Scanner Sharing through Image Capture, 10.6.4

Just got a new G5 with 10.6.4, upgrading from a non-intel G5 running 10.5.8. Under 10.5.8 I could share our Art Department's Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner with other Macs in our network simply by selecting the Sharing feature in Image Capture's preferences. Quite simple, and it worked. Now that feature isn't available under 10.6.4. Is there any other way to share this scanner? I'm a little annoyed that this feature is not readily available. Did Apple think this was an unnecessary feature?

I'm probably wrong but I think you're looking for the Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Sharing -> Scanner Sharing.
Don't have a 10.5 machine with me so I can't take a look if it's the same settings you're looking for or not but hopefully it is.

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I use image capture to scan from hp office jet 8500 A910. office jet becomes idle and disconnects from image capture. How can I stop this or reconnect without always switching office jet on/off each time?

Hi titan G,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
The article linked below has some general tips that should help you resolve the intermittent printer or scanner issue that you described.
Troubleshooting printer issues in OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3147
Symptoms
Use this article to troubleshoot printer issues in OS X.
Resolution
USB printers and Bonjour-enabled network printers
Follow these steps until the issue is addressed:
Make sure that the printer is powered on, has ink / toner, and that there are no alerts on the printer’s control panel. Note: If you cannot clear an alert on the printer's control panel, stop here and check the printer's documentation or contact the manufacturer for support.
Ensure the printer is properly connected to a USB port on the Mac or AirPort base station / Time Capsule. If the printer is a network-capable printer, make sure that it is properly connected to your home network.
Use Software Update to find and install the latest available updates. If an update is installed, see if the issue persists.
Open the Print & Scan pane or Print & Fax (Snow Leopard) pane in System Preferences.
Delete the affected printer, then add the printer again.
If the issue persists, try these additional steps:
Reset the printing system, then add the printer again.
If the issue still persists, reset the printing system again. Download and install your printer's drivers. Then, add the printer again.
Contact the printer vendor or visit their website for further assistance.
Additional Information
Note: If your printer is wireless-capable, you should first add the printer to your network. Use the printer's control panel, or temporarily connect the printer to your Mac via USB. For more details, see this article.
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Why won't my Canon D660U scanner work with Image Capture? I've downloaded SANE (whatever that is) and Image Capture will now recognise the printer, but still won't scan my slides. The only application that will work is Vuescan, but it's US$49.95! Surely the application built in to Tiger can do the job, why is it so hard to get it to work?
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Image Capture works with scanners that have driver software for Mac OS X. It also works with some TWAIN-compatible scanners.
To find out if your scanner is compatible with Mac OS X, check with the scanner's manufacturer, or go to the peripheral compatibility webpage at www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/devices.html.
If Image Capture doesn't recognize your scanner, be sure to install the software that came with the scanner.
If that doesn't work, chooses Devices > Browse Devices. Under TWAIN devices, select your scanner, and select "Use TWAIN Interface." Then Click Connect. To learn how to perform scans with the dialog that appears, see the documentation that came with your scanner.
Check with the scanner's manufacturer to make sure you have the latest software.
[Source - Apple Help Menu]
Be sure to also go to Canon's site and download any updates to your printer / scanner in the 'Support' section.
Hope this helps.
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Canon 8800F Scanner--How to turn off Image Capture???

Hi
I have a Canon 8800F flatbed scanner, I have the latest drivers and latest copy of MP Navigator EX.
1) The buttons on the front of the scanner don't work.
2) If Image Capture is open, then MP Navigator EX scanning doesn't work.
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thanks

Dave1234567890 wrote:
1) I tried changing the Scanner Buttons in Image Capture to "MP Navigator EX 1.0 Opener"--that didn't do anything (upon pressing a button, I could tell something launched on my computer, but it didn't open/redirect-to MP Navigator).
You don't select MP Opener in the menu. You just need this software installed to assist with getting the buttons to function correctly. MP Navigator needs to be selected in the Scan Button menu.
2) I can get the buttons on the scanner to work if I do the following
a) set Scanner Buttons to "MP Navigator EX" (not the Opener)
b) make sure Image Capture is turned off
c) MP Navigator must be shut down before each button press
d) Click on "Close Main Menu after Scanning with Scanner Buttons on the Scanner" inside MP
Okay, a is true. This is what I said to select in my previous reply.
Regarding b, I find that when using the buttons on my LiDE 200, I don't have an issue if Image Capture is open, but then this application should not be open unless it is opened by you or a setting in the scanner settings.
Regarding c, I don't have to close MP Navigator for each scan. I can leave the application open and keep adding more documents using the Scan button on the scanner.
As for d, is this a Preference setting you are seeing in MP Navigator? I don't seem to have this setting...
3) There is no way to change the setting in Image Capture to ignore the scanner.
Considering that Image Capture is the default scanning application for 10.6, then it is not an easy task to ignore the scanner. But, if the application is not open, then it will ignore the scanner when you open MP Navigator or use the Scan button, providing you have the Scan Button set to open MP Navigator rather than Image Capture.
Because of (2) above, you can't do multiple sheet PDFs via the buttons, you have to use the on-screen software to add pages and finish the doc.
Like I said already, the button is working fine for me to add more than one page into MP Navigator. Maybe the setting you mention at d) is causing your symptom?
Pahu

Image Capture won't scan to Photoshop

I just downloaded Lion (10.7.2) and everything works fine, except ...
When scanning through Image Capture, it won't open the scanned images in Photoshop (CS4) when set to do so. It will open in any other program I try (Preview, Illustrator, etc ...) but not Photoshop.
When I scan an image with PS set as the "scan to" app, Photoshop will open, but it doesn't open the image. Instead, Image Capture opens a "scan results" dialog box with the name of the image and a magnifying glass icon that shows me that the image has been saved in my "pictures" folder. I'm clearly choosing the PS app, and not the PS folder in Image Capture, but for some reason it doesn't know what to do with the image when it gets there. Again, the PS app OPENS, but the image doesn't. It just dumps it in the "pictures" folder.
By all accounts, Photoshop seems to be working properly. I can click on a scanned image and open it with Photoshop manually. Scanned images just won't open in PS automatically through Image Capture like they used to before I upgraded to Lion.
I tried rebooting and repairing permissions just for the heck of it, but those did nothing. Image Capture has no problem recognizing my scanner (Brother MFC 6490CW) and I made sure to download the latest driver for it.
I'm really at a loss as to why this is occuring. If anyone has a theory, I'd love to hear it. Scanning stuff into Photoshop is my job basically, so this is driving me crazy.

I can duplicate that behaviour, best file it as a Bug with Apple if you have a Developer ID ?
http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/
I will file it also and see what response I get.
BR filed: I note that in testing this if I set the Import To selector to Preview, Mail and iPhoto it behaves as expected so it's possible this is an Adobe issue not an Apple one. Might be worth looking in their support forums to see if anyone elase has this and has found a work-around.

Image Capture application keeps "losing" my device

Image Capture was telling me that there wasn't a scanner or camera connected. I use an HP Photosmart C4680. The printer aspect has been fine since upgrading to SL. I inserted my SL disk. Opened Optional Installs. Went through the prompts etc. and selected to install the Printer Support. Ejected the disk. Restarted computer. Opened Image Capture and device was listed on left side margin and test worked perfectly.
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Similar problem with Lexmark X4550.
Printing fine whether or not Image capture recognises the scanner.
Open image capture no scanner listed (ipod and phone are listed).
Unplug USB and pug in - scanner appears and works (there is a bug where the rotation correction is not supported and the scan fails)
Quit image capture and re-launch image Image capture scanner is "lost" (ipod and phone appear as before). Unplug and plug in USB cable and scanner re-appears.
Anyone have any suggestions as how I can make Image capture "remember" I have a scanner attached.
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Cheers
Ben

Where are temporary files created for "image capture"?

Hi all
I have been using image capture with no problem whatsoever, until recently. I was scanning a big file and while it was saving it or something I closed the lid of the computer and interrupted the scan. Now the scanner can do a preview but is no longer able to "scan" the file that i see perfectly through preview. I think that the problem is that there is a corrupt temporary file somewhere that needs to be manually deleted. If you know where such files are stored or if you have a better idea, please let me know.

You may be on to the correct solution. I've seen this problem with a big printing job that a user had to cancel and then had to "go in" and delete the print job before they could print again. On the Mac, there is something called CUPS (something Unix Printing System) and it has a role in printing and I believe faxing. It "might" play a role in scanning through Image Capture but I'm not sure. Anyway give it a look and see if there is an incomplete scan job in there that you can delete.
Note: this looks like a website URL but it leads to CUPS on your Mac.
http://127.0.0.1:631/jobs/
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Bizarrely that has just happened to me today for the first time! For me comes after installing a Canon scanner driver which Image Capture keeps thinking is there even when it is disconnected.

I can print to a Lexmark X4550, but not scan (with Image Capture)

Following tips (by "Lexmark Listens" and others) I succeded in printing (via USB and wifi) to a Lexmark X4550.
But when scanning (via USB) using the Image Capture app (included in Mac OS), Image Capture sees the scanner a couple of seconds, then complains that no scanner is connected (although it still is).
This happens with a MacBook (Pro), but not with another MacBook (white).
I tried (not necessarily in this order):
- reboot
- repair disk permissions
- re-installing drivers (both printer driver and "Image Capture Application Scan Driver for for 10.6.8 and later Mac OS") from Lexmark support site.
- running Mac OS software update (which updated the printer driver to version 2.8]
- resetting the printing system: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341
How can I completely remove all files related to Lexmark printers&scanners and try again installing from a clean state?
(I see in other posts that a Lexmark Uninstaller is sometimes located in HD/Library/Printers/Lexmark/YEAR/ ; I used to have one here, but it was removed during previous attempts at getting the scanner working ; and anyway when I run this Uninstaller at the time, it did not completely clean the /Printer/Lexmark)
My problem is very similar to this one described in this bug report in Lexmark knowledge base:
http://bit.ly/MOR9bd
But the patch proposed is "For Mac OS X 10.6 only" and titled "LexmarkPro800-Pro900SeriesQFE1.0.0.dmg" so I don't think it would work for a Lexmark X4550. (Indeed I installed this patch and the problem is still there).
As for the workaround suggested, "When using Apple's Image Capture application, do not use the "Show Details" option [...]", I can't get it to work: as soon as I launch Image Capture, it starts scanning (a preview) and the "Show Details" bouton is grayed out.
I've already spent many hours trying to get this printer-scanner to work with my Mac.
Any suggestion would be very helpful!

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Image capture won't recognize Canoscan lide 700f

Hello. I have OS X, v. 10.6.7 I have been using Image Capture to run the Canoscan lide 700f scanner. Then, it stopped recognizing the scanner. Image capture is opened and says "no camera or scanner attached." The scanner is operational. The MAC sees the printer in systems preferences > hardware > print and fax. Any ideas on what I can do to get this scanner recognized by Image Capture again? Thanks for your help.

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Image Capture not working anymore

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I assume I will now need to buy a card reader.

Image Capture to import photos from a Sony Ericsson phone

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However, when I import them via the Bluetooth File Browser to my Mac and import them into iPhoto '09, their location does not show up
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(I do have the iSync plugin for my phone from SE.)

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Sharing scanner via image capture.

I am sharing a scanner via image capture thru my machine, but am running into the issue that it is not maintaining the "shared" setting. I am having to go under browse and recheck the share button virtually everytime i start image capture (or restart my machine)
Anyway ideas to get around this annoyance?
on a side note: from time to time image capture does not even recognize the scanner and i have to unplug, restart the scanner, restart image capture in order for it recognize it.
Thanks.

PAHU,
I feel like a complete idiot. It was exactly the lock button. The last time I finished using it, I locked it. I totally forgot about it and I never thought of that being the problem to check.
I really appreciate your help and thanks to you, I'm back and scanning!
DMerz

Image capture loses scanner connection

My problem is one that apparently shared with a great many others but I have yet to find the answer to the problem. When I boot Image Capture I find my Canon MX722 scanner listed in the "shared" section. I click on it to scan. The scanner produces a preview of what's on the platen and, depending on the settings, will try to identify the separate pictures I've placed here. Once I've defined what I want scanned, it will scan or or two images and then it just shuts down, giving me the message that it can't find a camera or a scanner. I have to then click "hide" and then "show" again for the scanner to reappear, and then it goes through the whole scenario all over again. I just scanned over 30 images and it took forever because of the the software would repeatedly shut down and I'd have to manually start it back up. If this software will let me, here's a video illustrating the problem.
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babowa wrote:
@ PAHU (OT):
I don't like the "quality" of my current printer and I'm about to abandon Epson for a Canon AIO: any pros/cons on the MG7520? (Looking for superb photo/scan quality).
Hi babowa. I don't have much experience with the MG7520 (MG7560 down here). I have only printed on this model and that was just on plain paper - no photo printing. So I cannot advise on the scan quality. But I have used the previous model, the MG7160, and thought the photo printing and scanning were good. Since the new model is using the same engine then I don't think you will be disappointed.
One thing I will mention is you may notice a slight magenta hue on prints from the Canon when compared to the Epson, which have more of a cyan hue. The rumour mill says this is due to the desire to print the respective logo correctly - Canon red & Epson blue - but this has never been officially documented.

Where did my scanner go? It disappeared from Image Capture

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Restart the Mac.
Turn off the scanner then turn it back on.
Launch Image Capture.
Click Shared top left side of the Image Capture window then click Show then click your printer name.
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