Image capture can't find scanner

Image capture and preview can't find scanner (epson 645). It was working fine. And now I can't get it to work. I'm using wifi. Suggestions?

Call Epson tech support.
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I upgraded to Mountain Lion and while the printer function of my Canon MP 180 is working, the scanner is not working now. Image Capture doesn't see the scanner. Following advice on this forum, I deleted the printer in system preferences > print&scan and the reinstalled it a few times. I also downloaded the 2 available (but old) drivers from Canon. Still nothing works. Can anyone help?

Canon Australia is hosting a scanner driver for 10.8 and MP Navigator v3.0.5 for your MP180. Install the scanner driver first and then MP Navigator.
Note that Canon is not hosting an ICA driver for this model, which is used by Image Capture and Preview. So this would explain the lack of the scanner entry in the KB article that Clinton has mentioned (the vendors make the drivers - Apple just hosts them).

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Never Mind. Fixed It. I re-installed the scanner software (dated July 2009) and everything is fine now. I don't know how Drivers from before Lion, and the same version # as I was already using, could fix this... but it did. Maybe someone in the same boat will find it useful. The drivers are here : http://www.epson.co.uk/Store/Scanners/Epson-Perfection-V700-Photo/Drivers-Suppor t?supportLandingPage=true
Hello
I've recently upgraded my OS X 10.6.8 to Lion... currently at 10.7.4. I have an Epson v700 scanner, connected via USB, that works with the Epson Scan application and with VueScan. But Image Capture can't see it. I installed the ICA driver update from Epson. I've done the OS X Software Update. No help so far.
I can't install the Epson v700 in the Print & Scan preferences pane as well because it just seem to "see" any scanners. I had earlier deleted the scanner because an Epson KB article had said to delete the scanner, then do the OS X Software Update, then to re-add the scanner. But the scanner is not being seen by OS X directly so I can't add it back... though Epson Scan and VueScan seem to be able to scan. Very odd.
Any other suggestions?
Yes, I've restarted the system... though I may try it again.
Thanks...

Canon Australia is hosting a scanner driver for 10.8 and MP Navigator v3.0.5 for your MP180. Install the scanner driver first and then MP Navigator.
Note that Canon is not hosting an ICA driver for this model, which is used by Image Capture and Preview. So this would explain the lack of the scanner entry in the KB article that Clinton has mentioned (the vendors make the drivers - Apple just hosts them).

On iMac can't find scanner, how can I add it to finder or dock?

On iMac can't find scanner, how can I add it to finder or dock?
20-inch, Mid 2007,
Processor 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021)
and
HP C5280 All-in-One printer/scanner
Any advice appreciated
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Thank you rk. The usefulness of image capture had somehow pased me by. To answer my own second question in case anyone needs to know, to put your printer in the dock you open printer & scanner in preferences, highlight your printer and drag its icon to the dock (in chains if necesary!)

Why does Image Capture stop recognizing Epson scanner after scanning several images? I have to stop and start the scanner in order for Image Capture to recognize it again.

Why does Image Capture stop recognizing Epson scanner after scanning several images? I have to stop and start the scanner in order for Image Capture to recognize it again.

Karen ...
Might be corrupted preferences (.plist)
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.image_Capture.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.image_Capture.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac and your scanner and try scanning an image.

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I have an epson 2480 scanner that worked with image capture in tiger. After upgrading to Leopard, it seems that I can no longer scan. Image Capture speaks to the scanner (the scanner will scan a preview when I launch image capture), but the scan button is greyed out.
This ***** because I would use image capture to share the scanner with other users in my group. Now, the only way to scan is to sit at the computer that is hooked up to the scanner and scan there using the epson scan software.
If anyone has any ideas as to how to re-enable image capture scanning, I would love to hear it.
On another note, image capture does not work on any local account on the machine, whether admin or standard.
Thanks for any advice...

As far as sharing the scanner using image capture, browse to the scanner (devices > browse devices), then click on the sharing button on the bottom left of the window...You can share the device from there, and add a password if necessary...
Cool when it works!
However, you cannot have more than 1 computer at a time using the scanner, so if another person has image capture open (but isn't using the scanner), you need to make them quit....
Still, this works pretty well (well, at least it did work pretty well
BTW-I thought I had installed the latest driver, but I will try again and see.....

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Since last week (8-5-14) after updating to OS 10.9.4 (13E28) Image Capture and Printers and Scanner (in System Prefs.) do not recognize my scanner. What the hay! Yes, my scanner is elderly but like me is in perfect working condition. Until now. I've spent hours trouble shooting, i. e., downloading EPSONPrintDriver2.18.dmg and reinstalling, a waste of time. Changing usb/firewire cables, switching usb ports, deleting pref files and cussing. The Epson web site was useless it just tells me to download updates via Apple software updates. I hate the idea of being so dammed dependant on any one organization (Apple). I've been an Apple user since the Apple 2C but I do believe that will change soon.
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Try resetting the printing system. It can also affect the scanner.
OS X Mavericks: Reset the printing system
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I have an HP Photosmart C5550 All-in-One printer scanner.
The HP device manager can't find the scanner. Printer works fine.
I upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion and this is my problem now.

Try the HP Photosmart C5500 series app in /username/Library/Printers/, HP Utility->Devices in /Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/, Image Capture, or Preview->File->Import from scanner option.

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I'm running the latest version of Yosemite on a recent MacBook Pro, with iPhoto 9.6. I recently noted when trying to import photos from an SD card that iPhoto didn't recognize the SD card automatically, and ask whether I wanted to import my photos. I was able to manually tell iPhoto to import, and find the photos by navigating to the SD card on the desktop and finding the right directories on it, so I figured it was just a hiccup and went on with my life. But now I've hooked up my iPhone 5S via USB to my Mac, and iPhoto neither recognizes that it's connected nor imports photos from it. Image Capture doesn't recognize it, either.
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- I'm running iOS 8.1 on the phone.
- My phone is unlocked when I'm trying to import photos.
- iTunes 12 can recognize and connect with the phone just fine.
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Hello Nathan,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot this issue where your iPhone is not being recognized as a camera on your computer, please follow the directions in the article linked to below.
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Until recently (10.6.5?) I have used Image Capture very successfully to scan with a Canon MP610 multifunction printer, preferring its no nonsense simplicity to the Canon software (MP Navigator EX). But opening Image Capture to initiate a scan now results in an interminable delay before the printer shows up in the Devices pane on the left of the window while the message "No camera or scanner connected" is displayed in the centre pane. The delay is usually several minutes, sometimes longer and then I give up and go back to MP Navigator.
I have tried remedies suggested in other forums (deleting and re-adding the printer, resetting the printing system, changing the USB port and prayer) but to no avail. My research suggests that this issue also occurs with other brands of printer. I thought that the 10.6.7 update might have sorted it but it didn't. Does anyone have any other suggestions so that I can resume digitising 30 years worth of photos?

I would look for apps that would use the USB port, such as other imaging applications for cameras. If you check Activity Monitor you can also see what background services are running - could be something here that sticks out, especially if it is from another printer/camera vendor or even another Canon application for that matter.
Checked the USB port situation - only the printer is using one. To my relatively untutored eye, nothing sticks out from Activity Monitor. I plug in a Canon camera quite often but it's not connected right now.
Another thing you can try is creating another account and then logging in with this account. If this other account works okay then you can look at some service starting just for your main account. This could be found in Accounts > Login Items or Home folder > Library > LaunchAgents.
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CornerClickBG
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For some time - I think since Yosemite upgrade, I can no longer download photos from my iPhone 5. (I do not use iCloud, and there are some other issues with iPhoto so I haven't tried. iTunes can still perform backup.)
Back when, I was using Google Picasa as main tool to download from iOS to MacOS. For some time, maybe since a certain iOS (8?) update, Picasa would simply begin a download, and spill out an error upon the simplest job - like a single picture. As such, I went back to Apple's Image Capture and found it still worked. Until recently, that is. Now, Image Capture simply starts an "Import", shows a progress bar, but makes no progress whatsoever. When I retried Picasa, Picasa does the same, i.e., the error message is no more, replaced by a no-progress progress bar.
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Hello sillyvalley,
Sorry to hear that you are having issues with importing photos to your Mac. Now I am not sure what the communication problem is with Picasa, I can say that there are other alternatives to import your photos in, like using iPhoto or Image Capture. Take a look at the article below for more information.
Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or Windows PC
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201302
Regards,
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HP Officejet 150 mobile, HP scan does not work (Can not find scanner)

Hi,
I just bought a HP Officejet 150 Mobile All-in-One. I installed the complete software package (downloaded from HP Site) with bluetooth on a windows 7 Acer Aspire S5 laptop. Printing seems to work fine, but when starting HP Scan, i get the following error message:
Saing that the software can not find the scanner with suggestions to solve it.
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Roelof Crevecoeur
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Hello Roelof Crevecoeur,
Scanning is not supported through a Bluetooth connection, only printing is available for such connectivity, You will need a USB in order to scan:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03137985&tmp_task=setupCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc...
NOTEcan functions are not available through a Bluetooth connection. Scan functions are supported only through a USB connection.
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The scanner of my Epson Stylus Photo RX500 is not detected when Image Capture is launched. Is there a workaround or pref that needs to be changed?
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