Epson Perfection 3490 Scan Driver question

Hi everyone.
I just purchased an iMac G5. I downloaded the Twain Utility from the Epson website, installed it on the iMac just fine. When I click on the icon, the application launches for a split second then quits. I spoke with Epson Tech Support (level 2) and went through several steps with them to try and fix the problem, but nothing worked. At this stage, it obvious there is some conflict with the OS.
FWIW, I have a G5 Dual 2ghz and the same software works fine with it.
Any ideas?
Best...Stan
Imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1.8ghz 512MB Ram

Fixed my own problem. Found a discussion here at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5552009&#5552009 . Another person was having the same problem as I. Someone here suggested I try http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#macosx . I downloaded and Vue Scan did the trick.

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