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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:37 pm    Post subject: Using 2 Canon Scanners on the one PC Reply with quote
Hello,

I have a Canon Lide 70 and Canon Lide 80. Each scanner has a different
driver and different versions of CanoScan Toolbox software. Is it
possible to have both drivers and both versions of the CanoScan Toolbox
on the one PC? There are five PCs in the home and these scanners will
get swapped around a lot.

Thanks for any advice. BTW the PCs are running WinXP.
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CSM1
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Using 2 Canon Scanners on the one PC Reply with quote
"nospam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Hello,

I have a Canon Lide 70 and Canon Lide 80. Each scanner has a different
driver and different versions of CanoScan Toolbox software. Is it
possible to have both drivers and both versions of the CanoScan Toolbox on
the one PC? There are five PCs in the home and these scanners will get
swapped around a lot.

Thanks for any advice. BTW the PCs are running WinXP.

I think it is possible to have two different drivers installed at the same
time on the same computer. You may run into trouble with the same brand of
scanner wanting to install in the same folder.

Microsoft used to have knowledge base article (Q324756) about not being
able to operate more than one USB scanner at a time. I do not see that
article anymore.
Apparently Microsoft fixed that problem.

I would say try and see what happens.
If it does not work you should get some error message.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Using 2 Canon Scanners on the one PC Reply with quote
CSM1 wrote:
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"nospam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45894a9e$0$5743$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
Hello,

I have a Canon Lide 70 and Canon Lide 80. Each scanner has a different
driver and different versions of CanoScan Toolbox software. Is it
possible to have both drivers and both versions of the CanoScan Toolbox on
the one PC? There are five PCs in the home and these scanners will get
swapped around a lot.

Thanks for any advice. BTW the PCs are running WinXP.

I think it is possible to have two different drivers installed at the same
time on the same computer. You may run into trouble with the same brand of
scanner wanting to install in the same folder.

Microsoft used to have knowledge base article (Q324756) about not being
able to operate more than one USB scanner at a time. I do not see that
article anymore.
Apparently Microsoft fixed that problem.

I would say try and see what happens.
If it does not work you should get some error message.


Thanks for your feedback.. I installed both scanners on the one machine
each was recognised withits own version of canoscan toolbox software
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CSM1
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:11 am    Post subject: Re: Using 2 Canon Scanners on the one PC Reply with quote
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CSM1 wrote:
"nospam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45894a9e$0$5743$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
Hello,

I have a Canon Lide 70 and Canon Lide 80. Each scanner has a different
driver and different versions of CanoScan Toolbox software. Is it
possible to have both drivers and both versions of the CanoScan Toolbox
on the one PC? There are five PCs in the home and these scanners will
get swapped around a lot.

Thanks for any advice. BTW the PCs are running WinXP.

I think it is possible to have two different drivers installed at the
same time on the same computer. You may run into trouble with the same
brand of scanner wanting to install in the same folder.

Microsoft used to have knowledge base article (Q324756) about not being
able to operate more than one USB scanner at a time. I do not see that
article anymore.
Apparently Microsoft fixed that problem.

I would say try and see what happens.
If it does not work you should get some error message.


Thanks for your feedback.. I installed both scanners on the one machine
each was recognised withits own version of canoscan toolbox software

Good to known that you can now operate two usb scanners on Windows XP.
Microsoft did something good.

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CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Using 2 Canon Scanners on the one PC Reply with quote
This is not Microsoft's fixing something. The truth is, you still cannot operate two usb scanning devices at the same time. This does not mean they can't be installed and connected at the same time.
With Canon's scanners, and I would assume with any scanner that does not access usbscan.sys the entire time the scanner is connected, you can, in fact, have multiple scanners connected and installed at the same time. You can't scan with two scanners at the exact same time. However, you can scan with one, close the driver, and then scan with another.
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