Desktop MFP

Mark · December 30, 2013, 10:41:13 AM

Yes, another printer thread.

What print/scan combo's do you have working well with Windows 7? Even though I have plenty of nicely working HP 1200/1220's, scanning in Windows 7 is atrociously slow with them. Even set at black and white 200dpi the scanner acts as if it were scanning in color taking at least a minute per page (which feels like 5 minutes per page of course). There are no 7 scan drivers for these, so apparently this is the bet it gets. Functions, just not efficiently.

This is something I was aware of, but expected to be able to find a fix for and doesn't look like there is one.

Jim Jensen · December 31, 2013, 09:03:09 AM

Have you tried the native drivers in Windows 7? I have an older scanner that has no Win7 drivers and use it ok with the windows driver. It's not perfect, but works. Scanner support is the worst item on upgrades. I have yet to have a scanner where the manufacturer released drivers for it when a new OS came out. I guess because scanners don't break easily, they have to make them obsolete somehow, but I chafe at it every time.

Mark · December 31, 2013, 09:18:17 AM

Yeah, it's the Windows 7 drivers that make it work. It's just dog slow because there is no OEM driver for it.

Jeff Golas · January 02, 2014, 10:42:12 AM

Its not a laser but I have an Office 8600 at home that I'm actually pretty happy with. My only beef with it is that it doesn't have a manual feed tray.

Mark · January 02, 2014, 02:23:54 PM

Yeah, those would get pricey. Think for now people are just going to use the big scanner. I've only got 2 out of 20 people that said they even still use the desktop scanner. The copy machine is faster and it's already a PDF.

Jeff Zylstra · January 02, 2014, 04:11:52 PM

Quote from: Mark on January 02, 2014, 02:23:54 PM
Yeah, those would get pricey. Think for now people are just going to use the big scanner. I've only got 2 out of 20 people that said they even still use the desktop scanner. The copy machine is faster and it's already a PDF.

I'd find a used USB version of the Canon DR 2080 or 2050 on Ebay and call it a day. Those things are almost indestructible, and the USB versions work just fine with Windows 7. You should be able to get them for $100 or so.

Mark · January 02, 2014, 04:14:18 PM

thanks for all the feedback everyone.

Billy Welsh · January 02, 2014, 04:21:58 PM

Quote from: Jeff Zylstra on January 02, 2014, 04:11:52 PM
Quote from: Mark on January 02, 2014, 02:23:54 PM
Yeah, those would get pricey. Think for now people are just going to use the big scanner. I've only got 2 out of 20 people that said they even still use the desktop scanner. The copy machine is faster and it's already a PDF.

I'd find a used USB version of the Canon DR 2080 or 2050 on Ebay and call it a day. Those things are almost indestructible, and the USB versions work just fine with Windows 7. You should be able to get them for $100 or so.

I can confirm that. I have a 2050 on this WIN 7 machine and it does work just fine. There is one little hitch and it befuddles the non-techies who simply cannot remember the trick: After a restart, you have to right-click the scanner in Devices in order to get it to automatically scan to the Canon app by just pressing the scan button on the scanner.