I agree, you'd be wasting your time. Any converter would not make a "USB scanner" out of your parallel port scanner.
Given what we now know, this scanner is a boat anchor as far as Windows XP is concerned. Time to move on... Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chris adams Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 3:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: help finding driver thanks, carl, but that is for the pagescan usb scanner. the ones i have are pagescan color plus, using parallel port connections. i have considered buying an inexpensive parallel port to usb converter, if they exist, and hooking up via a usb port, and trying the xp logitech usb scanner drivers. something tells me that i'd be wasting my money. any feelings on that? Carl Houseman wrote: >Try this: >http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=116252 > >Carl > >-----Original Message----- >From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >chris adams >Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:29 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: help finding driver > >greetings - does anyone have an idea or possibly a back door to enable >me to find a scanner driver for xp for a logitech (who sold scanner >division to visioneer) pagescan plus scanner? xp does not offer drivers, >and i have in the past searched for them, with no luck. not only do i >own two of these fine scanners (the reason i still have a computer on >win98), but yesterday a customer brought me a machine i had built for >him several years back, running win98 and with the same scanner. he >wants me to upgrade him to xp, or 2000, and likes the scanner and does >not want to replace it. i am trying again to locate a 32 bit os driver, >and certainly have no qualms about a driver that does not match >microsoft's rigid expectations. i would gladly settle for something >experimental, i figure possibly someone out there has written a driver >that may work. i am certain i could find something to trade, either >hardware, software, or cash. >yesterday i took my first unsupported steps in almost two years. still >have to one-finger type, please excuse the lack of capitals. diabetic >neuropathy, thankfully i can still toss the frisbee to my dog, jack. > >-- > ---------------------------------------- >WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html >Contact the List Owner about anything: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > >-- > ---------------------------------------- >WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html >Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
