HP Scanjet 8250 on X64

Has anyone had any success attaching an HP8200 series scanner to an x64
workstation? I found neither a driver nor any information on HP's web site,
so I am guessing I'd be better off moving the scanner to one our other
worksations.

Thanks,

Steve

jabloomf1230
Thu Jan 26 14:18:05 CST 2006

The HP "story" with x64 is quite variable. When it comes to HP printers,
either x64 has a built-in driver or if it doesn't, one of the x64 drivers for
another HP printer, with similar specs, will still work.

Unfortunately, with scanners, the story is much more dismal. Most of the
newer Scanjets will have a 64 bit driver available "soon" according to HP. A
lot of the older models will not ever have a 64-bit driver:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?cc=us&docname=c00367175&lc=en

"Steve Mynes" wrote:

> Has anyone had any success attaching an HP8200 series scanner to an x64
> workstation? I found neither a driver nor any information on HP's web site,
> so I am guessing I'd be better off moving the scanner to one our other
> worksations.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve

SteveMynes
Fri Jan 27 10:50:02 CST 2006

Thanks jabloomf1230. I guess we will go with an alternate workstation fow now.

"jabloomf1230" wrote:

> The HP "story" with x64 is quite variable. When it comes to HP printers,
> either x64 has a built-in driver or if it doesn't, one of the x64 drivers for
> another HP printer, with similar specs, will still work.
>
> Unfortunately, with scanners, the story is much more dismal. Most of the
> newer Scanjets will have a 64 bit driver available "soon" according to HP. A
> lot of the older models will not ever have a 64-bit driver:
>
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?cc=us&docname=c00367175&lc=en
>
> "Steve Mynes" wrote:
>
> > Has anyone had any success attaching an HP8200 series scanner to an x64
> > workstation? I found neither a driver nor any information on HP's web site,
> > so I am guessing I'd be better off moving the scanner to one our other
> > worksations.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steve

Thomas
Fri Jan 27 11:07:21 CST 2006

Steve Mynes wrote:
> Has anyone had any success attaching an HP8200 series scanner to an x64
> workstation? I found neither a driver nor any information on HP's web site,
> so I am guessing I'd be better off moving the scanner to one our other
> worksations.

I don't have an HP Scanjet 8200, but it is supposed to be supported in
Linux. So you could try to install the VMware player und run one of the
Linux images provided by VMware. You may have to install a scan program
(gimp and sane), which should not be too difficult.

The USB emulation in VMware certainly works very well for me.

Thomas

Neal
Sat Jan 28 10:14:59 CST 2006

There are some drivers flooting around. I have these and on my 2610
everything works but the fax option from my PC.

http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?s=3814d06561161f6bbf3b289cf4490c75&showforum=14

http://www.planetamd64.com