"Mark Tangard" <mtangard@speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> Where to start?
One thing to do is to forget about the included software, download Vuescan*
and see if (a) it'll run the scanner (which it usually does), and if it
does, (b) does it have enough features for you.
We've had the above scanner a few years, never a problem -- it's made nice quick
PDFs (or occasionally othe rofrmats), whether from the UI or from the scanner
buttons. Suddenly now, any sort of scanning instruction pops up the msg "Unable
to scan. Make sure that there is enough space on the target disk."
There's gobs of disk space, gobs of RAM; we're asking for ordinary resolutions;
the destination folder exists. We've reinstalled the software twice. I can't
think of any other hardware or software installed or uninstalled lately.
It'll let us scan to JPG, BMP, or TIFF if we choose PRINT and check "Display the
scanner driver," but that's a whole other interface and very inadequate.
Where to start? Googling finds several other users with the same problem, all
recent, but no solutions.
Device Manager sees the scanner & says it's working OK. We're running WinXP SP2
on a non-ancient Dell with no disease history....
"Mark Tangard" <mtangard@speakeasy.net> wrote in message
news:F_ednRVTvPgw_dvVnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
> We've had the above scanner a few years, never a problem -- it's made nice
> quick
> PDFs (or occasionally othe rofrmats), whether from the UI or from the
> scanner
> buttons. Suddenly now, any sort of scanning instruction pops up the msg
> "Unable
> to scan. Make sure that there is enough space on the target disk."
>
> There's gobs of disk space, gobs of RAM; we're asking for ordinary
> resolutions;
> the destination folder exists. We've reinstalled the software twice. I
> can't
> think of any other hardware or software installed or uninstalled lately.
>
> It'll let us scan to JPG, BMP, or TIFF if we choose PRINT and check
> "Display the
> scanner driver," but that's a whole other interface and very inadequate.
>
> Where to start? Googling finds several other users with the same problem,
> all
> recent, but no solutions.
>
> Device Manager sees the scanner & says it's working OK. We're running
> WinXP SP2
> on a non-ancient Dell with no disease history....
>
> Grateful for any clues.
>
> MT
>
After checking all of the software to see it is functioning, check that your
USB ports have power.
The Canon LiDE series of scanners get their power from the USB Port, you
might try a different port.
In article <l7y1k.3085$uE5.1817@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com>, nomoremail@nomail.com says...
....
> It is also possible that the scanner died.
> CSM1
OP said:
' It'll let us scan to JPG, BMP, or TIFF if we choose PRINT and check
"Display the
scanner driver," but that's a whole other interface and very
inadequate.'
Yes, I'd checked the temp folder before posting. The error message claims to be
from the scanner software itself (CanoScan) and offers no details. We don't
have PhotoShop, hadn't even heard of VueScan until yesterday, and can't imagine
docile little IrfanView complicating much of anything.
CSM1, yes all the ports are all working and the scanner itself isn't dead, or I
wouldn't have been able to get it to work from (what it claims was) the driver
interface, eh?
We ended up taking David J's advice -- hesitating at first, of course, since the
idea of tossing stuff that had been working OK rubbed me wrong. But I'm VERY
pleased with VueScan; it's got what no other scanner software has ever offered
us -- a simple, responsive, straightforward, full-featured interface that works
the first time and doesn't have to be sweet-talked into cooperating.
Our needs are very simple. Why Canon (and Epson and Visioneer and ScanSoft and
all their retarded cousins) have never been able to satisfy them escapes me.
We're not Luddites, but every home-use scanner we've ever bought has come with
software that's obviously designed by morons, or perhaps ferrets. Why? If a
customer has already bought the hardware, why waste your company's resources
crafting bizarre, buggy, non-standardized, poorly documented dialogs?! </rant>.
We remembered this morning that we'd installed a weather widget a week ago, but
uninstalling that still had no effect on the Canon software. No matter -- we're
not likely to use CanoScan again. Whoever invented VueScan deserves the money
they make from it.
MT
Don wrote:
> Mark Tangard <mtangard@speakeasy.net> wrote in
> news:F_ednRVTvPgw_dvVnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
>
>
>> "Unable
>>to scan. Make sure that there is enough space on the target disk."
>>
>
>
> Perhaps some clarifcation is neccessary on exactly what software is
> generating the error:
>
> "Unable to scan. Make sure that there is enough space on the target disk."
>
> Is it an OS error?
> A scanner software error?
> Or possibly an external software (i. e., Photoshop, Ifranview or Vuescan)
> that is generating the error?
>
> Have you cleaned up TMP folders and interent cache?
> These consistenly cause pecuilar problems in Windows OS.
Frank wrote:
> Almost sounds like a directory or file permission error. Does telling it
> to save to a different directory make a difference ?
I suspected that first as well, since I was saving to a logical drive.
No change.
> Any chance XP auto update updated xp to SP3 ?
No, still says SP2. But would that cause this?
>
>
>
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>
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> Mark Tangard wrote:
>
>> Hi Don & CSM1 & David & MoiMoi,
>>
>> Yes, I'd checked the temp folder before posting. The error message
>> claims to be from the scanner software itself (CanoScan) and offers no
>> details. We don't have PhotoShop, hadn't even heard of VueScan until
>> yesterday, and can't imagine docile little IrfanView complicating much
>> of anything.
>>
>> CSM1, yes all the ports are all working and the scanner itself isn't
>> dead, or I wouldn't have been able to get it to work from (what it
>> claims was) the driver interface, eh?
>>
>> We ended up taking David J's advice -- hesitating at first, of course,
>> since the idea of tossing stuff that had been working OK rubbed me
>> wrong. But I'm VERY pleased with VueScan; it's got what no other
>> scanner software has ever offered us -- a simple, responsive,
>> straightforward, full-featured interface that works the first time and
>> doesn't have to be sweet-talked into cooperating.
>>
>> Our needs are very simple. Why Canon (and Epson and Visioneer and
>> ScanSoft and all their retarded cousins) have never been able to
>> satisfy them escapes me. We're not Luddites, but every home-use
>> scanner we've ever bought has come with software that's obviously
>> designed by morons, or perhaps ferrets. Why? If a customer has
>> already bought the hardware, why waste your company's resources
>> crafting bizarre, buggy, non-standardized, poorly documented dialogs?!
>> </rant>.
>>
>> We remembered this morning that we'd installed a weather widget a week
>> ago, but uninstalling that still had no effect on the Canon software.
>> No matter -- we're not likely to use CanoScan again. Whoever invented
>> VueScan deserves the money they make from it.
>>
>> MT
>>
>> Don wrote:
>>
>>> Mark Tangard <mtangard@speakeasy.net> wrote in
>>> news:F_ednRVTvPgw_dvVnZ2dnUVZ_u2dnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "Unable
>>>> to scan. Make sure that there is enough space on the target disk."
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps some clarifcation is neccessary on exactly what software is
>>> generating the error:
>>>
>>> "Unable to scan. Make sure that there is enough space on the target
>>> disk."
>>>
>>> Is it an OS error?
>>> A scanner software error?
>>> Or possibly an external software (i. e., Photoshop, Ifranview or
>>> Vuescan) that is generating the error?
>>>
>>> Have you cleaned up TMP folders and interent cache?
>>> These consistenly cause pecuilar problems in Windows OS.
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