Epson Perfection 1660 Photo Scanner

I have been using the above scanner on Windows 98 for spme time now, but
have now gone over to Vista Home Premium and cannot install it properly
I have the CD's that went with the scanner when I bought it, can
somebody please help me to get it installed please, bearing in mind
that I am not a computer wiss kid, well not even a kid actually, by a
long way. Thankyou in advance.
Regards John


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Epson's web site has updated driver(s) for Vista. Look under Drivers and
Support. When you find the right driver, click on it's name and it will
give instructions for installing it.


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> I have been using the above scanner on Windows 98 for spme time now, but
> have now gone over to Vista Home Premium and cannot install it properly
> I have the CD's that went with the scanner when I bought it, can
> somebody please help me to get it installed please, bearing in mind
> that I am not a computer wiss kid, well not even a kid actually, by a
> long way. Thankyou in advance.
> Regards John
>
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John Meade Snowling wrote:
> I have been using the above scanner on Windows 98 for spme time now, but
> have now gone over to Vista Home Premium and cannot install it properly
> I have the CD's that went with the scanner when I bought it, can
> somebody please help me to get it installed please, bearing in mind
> that I am not a computer wiss kid, well not even a kid actually, by a
> long way. Thankyou in advance.
> Regards John
>
>
Go to the following site and download and install the vista driver:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/s...s&platform=All
TWAIN 5 Driver v5.71A
Click on the (+) next to it for installation instructions and notes.
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Hi John,

I enclose links to the Epson website for Vista drivers and utilities for
your scanner. Hope that this is of assistance to you.
Dwarf

(32-bit)
http://esupport.epson-europe.com/Pro...PmsQU003D&tc=6
(64-bit)
http://esupport.epson-europe.com/Pro...5ZdQU003D&tc=6

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> I have been using the above scanner on Windows 98 for spme time now, but
> have now gone over to Vista Home Premium and cannot install it properly
> I have the CD's that went with the scanner when I bought it, can
> somebody please help me to get it installed please, bearing in mind
> that I am not a computer wiss kid, well not even a kid actually, by a
> long way. Thankyou in advance.
> Regards John
>
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John Meade Snowling;567207 Wrote:
> I have been using the above scanner on Windows 98 for spme time now,
> but
> have now gone over to Vista Home Premium and cannot install it
> properly
> I have the CD's that went with the scanner when I bought it, can
> somebody please help me to get it installed please, bearing in mind
> that I am not a computer wiss kid, well not even a kid actually, by a
> long way. Thankyou in advance.
> Regards John
>
>
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Hi John:

I am contacting you with a request. We have lost / misplaced the set-up
CD that came with the Epson 1660 scanner. Would you be willing to burn
us a copy and send it to us?

Looking forward to your reply,

Regards,

Anton van Walraven


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You'll need to check Epson's site for Vista drivers. They originally
claimed they wouldn't support my 1600 Photo Scanner under Vista, but they
did finally release an updated driver and scanner application for it.

The Windows 98 drivers/CD won't do you any good at all under Vista.

I have a 1650 Photo scanner that I finally managed to get working in my
Vista Home Premium. First, I found a Vista compatible driver for the
scanner on the Epson site. Downloaded and installed the driver. No real
joy at what came up--- a very poor unusable imitation of the
scanner----despite the Epson comments not to use the installation disc that
came with the scanner I figured there was nothing to lose. Put in the
original CD and went through the install process and it actually worked.
Later on when trying to put in some of the patches and upgrades it got all
screwed up again. Eventually, I went through many iterations of trying all
kinds of stuff, finally ending up uninstalling and reinstalling. The only
patch that now refuses to work is the one to upgrade the Copy function.
Good Luck--it wasn't fun
MLD

webwcwc" <> wrote in message
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> John Meade Snowling;567207 Wrote:
>> I have been using the above scanner on Windows 98 for spme time now,
>> but
>> have now gone over to Vista Home Premium and cannot install it
>> properly
>> I have the CD's that went with the scanner when I bought it, can
>> somebody please help me to get it installed please, bearing in mind
>> that I am not a computer wiss kid, well not even a kid actually, by a
>> long way. Thankyou in advance.
>> Regards John
>>
>>
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> Hi John:
>
> I am contacting you with a request. We have lost / misplaced the set-up
> CD that came with the Epson 1660 scanner. Would you be willing to burn
> us a copy and send it to us?
>
> Looking forward to your reply,
>
> Regards,
>
> Anton van Walraven
>
>
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> webwcwc

MLD;672311 Wrote:
> I have a 1650 Photo scanner that I finally managed to get working in my
> Vista Home Premium. First, I found a Vista compatible driver for the
> scanner on the Epson site. Downloaded and installed the driver. No
> real
> joy at what came up--- a very poor unusable imitation of the
> scanner----despite the Epson comments not to use the installation disc
> that
> came with the scanner I figured there was nothing to lose. Put in the
> original CD and went through the install process and it actually
> worked.
> Later on when trying to put in some of the patches and upgrades it got
> all
> screwed up again. Eventually, I went through many iterations of trying
> all
> kinds of stuff, finally ending up uninstalling and reinstalling. The
> only
> patch that now refuses to work is the one to upgrade the Copy function.
> Good Luck--it wasn't fun
> MLD
>
> webwcwc" <> wrote in message
> news:...> > >
> > >
> > > John Meade Snowling;567207 Wrote:
> > > Hi John:
> > >
> > > I am contacting you with a request. We have lost / misplaced the
> > set-up
> > > CD that came with the Epson 1660 scanner. Would you be willing to
> > burn
> > > us a copy and send it to us?
> > >
> > > Looking forward to your reply,
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Anton van Walraven
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > webwcwc > >
Vista is not the issue, because I made the upgrade of number of
computer in the office to XP. However from the downloaded Twain drivers
from the Epson website, the oldest works, but the functionality in XP of
the scanner user interface, when importing through Photoshop, is not
anywhere it is in Windows 98SE. The Epson 1660 is a combined flatbed and
slide scanner, and under XP it doesn't even give me an option for
slides. The user interface in 98SE included many options for colour
correction, scanner options etc. all absent under XP, as well as Smart
Panel.
That's why I would like to go back to the original installation CD.


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"webwcwc" <> wrote in message
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> MLD;672311 Wrote:
>> I have a 1650 Photo scanner that I finally managed to get working in my
>> Vista Home Premium. First, I found a Vista compatible driver for the
>> scanner on the Epson site. Downloaded and installed the driver. No
>> real
>> joy at what came up--- a very poor unusable imitation of the
>> scanner----despite the Epson comments not to use the installation disc
>> that
>> came with the scanner I figured there was nothing to lose. Put in the
>> original CD and went through the install process and it actually
>> worked.
>> Later on when trying to put in some of the patches and upgrades it got
>> all
>> screwed up again. Eventually, I went through many iterations of trying
>> all
>> kinds of stuff, finally ending up uninstalling and reinstalling. The
>> only
>> patch that now refuses to work is the one to upgrade the Copy function.
>> Good Luck--it wasn't fun
>> MLD
>>
>> webwcwc" <> wrote in message
>> news:...> > >
>> > >
>> > > John Meade Snowling;567207 Wrote:
>> > > Hi John:
>> > >
>> > > I am contacting you with a request. We have lost / misplaced the
>> > set-up
>> > > CD that came with the Epson 1660 scanner. Would you be willing to
>> > burn
>> > > us a copy and send it to us?
>> > >
>> > > Looking forward to your reply,
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > >
>> > > Anton van Walraven
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > webwcwc > >
> Vista is not the issue, because I made the upgrade of number of
> computer in the office to XP. However from the downloaded Twain drivers
> from the Epson website, the oldest works, but the functionality in XP of
> the scanner user interface, when importing through Photoshop, is not
> anywhere it is in Windows 98SE. The Epson 1660 is a combined flatbed and
> slide scanner, and under XP it doesn't even give me an option for
> slides. The user interface in 98SE included many options for colour
> correction, scanner options etc. all absent under XP, as well as Smart
> Panel.
> That's why I would like to go back to the original installation CD.
>
>
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> webwcwc

Original OP system was ME. I had all the same (similar) issues in trying to
get the scanner installed with the Vista OS. As I said in the earlier
post--it wasn't easy. I did a number of installs/uninstalls. Went to
Device Manager, found and deleted the scanner several times. Installed the
Twain Vista Driver and eventually managed to install Smart Panel (Original
CD's) and its upgrade with no problem. As noted, the scanner now works as
it did under ME except for the Copy function upgrade. When I have some time
(and frustration level is low) I'll give it another try--BTW, my scanner
also is a flatbed with slide and negative scan capability. If you are
persistent, one of your tries will work--
MLD

Thanks MLD for your encouraging words. I will try again. I have found
some patches on the microsoft site. See if that will work.

Kind regards,

Webwcwc


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