can go the W XP way you'll get better functionality, I think

Johan

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