20 Most Recent Umax PowerLook 1100 Flatbed Scanner Questions & Answers

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Welcome to Fixya. With the issue that you have there can be 2 possible source of the problem the Firewire Converter or the Port. For us to make sure which is the cause we need to test if first. Since that it is working fine on the old iMac it only means that the scanner is fine. However for us to test if the problem is the port or the cable the only way you can do it is to either use a different Firewire 400 to 800 or use the Firewire 400 ot 800 and the scanner on a different machine. After that we will be able to know which is causing the issue

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Magician 4.5 is available at UMAX Official Site.I recommend that you visit Umax site and download the latest available drivers/software and install them. Also, there is a registry fix available, which may solve the issue.

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Long ago I had to resort to a third party scanning software, called VueScan from Hamrick Software. Works just fine now.

Hi,

You need to buy IEEE1394 Firewire.

You could purchase it from :-

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=ieee+1394+firewire+cable&_sacat=0&_odkw=ieee+1394+firewire+2+pin&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

Let me know,if needed further assistance.

Hope i helped you.

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Looks like they'll let you buy Silverfast SE for just ... $49. Wow. Expensive price for just a driver.

On the premise you may not need the Silverfast software per se, just the driver, you may be able to, after investigating the legality, try a demo version of a Silverfast product and see if you can keep the driver itself after you get uninstall Silverfast.

http://www.silverfast.com/get_demo/en.html

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

Hello, yes you will just need a firewire 400 (6 pin) to 800 (9 pin) cable as the new iMac no longer supports the 6 pin connector.

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

Normally you should not have to do that. If you do you have to take the glass off.

Hi. I have a Mirage II A3 scanner that was working fine till I save it in a closet a few years ago. Now I need it again, but I don´t have the PC I used to have with ISA port... I finally found a brand new PCI card I had in another Umax scanner, so I connected it to the PCI slot in my actual PC. And I cannot connect the scanner... I installed the software correctly, but in Test mode, it gives me a Link failure. Besides, the scanner does its setup when powered on, the lamp goes from right to left, stays there a few seconds and return to its original position. But the UTA and READY lamps keep blinking... I found this page:https://ask.adaptec.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1869/~/scanner-test-link-failures-with-umax-scanner, that explains this can be fixed upgrading the software, but the link does no longer exist... Could you please send me the software I need to connect it..? It´s really important I can do this. I have a huge job to do but it doesn´t work... I´l be waiting for your answer. THANKS!!

Only one termination should be powered in a SCSI chain. Generally, it should be the last device. It's been a long time since I've worked with SCSI, but I recall that scanners may be picky about where in a chain of multiple devices they are located; electrical noise on the SCSI data lines causes problems with the scanner electronics. I don't recall whether best results are found from locating it as the first device in line from the computer or the last device.

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