New scanner won't work with G5, Intel Core Duo

I bought a Brother MFC 420cn all-in-one. The printer/copier works great, but I can't get the scanner to work with the Mac. The scanner driver comes with a bundled software "Presto Page Manager 4.0," made by New Soft, Inc. New Soft blames Apple for their new Intel products. They told me to contact Brother. Brother doesn't have an update that works with the new Intel Mac. Apple doesn't have a solution. I've spent hours being kicked around, and nobody has a solution. How can I get this scanner to work with my Mac? Anybody else out there have this problem concerning compatibility problems with the new Intel Macs and periferal hardware/software out there?

Hi Hefdog,
Considering what I presume are fairly radical differences in the architecture of the new Intel Macs, it is amazing how well most things work. And since the Intel machines are obviously here to stay, I guess it’s only a matter of time before all vendors provide compatible drivers etc.
Have you tried to run your new scanner from Photoshop? I found the ‘Acquire’ function worked, even before installing other drivers. And you’re not missing much in Presto Page Manager, unless it’s been improved considerably since an earlier version!

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