HP CM1415FN not listed when trying to scan on Imac and Acrobat X

Question

I have an Imac and Im running Acrobat X for Mac. I have a network Multi Function centre from HP CM1415FN. The Scanner works fine on the Mac when scanning from other programs but when i try and "create PDF from scanner" there are no devices listed in the scanner drop down list. Thanks for your help in advance.

Answer 1

When you go to Printer/Fax System Preferences does it resemble something like this:
http://screencast.com/t/rCcyun77
if so set that to scanner first.
Then go into Acrobat and see if the scanner is now shown.
Its only been since OSX.6 That scanners have been acknowledged.
You may have to go to HP and download scanner software for your Printer and work through it.
THere is a SANE/TWAIN Driver  that you can download from The SANE project  (when you open first page of the website read text and look for link to Macintosh) when you get that page follow diections and download  all components  (5-6) for the OS your using.  Do not download the SDK files unless you are a developer. install all of them . Restart Computer. Repair permissions. Now go to preferences. You will see a new Control panel associated with the package of files downloaded. Now open it and select your Printer.
Once set quite preferences, Fire up Acrobat. See if it shows something like SANE/TWAIN.  If so your all set.
Note the software is slow because it converting SANE Commands to Twain Commands . But it works quite nicely.