20 Most Recent Umax Astra 1220P Flatbed Scanner Questions & Answers

I tried to resurrect my Astra 1220P scanner to work with my WinXP Home machine. I began by calling UMAX, they told me I needed XP drivers and suggested that I purchase the VistaScan 3.55 driver CD for $18.00. They also told me to get a Parallel to USB Adapter Cable, which I purchased from Radio Shack. When the CD arrived, I went to work installing the cable & loading the drivers to no avail. The scanner does not appear in the Device Manager list under image devices or other devices, In fact, it is not anywhere in the list.Of course the scanner does not work. I called them back and asked for assistance, they told me they could not guarantee operation of the unit using a Parallel to USB Adapter Cable...and sorry, we cannot refund the cost of the driver CD. Isn't that special - I was so looking forward to scanning some slides and film because I had previously purchased a Transparency Adapter.Now I begin my search for a new scanner that will work with transparencies.Anyone have a suggestion?

You can download the scanner drivers from UMAXWEBsupport site, select your model scanner to download :- http://umax.com/download/index.jsp

http://www.nodevice.com/driver/Astra_1220P/get26106.html

Please follow the instructions on the left side of the screen. Do not fall for any advertisements on the page.

Hope this helps! Please rate my answer :) Thanks!

Try go to www.driverguide.com
And choose your scan type
Thx

here is a link for a driver for your scanner.

http://www.nodevice.com/driver/Astra_1220P/get26106.html

Just follow download instruction and you should be all set. download option is towards the middle. just enter the code they are asking to enter and click download. hope this help.

I believe that the HP 3200C is a very similar scanner, and the
HP parallel driver will work, try the following links:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/hp-3200c.html
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericSoftwareDownloadIndex?cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&softwareitem=sj-1436-3&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN


I think you will find that the old UMAX scanner is extremely
slow over the parallel port, and the image quality is nowhere
nearly as good as modern USB-2 scanners.

USB-2 is orders of magnitude faster than the parallel port,
and a really good scanner costs around $60 these days.

You may want to try the Canon LiDE 80: It scans pictures
and film, it's good, it's fast, it's dirt cheap and I love it.

Martin

You can download the scanner driver from the UMAX WEB site. Please click on this link and select your model scanner to download :-

http://umax.com/download/index.jsp

Go here.

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Sir this is the drivers click here to download .

You haven't specified for which OS, but here is a direct link where you can download the relevant driver: http://driverscollection.com/?H=Astra%201220P&By=Umax

Hope this helps. If so, please rate. Thanks.

Have you tried to do system restore in order to fix it? if not you can try find out a solution for error code 10 in this link.

I down load the Umax Astra 1200p and it tells me to restart my computer then it starts install all over again. It shows in my progams and when I click on it, a box pops up and says Device not found. Error code 00140e05h[00000000h] It was originally installed on 10-10-97.

I think you will find that there are no drivers available for Vista for this device.

http://www.umax.com/support/contact.jsp

Ask these guys.

This scanner requires a "Parallel or Centronics" cable and if you have a newer computer, you may only have USB connections. A "USB to CENTRONICS" cable may do the trick, but I'm not sure. Check on the web for one.

which software is running with this scanner.

Plz check the settings for this software, i think it might be setting problem of this scanner software.

Try to scan the photo in photoshop where u will watch the setting of this software.

Open Photoshop-File-Import-then Acquire Image
Here you will find the settings.

Clean the mirrors of the scanner, which is located on the moving carriage, That is what worked for me and now it scans like new.