Workaround Solution for Agfa 1212p paralel scanner
Hi. Well, 2K and NT drivers are not working on XP for this scanner. Agfa told this scanner is discontinued and no new driver will be made. First, NEVER BUY ANY **** TO AGFA ! Second, How can I do, I don't want to throw away my scanner even if old and buy a new one, even if cheap now.
Hi.
Well, 2K and NT drivers are not working on XP for this scanner.
Agfa told this scanner is discontinued and no new driver will be made.
First, NEVER BUY ANY **** TO AGFA !
Second, How can I do, I don't want to throw away my scanner even if old and buy a new one, even if cheap now.
I found a work around, not easy, but working
I set up a virtual computer using VMware and installing a win98.
Enabling a virtual paralel port mapped to my LPT1, and a virtual network Host-only.
To install win98, I booted DOS with cdrom support and copy the win98 dir to my virtual HD and then install from there. I was unable to boot directly from the cd, don't know why.
If you have 98 in ISO image, you can also do a virtual cdrom mapped to the ISO file. This way it's booting.
I installed then the win98 drivers for the 1212p and save scanned TIFF through my virtual network to my working disk on XP.
Fully working.
I even found one advantage to this configuration. I always forget to turn on thescanner before booting my PC and have to reboot to be able to scan...
Now, i turn on the scan and boot my virtual win98, XP running all the time.
Comments welcome, and real XP drivers also
Well, 2K and NT drivers are not working on XP for this scanner.
Agfa told this scanner is discontinued and no new driver will be made.
First, NEVER BUY ANY **** TO AGFA !
Second, How can I do, I don't want to throw away my scanner even if old and buy a new one, even if cheap now.
I found a work around, not easy, but working
I set up a virtual computer using VMware and installing a win98.
Enabling a virtual paralel port mapped to my LPT1, and a virtual network Host-only.
To install win98, I booted DOS with cdrom support and copy the win98 dir to my virtual HD and then install from there. I was unable to boot directly from the cd, don't know why.
If you have 98 in ISO image, you can also do a virtual cdrom mapped to the ISO file. This way it's booting.
I installed then the win98 drivers for the 1212p and save scanned TIFF through my virtual network to my working disk on XP.
Fully working.
I even found one advantage to this configuration. I always forget to turn on thescanner before booting my PC and have to reboot to be able to scan...
Now, i turn on the scan and boot my virtual win98, XP running all the time.
Comments welcome, and real XP drivers also
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