I have an Epson NX420 printer/scanner, and I keep getting a message on the scanner, saying that there is a communication error, check the connection.  I am not having any luck scanning my pictures into the computer.

I have an Epson Nx 420/printer/scanner, and I keep getting a message that says there is a communication error.  Check the connection [W-61}.  I have the snow leopard operating system Mac OS X 10.6.8  I want to scan my pictures into iphoto.  Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. Thankyou.

Make sure you have updated all of your scanner drivers.  Check Software update and check with Epson tech support.
Not sure if the Gutenprint and Gimp-Print for Mac OS X (10.2 and later) drivers deal with scanners.  Read the info on their website.
Check Apple's Knowledge Base for Snow Leopard & Lion Printer solutions and suggestions for scanner troubleshooting.  Especially if you have an all in one.

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