Canon Pixma PM 180 - I'm unable to scan

As I said at the topic subject, I'm using canon pixma MP 180 multifunctional (printer+scanner).
The printer works great but for some reason I can't get the scanner work on Leopard 10.5.2.
When I try to open the MP Navigator EX, this error message pops up: "the scanner driver supported by this software is not installed. install in and then retry."
I've tried to download the specific scanner driver, tried to reinstall the whole printer driver but it still comes up with an error and I can't use the scanner. The scanner worked well back then on tiger.
Any suggestions?

There is two parts to the scanning on OS X. There is the scanner driver v12.13.0 and the MP Navigator v3.0.3. If the v12.13.0 scanner driver is installed but an older version of the Navigator is installed, then this may be causing the error.
To check that the scanner driver is installed and working, you can use another application like Preview or Image Capture. In Preview, select File > Import Image. This should open the scanner preview application, which lets you select the portion of the document you want to scan.
If this image preview application doesn't open, then it sounds like the driver could be damaged. I would download the v12.13.0 scanner driver again and install.

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