Windows 10: What flat bed scanners work under Windows 10?

I'm surprised that scanners that old (pre- Windows 7) are still for sale.

I use an old Epson Perfection V100. Its drivers from 2010 work well under Win 10 X64.

 

I have an old Scanjet 5p and it would not work with win 10. then I found this:
Download VueScan - MajorGeeks
it supports plenty of scanners and it works in win 10. it is free to try, so try it and maybe your scanner will work
Sven

 

If you want to try and troubleshoot the two scanners ...

Please describe what did not work means. Did they not install? Were they not seen by the system? There wasn't a way to scan something? or.... the motor and lights fired up, but there was no output?

Scanners are relatively simple devices - the rivers really only add bells and whistles and buttons. You can drive a scanner with a simple TWAIN driver.

Did either scanner appear in Device Manger as an unknown device?

Did either scanner appear in Devices and Printers as an unknown device?
Paste the string below into the address box of File Explorer
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Devices and Printers
I'm not on Win10 right now - this might not be correct, but take a look)
Is the Windows Feature Scan and fax turned on?
Right click Windows logon on taskbar,
select Programs and features
select Turn Windows features on or off (in the left pane)
check Scan and fax
Ok

There's bound to be a way to get a base TWAIN driver working.
restart

 

I use an HP ENVY 5530 and it works great. But it is also a printer...but I mainly use the flatbed scanner.

 

Even old Mustek Bearpaw 1200 pro works fine without drivers.
Program Download VueScan 9.5.46 (Free) for Windows works with many scanners that don't even have drivers.

 

Yeah i remember that software works well with older scanners used it way back with Windows 7 i think.

 

The native Scan & Fax app should work on any hardware.

 

But only if drivers exist. You can also scan directly to many graphic applications but all require drivers.

 

You mean if Windows 10 natively supports the hardware (without installing a 3rd party driver)?
I just checked my Insider Build 14352. I never installed my printer on it and yet the Scan & Fax app detected my Epson XP-310 automatically. I did a test scan and it worked.

 

Using WIA drivers, perhaps?

I've always stuck with the TWAIN drivers, although they may offer no real advantage in practice. Maybe I just like the expansion of the acronym (Technology Without An Interesting Name).

 

i have not come to see one that don't work my printer and copy scanner i did not install the driver and it found it on the updates

 

Yes.
I just did a clean install of 14352 and checked this again, my Epson printer worked without installing 3rd party drivers.

 

Well, drivers are needed anyway just depends if they are third party or windows found them on their own. One can always check with Install new printer > My printer is not listed. Check for brand and let it find if exact model exists in MS data base. Found drivers for some really weird stuff like that.

 

My Canon CanoScan LiDE 110 works fine with Windows 10.

 

Hi there.

Vuescan will support nearly every scanner in the known universe - even hideously old ones --all work fine on W10 -- it's PAID software but quite cheap -- another alternative if you have an older OS say XP or W7 is to run that as a VM on W10 and run your scanner from there.

VueScan Scanner Software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux

I'm not a fan usually of "Multi-function" devices - especially printers which get replaced fairly often anyway. I like the older canon flat bed scanners and they work perfectly either on XP VM's or with Vuescan. The Canon scanners also do film negative scanning which is still useful from time to time.

Cheers
jimbo