Charlie
Fri Aug 19 10:40:40 CDT 2005
I doubt it -- it's a bit different than the printer issue.
--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
Tony Sperling wrote:
> John, you may just have solved one of my major headaches. You said 'basic
> functionallity', and here I'm sitting with a defunct Sidewinder - that
> isn't recognized at all, as it were. Do you suppose I could wring just
> the basest of all basic funtionallity out of it by letting it alias for
> something else? (Another joystick, of course!)
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "John Barnes" <jbfoofy@email.net> wrote in message
> news:%23dh%23XO$oFHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Sort of like Microsoft, which hasn't done anything to get their hardware
>> (mice and keyboards) to work properly on x64. With both you can get
>> basic functions with generic drivers, but higher functions are missing.
>> Cannon, likewise works okay with a generic driver, but won't print 4800
>> dpi if you need it. At least it prints.
>>
>>
>> "Mark Hartt-Palmer" <MarkHarttPalmer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:4D2D6E55-AA13-4F6A-9B7F-B30693F12061@microsoft.com...
>>> The lack of support from Canon for x64 makes me really mad! I have an
>>> i865
>>> printer and a 9900F scanner, both of which aren't supported. I emailed
>>> Canon
>>> about 6 weeks ago to ask about 64-bit driver development, and their
>>> answer
>>> was that the only printer they were planning to support was one of the
>>> higher
>>> end Pixmas. As far as scanners go, the 9950F (the model above mine)
>>> gets the
>>> x64 treatment. They had no plans to add further support, not even for
>>> their
>>> current Pixma range.
>>>
>>> I tried to install both drivers last night (in the hope that they might
>>> work) but they didn't.
>>>
>>> It's very frustrating. The only thing I can think of is for people to
>>> constantly bang off emails to Canon asking for drivers for their
>>> specific product. They might listen in the end, although my gut
>>> feeling is that they
>>> won't!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, I'm afraid not. Unless you have access to the source code and are a
>>>> driver developer.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Please, all replies to the newsgroup.
>>>> ======================
>>>> Charlie.
>>>>
http://www.msmvps.com/xperts64/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jeremy Wong ??? wrote:
>>>>> the manufacturer of my multi-function printer (Canon MF5650) refused
>>>>> to leave me the schedule for a release of the 64-bit driver of the
>>>>> printer. I would like to know whether I could convert the 32-bit
>>>>> driver into its 64-bit counterpart on my own.
>>>>>
>>>>> I always encounter "Cannot install this hardware" with the "New
>>>>> Hardware Found Wizard"...