old scanner not working anymore in window 7

I have a HP scanjet 5200C, and have recently upgraded to window 7, I went to the HP site and they only have driver up to XP to this scanner.

Is there a way to get the scanner working?

any input would highly appreciated, if there's no way of getting this old scanning to work then I'll get have to get a new scanner, recommend me some that would work with W7.

thanks

Hi and welcome.

try this.1) download VueScan:
HP ScanJet 5200C for windows vista - for vista driver

2) Install VueScan (it's free if you want the basic features)

3) then go to device manager and right-click on HP ScanJet 5200c and auto update the scanner driver (make sure you have uninstalled any HP drivers for scanner first)

4) Open VueScan and scan as usual.
then cross your fingers, lol

cheers

thanks for the quick reply, hubris.

VueScan works fine, but is leaves $ sign watermark all over the page, is the only way of removing it by purchasing the full version?

cheers

just get a new scanner

good advice.

HP

wow, you got it really cheap, the same scanner would cost $240 here in Australia.

anyways, i torrented the pro version of vuescan, it's all good now.

thanks

warakawa said:

wow, you got it really cheap, the same scanner would cost $240 here in Australia.

anyways, i torrented the pro version of vuescan, it's all good now.

thanks

my bad.

in every copy room corner, we have old XP running the HP 5200C scanjet. Never able to make this scanner to work on any other system because this HP drivers are extremely poor. This is fantastic negative advertising warning everybody in this entire building and every branch offices across the country, beware of HP stuff, because this is excellent example NOT to select HP stuff.