I have just been given a canoscan lide 20, i have downloaded the drivers and the canoscan toolbox but now im lost. When I push the SCAN button I get a message that asks me to 'specify the program where the scanned image is transferred'. When you push the OK button a 'select application box' appears with 'Look in Local Disk (C)' This where I become confused..... which program do I select?
Hi,
Sounds like the CanoScan is looking for a photo enhancing/utility program. Programs for this purpose are Adobe PhotoShop, PaintShop Pro, ACDSee, or even the simple Windows Paint.
Additionally, the CanoScan Toolbox might have a basic photo utility program. Normally basic photo utility programs like this are included in the CD installer of a scanner, a digicam or even most color printers.
Hope this be of some idea/help. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.
Good luck and kind regards.
If you are using the MP Navigator EX 1.0 software to scan, just select the "Save" icon instead of the "Photo-1" or "Photo-2" icons to start the scanning process. That way you can just save the scan directly as a JPG, TIFF, BMP or PDF instead of sending it to a photo application. This trips me up sometimes as it is intuitive to think "I am scanning a photo so I should use one of the photo icons". Just remember you just want to save the file.
I forgot to mention in my previous post, you can change the PHOTO button to just save in the Preferences menu of the MP Navigator EX 1.0 software (CanoScan 8800F). Just set it to Save instead of Photo-1. Personally I prefer to start the scan from the software though. Hope this helps someone.
Was having the same problem and tried selecting the "Save" icon. Worked perfectly - thank you.
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I clicked OK, and then selected a JPG image in one of my folders as the selected application. This seems to stop it from asking for program any more. JAY.
Hi dear you'll have to install some photos related program. I suggest you Arcsoft Photobase you can download it from http://wareseeker.com/download/arcsoft-photobase-deluxe-4.5.rar/363865 (This is trial version, you'll have to register this yourself). This will defiantly solve your problem, this is my gurrantee.
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Whichever program you wish.
MSPAINT comes with the operating system, so you may want to point it there until you get a better program like photoshop or corel photopaint.
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Thanks for that. I found a Scansoft paperport programme already installed on my computer. This seems to be working alright, although I keep getting an error message saying 'the file cannot be opened. the file may be damaged or system resources may be low'. However when I open MY Pictures (where I save it to) the document is there and usable. I'll just keep ignoring it!
Thanks again
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have just been given a canoscan lide 20, i have downloaded the drivers and the canoscan toolbox but now im lost. When I push the SCAN button I get a message that asks me to 'specify the program where the scanned image is transferred'. When you push the OK button a 'select application box' appears with 'Look in Local Disk (C)' This where I become confused..... which program do I select?
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i have the same problem barbie11 is , but i dont see any real soluitons posted. when the select application box pops up, there arent any options left. I try to click on something but nothing works... any help out there?
On pressing the "Auto Scan" or "PDF" button, it displays a window to select the program to launch for that action and shows 10 "Photoshop" on selecting and clicking on "OK" it doesn't scan. Is it pre-requisite to have "Photoshop" or is it issue with drivers? Kindly help. Thanks
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