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From: Henry on 18 Jul 2010 21:00
I'm running a Dell 3GHz CPU with 2G RAM and WinXP PRO SP2

I have a Umax AstraNET A101 scanner. Does anyone know where I can get
a WINXP driver for this scanner. I can't find it by Google.

Thanks

Henry
From: LVTravel on 18 Jul 2010 21:20


"Henry" <wa0goz(a)arrl.net> wrote in message
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> I'm running a Dell 3GHz CPU with 2G RAM and WinXP PRO SP2
>
> I have a Umax AstraNET A101 scanner. Does anyone know where I can get a
> WINXP driver for this scanner. I can't find it by Google.
>
> Thanks
>
> Henry

This computer was originally designed for Win 98 and according to what I can
find on the company's web site there are no Win XP drivers for it.

When I go to their driver site I see: "To find the correct software, select
your scanner and operating system. Certain software IS NOT available for
download. In this case, a CD-ROM may be purchased."

When I try to find the scanner model (by the way is it AstraNet iA101) there
is no listing for that model that can be downloaded. I would recommend
emailing (Contact at support(a)umaxcare.com) to see if they can help find a
driver.


From: LVTravel on 18 Jul 2010 21:26

"Henry" <wa0goz(a)arrl.net> wrote in message
news:i20847$pqa$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> I'm running a Dell 3GHz CPU with 2G RAM and WinXP PRO SP2
>
> I have a Umax AstraNET A101 scanner. Does anyone know where I can get a
> WINXP driver for this scanner. I can't find it by Google.
>
> Thanks
>
> Henry

Continuing on my previous. Forget about what I said about contacting their
support. You may be able to get it to work in a virtual PC 98 setting under
XP, Vista or Win 7 but I doubt it. Further from their web site:

"Record ID: SC00198

UMAX SCANNERS WITH WINDOWS XP

Problem: You have upgraded to Windows XP and your scanner no longer works.

Solution: First make sure that you have the required software for Windows XP
and that your model has available software by clicking the "Check
Compatibility" button below.
(some drivers are not downloadable and must be purchased)

Check Compatibility

(Models such as the Vista Series, UC Series, Astra 300P, 2010U, 1210P, and
Astranet iA101 do not work on XP no matter what)"

AND

"Record ID: SC00337

Summury (sic) for retired UMAX scanner:

Dear Valued Customer:

The purpuse (sic) of this notification is to advise UMAX customers of the
end of all support of the following scanner models:

Beginning January 1, 2008
Astra 1200S
Astra 1210P
Astra 1220P
Astra 1220S
Astra 600P
Astra 600S
Astra 610P
Astra 610S
AstraNET e3420
AstraNET e3470
AstraNET e5420
AstraNET e5470
AstraNET iA101"

From: Shenan Stanley on 18 Jul 2010 21:27
Henry wrote:
> I'm running a Dell 3GHz CPU with 2G RAM and WinXP PRO SP2
>
> I have a Umax AstraNET A101 scanner. Does anyone know where I can
> get a WINXP driver for this scanner. I can't find it by Google.

If the original manufacturer did not see fit to provide one (they did not)
then there really isn't one. Time to get a new scanner - the company that
made your scanner decided not to support Windows XP for that model.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


From: Paul on 18 Jul 2010 21:36
Henry wrote:
> I'm running a Dell 3GHz CPU with 2G RAM and WinXP PRO SP2
>
> I have a Umax AstraNET A101 scanner. Does anyone know where I can get a
> WINXP driver for this scanner. I can't find it by Google.
>
> Thanks
>
> Henry

According to this, Astranet ia101 is the same as the 3400 model,
so perhaps you could look for that one.

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-199263.html

You can see that several scanners share the same hardware
description here. The trick would be, if they were released
later in time, there might be later OS support for them.
SANE is the Linux equivalent of TWAIN. You could always pop
a Ubuntu LiveCD into the PC, and boot Ubuntu long enough to
do some scanning. If you only scan occasionally, that solution
might save you from having to buy another scanner. The Ubuntu
download is free (probably around 700MB or so), but you have
to burn a bootable CD with it. I used Nero to burn the CD, but
you can also use a program like Imgburn to do it.

http://www.sane-project.org/cgi-bin/driver.pl?manu=UMAX+&model=&bus=any&v=&p=

It's also possible, you could look around for alternate sources
of the Umax download. Or find someone who has the CD for
Astra 3400 with a copy of Vistascan 3.75 on it.

Paul
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