Canon LiDE 50 alternative driver

Hello, I have a Canoscan LiDE 50, and I realized that I can't use the scanner on Snow leopard because Canon did not update the driver. Even the VueScan application requires LiDE 50 drivers to be installed first. Now, I have read that someone wrote a modified LiDE 60 driver that can be applied on this model as well to be used on 64 bit Windows 7.
Is there a similar modified driver for Snow leopard or a way to install drivers of a newer model?
I really don't want to buy a new scanner just because Canon stopped working on a software update.
Thanks!

Waldfee wrote:
Hello, I have a Canoscan LiDE 50, and I realized that I can't use the scanner on Snow leopard because Canon did not update the driver. Even the VueScan application requires LiDE 50 drivers to be installed first. Now, I have read that someone wrote a modified LiDE 60 driver that can be applied on this model as well to be used on 64 bit Windows 7.
Is there a similar modified driver for Snow leopard or a way to install drivers of a newer model?
I really don't want to buy a new scanner just because Canon stopped working on a software update.
I haven't looked at the details of this product, but you might want to investigate SilverFast for Canon:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16985

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