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Looking for information pertaining to the most current version of Photoshop? See TWAIN scanner plug-in.
TWAIN is an interface used to import from imaging devices, such as scanners. For more information, see the TWAIN Working Group's website. The Photoshop TWAIN plug-in connects with compatible devices that are installed on your computer.
NOTE: Do not use the TWAIN plug-in from Photoshop CS5 downloads. You must install the Photoshop CS6 and later version of TWAIN plug-in for Photoshop CS6 and later.
TWAIN has been the main technology used for scanning in Photoshop for many versions. However, it is not always updated for new operating systems, and therefore may work less reliably than other scanning solutions, such as third-party utilities such as VueScan, the scanner software that comes with your scanner, or other scanning technologies. These third-party utilities are dedicated scanning solutions, and they are more appropriate for critical or high-volume scanning. If you use a third-party scanning application, save your scanned images as TIFF files, then open them into Photoshop.
TWAIN should work for basic scanning needs, but if you experience issues with TWAIN, try one of the other scanning technologies described below.
Note:To use any scanner technology, you need to install a scanner driver. This will probably be installed via your operating system, but you may need to contact your scanner manufacturer, especially for older scanners.
Windows
In Windows, the Photoshop TWAIN plug-in can be used if you run Photoshop CS6 or later in 32-bit mode. TWAIN is not supported in Photoshop when it’s run in 64-bit mode. If you need a scanning solution when you run Photoshop in 64-bit mode, use the WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) interface for your device, if it’s available. WIA is also available for use when running Photoshop in 32-bit mode. Contact your scanner manufacturer for more information.
In Windows, the Photoshop TWAIN plug-in can be used if you run Photoshop CS6 or later in 32-bit mode. TWAIN is not supported in Photoshop when it’s run in 64-bit mode. If you need a scanning solution when you run Photoshop in 64-bit mode, use the WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) interface for your device, if it’s available. WIA is also available for use when running Photoshop in 32-bit mode. Contact your scanner manufacturer for more information.
Mac OS
In Mac OS, you can use the TWAIN plug-in to scan when running Photoshop CS6 (Photoshop CS6 and later only runs in 64-bit mode). Not many scanner manufacturers have released 64-bit versions of their scanner drivers, so you may not be able to use TWAIN. Contact your scanner manufacturer for more information.
In Mac OS, you can use the TWAIN plug-in to scan when running Photoshop CS6 (Photoshop CS6 and later only runs in 64-bit mode). Not many scanner manufacturers have released 64-bit versions of their scanner drivers, so you may not be able to use TWAIN. Contact your scanner manufacturer for more information.
If your scanner manufacturer does not support scanning in 64-bit mode, or you have issues scanning with TWAIN, you can scan into Photoshop using Apple’s ImageKit technology, which is built in to Photoshop, does not need a plug-in to be installed, and provides access to many scanners.
The TWAIN plug-in is available with the other optional plug-ins for Photoshop CS6 and later:
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After you download the appropriate file, double-click the file to decompress it. If you are asked, extract all files.
Windows
Note: For Windows, the downloadable TWAIN plug-in is 32 bit only.
Note: For Windows, the downloadable TWAIN plug-in is 32 bit only.
To install the TWAIN plug-in for Windows:
- Exit from Photoshop.
- Copy the Twain_32.8BA plug-in from the Optional Plug-ins Win32/Plug-ins folder to the appropriate folder below.
- Windows XP: Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop CS6Plug-Ins
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32 bit): C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Photoshop [Version]Plug-Ins
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 (64 bit): C:Program Files (x86)AdobeAdobe Photoshop [Version]Plug-Ins
- Reopen Photoshop.
- Download the latest scanner driver from your scanner manufacturer’s website and install the driver.
- Connect the scanner to the system.
To use TWAIN to scan images into Photoshop:
- Open Photoshop 32 bit by clicking the “Adobe Photoshop CS6 (32 bit)” shortcut.
- Select File > Import > [scanner name].
Mac OS
- Quit Photoshop.
- Copy the TWAIN.plugin file from the download folder to the Applications/Adobe Photoshop [Version]/Plug-ins folder.
- Reopen Photoshop.
- To use TWAIN in Photoshop, choose File > Import > [scanner name].
For Windows, the downloadable TWAIN plug-in is 32 bit only.
For Mac OS, the Photoshop CS5 12.0.4 update includes some TWAIN fixes, and a downloadable TWAIN plug-in solves two more issues: You can scan multiple documents at once, and Photoshop no longer crashes on the second scanning job.
In Mac OS 10.6.x, the TWAIN plug-in supports 64-bit operation of Photoshop CS5. However, the scanner manufacturer must provide a 64-bit scanner driver, and few do. Contact your scanner manufacturer to determine if a 64-bit driver is available. If not, you must run Photoshop in 32-bit mode.
On 32-bit versions of Windows, the Photoshop TWAIN plug-in is installed by default. Because the plug-in isn't 64 bit, Photoshop does not install it on 64-bit editions of Windows.
In Mac OS, the Photoshop TWAIN plug-in is not installed by default. See below for installation instructions. Adobe strongly suggests that if you require the plug-in in Mac OS 10.6, you first install Rosetta. See the Apple help forums for more information on working with Rosetta.
Install the TWAIN plug-in for Photoshop CS5 and CS4
- For Windows installation instructions, see the downloaded ReadmeCS5_Optionalplugin.pdf file.
For Mac OS, see the instructions on the download page above.
- From your installation disc, copy the TWAIN plug-in from the /<language>/Goodies/Optional plug-ins/Import-Export folder to the Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Plug-ins/Import-Export folder on your hard drive.
When you use TWAIN to import from an imaging device, you may encounter problems like the following:
- Photoshop or your scanner application freezes or quits unexpectedly.
- You are unable to close the scanner window.
- You encounter errors during import.
- The preview of the imported image, or the imported image itself, appears incorrect onscreen.
Try the following solutions:
- On 64-bit Windows, use the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) interface to import from your device. For instructions, see Windows Help or contact your device manufacturer.
- On 32-bit Windows, update the drivers for your device. For assistance with this process, see the website for the device manufacturer. If the problem persists with the most recent drivers, try one or both of the following:
- Import from your device using WIA.
- Using the software included with your imaging device, import and save images, and then open the saved images in Photoshop.
- Update the drivers for your device. For assistance, see the website for the device manufacturer.
- If the problem persists with the most recent drivers, import your image using another application, such as the Image Capture utility. See Mac OS Help or contact your device manufacturer for more information.
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I have an canon 1240u that should be supported by image capture but isn't. I wonder if one could hack it too.
I looked in /Library/Image Capture/Devices but found nothing but camera devices. Is this normal?
I looked in /Library/Image Capture/Devices but found nothing but camera devices. Is this normal?
I have a 1240U and it works perfectly!
Did you have to do anything special to get your Canon 1240U working with Image Capture?
It's a N1240U. It works with photoshop and the scan gear plug-in. It does work with the terrible Canon Scan Tool box. Image Capture does not detect the scanner.
I found no scanner devices in Library/image capture, Sytem/Library/image capture or User/Library
I found no scanner devices in Library/image capture, Sytem/Library/image capture or User/Library
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This is a nice hint. I had the same scanner until recently and never thought of trying something like this. I don't remember for sure but I could swear that I have gotten PhotoShop to recognize it as a Twain device.
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I have a Sharp AL-1655CS machine (copier, printer, scanner) for which the Mac is not supported.
My Image Capture.app -> Devices directory contains a single file «EPSON Scanner.app»
Using OS X 10.4.7 on a PowerBook G4.
Is there any hope that I can access the machine?
Thanks
Al
My Image Capture.app -> Devices directory contains a single file «EPSON Scanner.app»
Using OS X 10.4.7 on a PowerBook G4.
Is there any hope that I can access the machine?
Thanks
Al
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http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/
The Mac OS X port of the TWAIN SANE project fully supports the CanoScan N1240U, including with Image Capture. This is a new, to me, feature, as the last time I updated it on my PowerBook several months ago, it didn't work with Image Capture.
The Mac OS X port of the TWAIN SANE project fully supports the CanoScan N1240U, including with Image Capture. This is a new, to me, feature, as the last time I updated it on my PowerBook several months ago, it didn't work with Image Capture.
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Thanks for the TWAIN SANE suggestion. I'm pretty sure none of the lower-end Canon scanners include TWAIN support so it still doesn't make sense to me how HairyPotter can use Image Capture with his N1240U unless it's with TWAIN SANE. Image Capture is most certainly blind to my LiDE 50.
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I just have dl and installed the packages. In the Terminal everythings fine with my N1240U. However, I cannot get Image Capture to work with it. http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/faq.html just links to http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2088.html and I don't understand anything of it.
Did Twain Sane worked out of the box for you or did you make any changes?
Did Twain Sane worked out of the box for you or did you make any changes?
I figured what the heck. I did recently manage to track down the Tiger driver for my HP 5400c and got it working, but the idea of maybe using Image Capture was very attractive. VueScan and TwainSane do not list my scanner as supported.
So, even though this hint was a modification of the EPSON Scanner file, I figured I would try it and see what happened. I followed the directions exactly, and left the device name as 'HP Scanjet 5400C Series' even though it was in a list of Epsons in the modified file.
After the save and restart, Image Capture does not see the scanner. Ah well.
But then I found that all the buttons on the front of the scanner, the 'one-touch' feature that lets you scan directly into Photoshop, or email or directly to the printer, that have never been supported on the Mac, even when it was brand new and running under OS 9, suddenly came to life, and the Scanjet Button Manager Application suddenly works properly, and lets me configure all the buttons. Now the one-touch button auto launches the HP scanning software, and the various buttons work as the were configured -- features that supposedly were never supposed to work on the Mac at all, and which I long ago gave up on.
Still have to use the annoying HP scanner interface, but hey, new features!
If anybody has an idea to make it work with Image Capture, that'd be great, but thanks for the hint so far!
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So, even though this hint was a modification of the EPSON Scanner file, I figured I would try it and see what happened. I followed the directions exactly, and left the device name as 'HP Scanjet 5400C Series' even though it was in a list of Epsons in the modified file.
After the save and restart, Image Capture does not see the scanner. Ah well.
But then I found that all the buttons on the front of the scanner, the 'one-touch' feature that lets you scan directly into Photoshop, or email or directly to the printer, that have never been supported on the Mac, even when it was brand new and running under OS 9, suddenly came to life, and the Scanjet Button Manager Application suddenly works properly, and lets me configure all the buttons. Now the one-touch button auto launches the HP scanning software, and the various buttons work as the were configured -- features that supposedly were never supposed to work on the Mac at all, and which I long ago gave up on.
Still have to use the annoying HP scanner interface, but hey, new features!
If anybody has an idea to make it work with Image Capture, that'd be great, but thanks for the hint so far!
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Excellent work.
Our 2500 started working immediately when we rebooted. We did not realize it was working, because we didn't yet know that to scan, you had to select an area in the Overview with a marquee, and then the Scan button highlights.
Also, if you inadvertently 'Disconnect' the scanner (to try again), you will not be able to see it again until you reboot. But then it's back in the list.
Our 2500 started working immediately when we rebooted. We did not realize it was working, because we didn't yet know that to scan, you had to select an area in the Overview with a marquee, and then the Scan button highlights.
Also, if you inadvertently 'Disconnect' the scanner (to try again), you will not be able to see it again until you reboot. But then it's back in the list.
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wow!!! this worked immediately just as described.
thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Mobius is a Star!thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
I've been trying to get my old 2500 to work with OSX for 2 years... I sing praise to mobius: 'Hail Mobius he maketh the old scanner work' At last my daughter will stop hassling me to buy a new one..... Now she will be in my office all day. Oh no Mobius what have you done?!!
Seriously I am very grateful.
trucky123
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Well documented hint. Does it work with an Intel Mac? I can't seem to get it to work.
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Additionally,
Is there any way to make this work with an Intel Mac with the printer connected via airport?
Is there any way to make this work with an Intel Mac with the printer connected via airport?
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I have an Epson CX3700 multifunction printer and I'm using Tiger 10.4.11 on a G5 Dual PPC. I'm handling the printing part with gimp, but the scanner is ignored. I tried this scheme but it doesn't work.
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It did work after all. The problem is the plist editor used. It did not work using TextEdit (checked and double checked the data input) or OmniOutliner. Problem is the Info.plist file was only recognised if edited and saved with Plist Pro. Cheers. Good tip. Thanks
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I'm trying to get my old Epson GT-7000 to work since it died in Leopard. On Tiger it worked without a flaw.
When I'm looking at the different .PLIST files they look different. The IOUSBDevice array is not in Info.plist but in Deviceinfo.plist in which I can't find the <key>***Generic***</key> text.
So now I have a scanner which can be seen in ImageCapture (jeej) but gives an error when I want to use it..
Any tips?
The strange thing is that on the Dutch Epson site they say that every Epson should work in Leopard.
When I'm looking at the different .PLIST files they look different. The IOUSBDevice array is not in Info.plist but in Deviceinfo.plist in which I can't find the <key>***Generic***</key> text.
So now I have a scanner which can be seen in ImageCapture (jeej) but gives an error when I want to use it..
Any tips?
The strange thing is that on the Dutch Epson site they say that every Epson should work in Leopard.
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I had to use your 'slightly modified' hint to get the scanner part of my old faitfull Epson Stylus CX3810 to work under LION os, on an intel MacBook Pro. After getting the USB device info, 'Stylus CX3800 0x0818' , I wrote the following sequence:
<dict>
<key>Product Identification</key>
<string>Stylus CX3800</string>
<key>device events</key>
<array>
<string>scan</string>
</array>
<key>device type</key>
<string>scanner</string>
<key>idProduct</key>
<string>0x0818</string>
<key>idVendor</key>
<string>0x04B8</string>
</dict>
in file : /Library/Image Capture/Devices/EPSON Scanner.app/Contents/Resources/DeviceMatchingInfo.plist
Then I went in file: /Library/Image Capture/Devices/EPSON Scanner.app/Contents/Resources/ModelInfo.plist, found the '<key>0x0820</key>' entry which corresponds to a CX4200 scanner, and replaced 820 with 818. And that's it, Image Capture now thinks my CX3810 is a CX4200. I tried with a CX3200 which is older but still works fine too.
Your hint was very usefull. But I'm very disapointed, to put it mildly, that some Apple beans counter decided to remove the CX3810 from the plist datastructures;... What a saving !!! More frustrating was that using Windows 7 under bootcamp the 'printer/scanner all in one' was detected and installed automagicly. Infuriating to think Windows is more supportive than Lion ..... didn't it use to be the opposite !!!
<dict>
<key>Product Identification</key>
<string>Stylus CX3800</string>
<key>device events</key>
<array>
<string>scan</string>
</array>
<key>device type</key>
<string>scanner</string>
<key>idProduct</key>
<string>0x0818</string>
<key>idVendor</key>
<string>0x04B8</string>
</dict>
in file : /Library/Image Capture/Devices/EPSON Scanner.app/Contents/Resources/DeviceMatchingInfo.plist
Then I went in file: /Library/Image Capture/Devices/EPSON Scanner.app/Contents/Resources/ModelInfo.plist, found the '<key>0x0820</key>' entry which corresponds to a CX4200 scanner, and replaced 820 with 818. And that's it, Image Capture now thinks my CX3810 is a CX4200. I tried with a CX3200 which is older but still works fine too.
Your hint was very usefull. But I'm very disapointed, to put it mildly, that some Apple beans counter decided to remove the CX3810 from the plist datastructures;... What a saving !!! More frustrating was that using Windows 7 under bootcamp the 'printer/scanner all in one' was detected and installed automagicly. Infuriating to think Windows is more supportive than Lion ..... didn't it use to be the opposite !!!
Use an unsupported Epson scanner with Image Capture
After reading my post, I realise the simplest thing to do is to replace the 'Product Identification string' of a supported scanner close to your own, in file DeviceMatchingInfo.plist . In my case I only have to find the CX4200 Product Identification entry, in the file, and replace <string>CX4200</string> with <string>stylus CX3800</string> , and do nothing else... As a matter of fact, I did find the entry for a still supported 'CX3900', and replaced it with 'stylus CX3800'. This amusingly gives me the right device Icon in Image capture, but the scanner name is now displayed as PX-A620... but what the h... you could always play with the 'Region Name' in ModelInfo.plist but I didn't, I can live with it this way. Have fun !