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

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{quote}Unfortunately, there is now way to calibrate the scanner via Image
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fordwich wrote:
I use a Canon MP780 printer/scanner with my Macs. I have no printing problems. However, when I upgraded to Snow Leopard the Canon MP Navigator scanning software stopped working and Canon's downloaded driver update didn't resolve the problem.
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Hi roam
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Hi walter
I could open a document laid on the flatbed
scanner on the screen of my ibook via Image Capture
or Preview and save it. Suddenly this did not work
anymore.
What doesn't work anymore: the ability to scan an
image or the ability the save it?
If your scanner is not working anymore, switch it off
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wherever possible, because your Epson 1650 scanner
requires Twain support.
regards roam

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