Had to switch computers and am trying to set up Gimp 2.10.30 on a windows 7 computer. When I try to create a photo by scanning the negative from my Canon Canoscan 8800F, the program sees the scanner but when I try to scan or preview, I get the following error messages. Does anybody have a suggested fix for this? I have installed the latest Twain drive from Canon so the should be OK.
This all might work better on an operating system version that is actually still supported with updates (esp. the security kind of updates)
my scanner does not work with anything newer then windows 7 and I can’t afford to upgrade a perfectly good scanner. thanks anyway.
Rick Hanzlik
Maybe linux supports it?
There is a bit of miss-placed confidence. However my tuppenceworth.
The Gimp TWAIN plugin is ancient, 32 bit plugin that just gets churned out and at least is ‘universal’ for Windows 64/32 bit.
No mention of whether the Windows 7 is a 32 or 64 bit system and if 64 bit is the scanner driver 64 bit ? It might be that ‘latest’ driver from Canon. I think 32 bit is required for Gimp. Does the scanner work with other applications? Try IrfanView which has a TWAIN plugin.
A much larger try-out is the samj portable Gimp 2.10.30
That comes with both 64 bit and 32 bit versions and their own launchers, each has their own TWAIN plugin (still 32 bit). Big installation but worth a try.
As an aside, I am really a linux user, have a Canon LiDE30 from 2004 which never got past WinXP drivers, no chance of working in Win10. Can’t even give it away. Plug it into my kubuntu 18.04 and it works out-of-the-box.