Problem scanning docs with Samsung SCX-4300 with OS 10.4.11

On my 1.86ghz Intel Duo running OS 10.4.11, I installed the print and scan drivers for the Samsung SCX-4300 multi printer. At least I believe I did, cause I can print fine. And in Image Capture, I can see the SCX-4300, and can see an overview of the page that I want to scan. But the scan button itself, never turns from grey to black, so I can't activate the command to scan in Image Capture. Any ideas?

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Sometimes click and drag from top left to bottom right let's you highlight the area of the page you want the scan to appear in on some scanning software, and that then enables the scan button. Have you tried that? Note: I don't have your particular scanner.
Some scanners have a scan button on the scanner, and that offers on an LED display the option to scan to document. That should activate software on the Mac if the scanner software is known to be 10.4.11 compatible.

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