OSX compatible scanning software

I'm trying to find compatible software to use with my Canon Canoscan LDE 50 scanner, any suggestions? I'm running OSX 10.8.5

You have tried the built in image capture.app
If that can't find your scanner, you'll need to try Cannon

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Hi everyone,
I have the LaserJet M1132 MFP All-in-one system but I never used it for scanning, just for printing and copying, because i had another compact scanner. So I only had the driver installed on my computer so that they could communicate while printing. But I'm now getting rid of that scanner and I need a small, compatible scanning software that I could use for scanning with my 1132. And I don't want to use the huge 212 MB MFP full solution. I'm not a fan of these fancy looking, slow programs for users who don't know how to use computers. I want a small, simple program with all the scanning settings (like the resolution, save directory, size etc.) on one screen.. any suggestions?
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Welcome to the HP Forums luky,
I see by your post that you would like to be able to scan with small compatible scanning software.
I can help you with this.
As long as the scanning drivers are already installed on the computer through the setup, you can use the Windows scanning software on the computer or a third party software.
Here is a document for how to Scan.
Select your operating system and How to scan without HP software.
If you want to be able to edit the scans and save them as PDF files, you will need to use the HP software for these features.
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Max OS X compatible scanning pen

Does anyone know of a Mac OSX compatible scanning pen -- one you can use to highlight text in a box (without marking up the book) and put it on the Mac to insert into papers/documents.
IRIS has one, but you must use it while connected to the Mac itself. I'm hoping in this day and age of such wonderful computer advances that there was a system that could just store the scans in the pen and download at a later time without having to connect while scanning.
Any recommendations? Does seem to be a market for this out there
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You could google 'Pen Scanner' and find the info yourself or read david Pogue's article from last year:
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Up until Mountain Lion or Mavericks I used to use a nice scanning utility from HP called HP scan that added to the OS X built in capabilities for my OfficeJet device. That software is not compatible with Mavericks and the scanning interface provided by Mac OS is just awful.
Does anyone know of simple scanning software that will work with the HP OfficeJet J6400 series and Mac OS 10.9?
I have to scan a lot of receipts for work and loved the control and multi-file support of HP Scan.

Thanks for the info. I've started using Image Capture and it is working good enough. I haven't been able to find a suitable HP Scan download and for my purposes I'm not going to pay for the VueScan software (although I'll keep it in mind in case my needs change).
Image Capture gives me the basic control I was looking for, just have to get used to the different interface than what HP Scan had.
I guess they call this progress.

I need HP Scan software but can't find it

I have just installed my HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M176n and it prints and copies fine.
But I really need to scan to email and pdf - and I understand I can do this through HP Scan Software - but I cannot find it anywhere to download and install it.
Please help direct me to it!
Thank you.
Rob

Dear dubairob,
Here you have full sotware to install your multifunction in Mac OSX 10.10:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software12/COL51608/kj-124923-3/Color-LaserJet-Pro-MFP-M176_M177-serie...
I hope you find it helpful.
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How can I enable Mac OS 10.6.4 to run OS Classic scanning software?

Hi there.
Just wondering how I can enable Mac OS 10.6.4 to run an OS Classic compatible scanning program?
Is this at all possible?
(I have a scanner that I've used for years, and the software to run it, however, it's Classic OS software, which I've been able to run on OS 10.4. But since upgrading to OS 10.6, I'm not sure I can use it.)
Cheers.

Basically, you can't: Intel Macs and Leopard don't support Classic. There is a program called Sheepshaver which is in effect an OS9 emulator: but it's a major hassle to get it working, not least because you have to find a PowerMac ROM image and you may find that difficult.
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Hi, Peter;
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Osx "HP Scan" -- how to automatically suffix numbers/dates to saved files

I moved my setup from Windows to OSX recently. I used the HP Scan application on Windows, and that had the ability to save files using names that were automatically generated, provided a prefix is configured. The application would automatically include an incremented serial number based on the files already present in the destination folder. Eg Scan0001.pdf, Scan0002.pdf, etc... and i don't have to take care of the numbering.
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Just bought a new Officejet Pro 8600 Plus.
The included HP Scan software will only let me choose A4 or A5 paper sizes (as well as 6x4, 7x5, 8x6, 10x8). No 8.5x11 option, which is what I want to use most often. (this is from the dropdown options after clicking the "Scan..." button)
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