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Generic free scanner driver for 64-bit?
Okay, first, this has been asked here before, and second, I'm being incredibly cheap, as you'll see here.
I have an Acer 320U scanner. Purchased in 2000. For (not making it up) $20 after rebate. So I've certainly gotten my money's worth out of it as I used it on Windows 98, 2000, and XP systems.
Today I tried to use it for the first time on my Windows 7 64-bit installation and got the "driver not found" message when I plugged it in.
Searching these forums and google, I found Vuescan and Sliverfast recommended for people in my predicament.
Downloaded and installed Vuescan, and it worked! Not as elegantly as the scanner had with XP, but I could scan.
But unless I purchase Vuescan, it leaves ugly watermarks on my scanned documents.
I know the "right" thing to do would be to go and buy a scanner for the first time in 11 years. But I use the scanner so rarely that it doesn't seem worth the effort.
Wondering if there is a source out there for free "generic" scanner drivers, for products like mine that are not supported for Windows 7.