Drivers for generic TWAIN scanner

Hi everybody,
I have a MacBook Pro and a Visioneer OneTouch 7100 scanner that I would like to get working. I do not have the original box and CD that came with the scanner, and a look on the company's page shows only Windows drivers.
The scanner itself is a generic TWAIN device and works on Windows XP without any special drivers, so I was hoping there is a way that I can get it working on OS X (even if the scanner's buttons don't work).
Thanks in advance,
Brian
MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory

Vuescan will work but I would ditto brianez21's advice and just get a new unit which has "native" Mac support (Epson seems to be the easiest to deal with under OSX) not to mention higher res, faster scan times etc.

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Once you are done connect the printer to your Mac or add it through the network under Printers & Scanners.
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